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UFS logging enables faster system reboots.
Because the file system transactions are already stored, checking
the file system is not required if the file system is already
consistent. In addition, the performance of UFS logging improves or
exceeds the level of performance of non-logging file systems in
this Solaris release.
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The flarcreate command is used to create a
Solaris Flash archive. The command has been updated with new
options that increase your flexibility to define archive contents
when creating an archive. You now can exclude more than one file or
directory. From an excluded directory, you can add back a
subdirectory or file. This feature is useful when you want to
exclude large data files that you do not want cloned.
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This enhancement to the crypt API allows
different algorithms to be used for encrypting user passwords.
Password encryption protects passwords from being read by intruders
and strengthens the overall security of the system. Three strong
password encryption mechanisms are now available in the crypt
module:
- Blowfish version, compatible with BSD systems
- MD5 version, compatible with BSD and Linux
- Stronger MD5 version, compatible with other Solaris 9 12/02
systems
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The Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)
framework was expanded by including a new control flag. The new
control flag provides the ability to skip additional stack
processing. This skipping is enabled if the current service module
is successful and if no failure occurred on the previous mandatory
modules.
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The pam_ldap password management feature
strengthens the overall security of the LDAP Naming Service when
used in conjunction with the Sun ONE Directory Server.
Specifically, the password management feature does the
following:
- Allows for tracking password aging and expiration
- Prevents users from choosing trivial or previously used
passwords
- Warns users if their passwords are about to expire
- Locks out users after repeated login failures
- Prevents users, other than the authorized system administrator,
from deactivating initialized accounts
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The use of a dedicated test IP address for
failure detection on single-adapter IP network multipathing groups
is no longer required. When failover is not possible because only
one NIC is in an IP network multipathing group, you can now combine
the test address and the data address. The in.mpathd daemon uses a
data address to detect failure when a test address is not
specified.
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The Solaris installation programs now support
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 2 profiles.
These profiles enable you to configure your system to use a proxy
credential level. During the Solaris Web Start or suninstall
installation programs, you can specify the LDAP proxy bind
distinguished name and proxy bind password. With any installation
method you can preconfigure LDAP before installation by using the
proxy_dn and proxy_password keywords in the sysidcfg file.
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The Solaris Network Cache and Acceleration
(NCA) kernel module now supports multiple instances of a web
server. This support enables you to use a Solaris machine to
perform IP address-based virtual web hosting. Solaris uses a single
configuration file, ncaport.conf, to map NCA sockets to IP
addresses.
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The following new freeware package has been
added in the Solaris 9 12/02 update release: ANT 1.4.1 - The
Jakarta ANT Java/XML-based build tool. To view license terms,
attribution, and copyright statement for ANT, go to
/usr/sfw/share/src/<freeware name>
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The Solaris 9 12/02 release includes a new
linker-editor features such as string table compression,
unreferenced section elimination, and unreferenced dependency
detection. For a complete list of these new features, see "New
Linker and Libraries Features and Updates" in the Linker and
Libraries Guide.
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Netscape 6.2.3 is integrated in the Solaris
Operating System. Netscape 6.2.3 is an application suite that
includes a web browser, mail and newsgroups, and web publishing
capabilities. Netscape 6.2.3 enables the user to navigate the web,
communicate with colleagues, participate in discussion groups, and
create dynamic web pages. Netscape 6.2.3 also enables user
customization. This version of the tool improves productivity and
efficiency with streamlined browsing, user tools for completing
tasks, more choice, more control and standards for web-based
applications.
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The madvise() function allows the kernel to
optimize access to a user-defined region of memory. It is an
enhancement to the Memory Placement Optimization (MPO) feature
which was added in Solaris 9 9/02 release. The Solaris 9 12/02
release includes three new flags for the madvise() function:
- MADV_ACCESS_LWP - Gives a specified lightweight process
(LWP) resource allocation priority.
- MADV_ACCESS_MANY - Specifies an address range that is
intensively used by processes across the machine.
- MADV_ACCESS_DEFAULT - Resets an address range's access
pattern to the system default.
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The Sun ONE Application Server 7, Platform
Edition, is integrated in the Solaris 9 Operating System 12/02
release. The Platform Edition of the Application Server provides
the foundation for enterprise-class application services and web
services. The server provides a high performance, small footprint
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform). J2EE enables
the development, deployment and management of enterprise
applications and web services to a broad range of servers, clients,
and devices.
The Sun ONE Application Server provides application portability and
faster time to market for new Java and XML applications with J2EE
1.3 platform compatibility. The Application Server enables
developers to build applications that are based on JavaServer Pages
(JSP), Java Servlet, and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology.
This technology supports a broad range of business requirements
from small departmental applications to enterprise-scale,
mission-critical services.
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The Solaris 9 12/02 release integrates the Sun
ONE Message Queue Platform Edition 3.0.1 as a JMS (Java Messaging
Service) provider. The integration of the Sun ONE Message Queue
allows applications and their components to exchange messages
reliably and asynchronously. The enables processes that run on
heterogeneous platforms to connect to a common message service,
thus enabling the exchange of information. The Message Queue also
provides other features such as centralized administration, tunable
performance, support for JNDI and SOAP messaging.
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The new Xrender feature increases performance
for applications, such as the StarOffice software suite, that run
on the Solaris operating environment. The Xrender feature provides
a modern appearance for these applications. Xrender uses hardware
processing for alpha-blending and transparency effects.
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The Xserver Virtual Screen enhancement allows
the X window system to add a separate screen to the display without
the presence of a frame buffer hardware for that screen. This
provides virtual frame buffer support for displays thus enabling
assistive technologies such as windows magnifiers.
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