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diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml index fd5a548b16..704ff0a20f 100644 --- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2011</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -34,23 +34,262 @@ <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.7</title> + <p>Version 4.21.7 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.21.6, 4.21.5, 4.21.4, 4.21.3, 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1 and + 4.20. </p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] DoS attack using GET-BULK with large value of + MaxRepetitions. + A preventive method has been implementing by simply + limit the number of varbinds that can be included in + a Get-BULK response message. This is specified by the + new config option, + <seealso marker="snmp_app#agent_gb_max_vbs">gb_max_vbs</seealso>. + </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9700</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Simultaneous + <seealso marker="snmpa#backup">snmpa:backup/1,2</seealso> + calls can interfere. + The master agent did not check if a backup was already in + progress when a backup request was accepted. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9884</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11995</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + + </section> <!-- 4.21.7 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.6</title> + <p>Version 4.21.6 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.21.5, 4.21.4, 4.21.3, 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1 and + 4.20. </p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] DoS attack using GET-BULK with large value of + MaxRepetitions. + A preventive method has been implementing by simply + limit the number of varbinds that can be included in + a Get-BULK response message. This is specified by the + new config option, + <seealso marker="snmp_app#agent_gb_max_vbs">gb_max_vbs</seealso>. + </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9700</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Mib server cache gclimit update function incorrectly calls + age update function. + The gclimit update function, + <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_gclimit">update_mibs_cache_gclimit/1</seealso>, + <em>incorrectly</em> called the age update function, + <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_age">update_mibs_cache_age/2</seealso>. </p> + <p>Johan Claesson</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9868</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + + </section> <!-- 4.21.6 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.5</title> + <p>Version 4.21.5 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.21.4, 4.21.3, 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1 and 4.20. </p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> +<!-- + <p>-</p> +--> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Removed (more) use of old style tuple funs. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9783</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> +<!-- + <p>-</p> +--> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Repeated vacm table dumping fails due to file name + conflict. When dumping the vacm table to disk, a temoporary + file with a fixed name was used. If the table dumping + (snmpa_vacm:dump_table/0) was initiated from several different + processes in rapid succesion, the dumping could fail because the + different processes was simultaniously trying to write to the + same file. This problem has been eliminated by creating a unique + name for the temporary file. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9851</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11980</p> + </item> + + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + +<!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>foo. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9718</p> + </item> + + </list> +--> + + </section> + + </section> <!-- 4.21.5 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.4</title> + <p>This version has never been released for R14B.</p> + <p>Version 4.21.4 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.21.3, 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1, 4.20 and 4.19. </p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + +<!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[compiler] Improved version info printout from the + <seealso marker="snmpc(command)#">MIB compiler frontend escript</seealso>. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9618</p> + </item> + + </list> +--> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> +<!-- + <p>-</p> +--> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Removed use of old style tuple funs. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9779</p> + </item> + + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + +<!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>foo. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9718</p> + </item> + + </list> +--> + + </section> + + </section> <!-- 4.21.4 --> + + + <section> <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.3</title> <p>Version 4.21.3 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21 and 4.20.1. </p> - + version 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1, 4.20 and 4.19. </p> + <section> <title>Improvements and new features</title> <!-- <p>-</p> --> - + <list type="bulleted"> <item> - <p>[compiler] Improved version info printout. </p> + <p>[compiler] Improved version info printout from the + <seealso marker="snmpc(command)#">MIB compiler frontend escript</seealso>. </p> <p>Own Id: OTP-9618</p> </item> </list> + </section> <section> @@ -61,35 +300,46 @@ <list type="bulleted"> <item> + <p>[agent] Version 4.20 introduced a change that broke trap + sending from subagents. Due to a bug in the test code, + this was not discovered, until that bug was fixed. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9745</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] When sending an error message (reply) regarding + <c>snmpUnknownPDUHandlers</c>, the agent used the wrong OID. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9747</p> + </item> + + <item> <p>[compiler] Fix the <c>--warnings/--W</c> option parsing in the - <seealso marker="snmpc(command)#option_warnings">snmpc</seealso> - wrapper (e)script. - The short warning option was incorrectly <c>--w</c>, instead - of as documented <c>--W</c>. This has now been corrected. </p> - <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <seealso marker="snmpc(command)#option_warnings">snmpc</seealso> + wrapper (e)script. + The short warning option was incorrectly <c>--w</c>, instead + of as documented <c>--W</c>. This has now been corrected. </p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> <p>Tuncer Ayaz</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-9718</p> </item> </list> - </section> <section> <title>Incompatibilities</title> <!-- - <p>-</p> + <p>-</p> --> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>[compiler] The short warning option has been changed from - <c>--w</c> to <c>--W</c> to comply with the documentation. </p> + <c>--w</c> to <c>--W</c> to comply with the documentation. </p> <p>Tuncer Ayaz</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-9718</p> - </item> - + </item> </list> </section> @@ -571,355 +821,6 @@ snmp_view_basec_acm_mib:vacmAccessTable(set, RowIndex, Cols). </section> <!-- 4.18 --> - <section> - <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17.1</title> - <p>Version 4.17.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.17, 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and new features</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When the function FilterMod:accept_recv/2 - returned false the SNMP agent stopped collecting - messages from UDP.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8761</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - </section> <!-- 4.17.1 --> - - - <section> - <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17</title> - <p>Version 4.17 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and new features</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[agent] Added very basic support for multiple SNMPv3 - EngineIDs in a single agent. See - <seealso marker="snmpa#send_notification">send_notification/7</seealso>, - <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#process_packet">process_packet/7</seealso>, - <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_response_msg">generate_response_msg/6</seealso> or - <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_msg">generate_msg/6</seealso> - for more info. </p> - - <p>Own Id: OTP-8478</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <p>-</p> - - <!-- - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The config utility - (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>) - generated a default notify.conf - with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap", - but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p> - <p>Kenji Rikitake</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p> - </item> - - </list> - --> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - </section> <!-- 4.17 --> - - - <section> - <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.2</title> - <p>Version 4.16.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and new features</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[compiler] The SMI specifies that a table row OID should be - named: { <tableIdentifier> "1" }. </p> - <p>A new option has been introduced, - <seealso marker="snmpc#compiler_opts">relaxed_row_name_assign_check</seealso>, - that allows for a more liberal numbering scheme</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8574</p> - </item> - - <item> - <p>[agent|manager] Changes to make snmp (forward) compatible with - the new version of the crypto application (released in R14). - As of R14, crypto is implemented using NIFs. Also, - the API is more strict. </p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8594</p> - </item> - - <item> - <p>Auto [agent] Changed default value for the MIB server cache. - GC is now on by default. </p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8648</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Encode/decode of Counter64 values larger than - 16#7fffffffffffffff (9223372036854775807) failed. </p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8563</p> - </item> - - <item> - <p>[compiler] Fails to compile non-contiguous BITS. </p> - <p>Per Hedeland</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8595</p> - </item> - - <item> - <p>[manager] Raise condition causing the manager server process to - crash. Unregistering an agent while traffic (set/get-operations) - is ongoing could cause a crash in the manager server process - (raise condition). </p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8646</p> - <p>Aux Id: Seq 11585</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - </section> <!-- 4.16.2 --> - - - <section> - <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.1</title> - <p>Version 4.16.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and new features</title> - <p>-</p> - <!-- - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be - augmented by a sequence number. </p> - <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the - <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso> - config option. </p> - <p>See the - <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso> - or the - <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso> - chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p> - - <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p> - </item> - - </list> - --> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[manager] Fixed an upgrade/downgrade problem. </p> - <p>Upgrade/downgrade from/to 4.13.5 did not work for the net-if - process. This has now been fixed. </p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8481</p> - </item> - - <item> - <p>[agent] A minor mnesia related performance improvement. </p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8480</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - </section> <!-- 4.16.1 --> - - - <section> - <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16</title> - <p>Version 4.16 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and new features</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be - augmented by a sequence number. </p> - <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the - <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso> - config option. </p> - <p>See the - <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso> - or the - <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso> - chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p> - - <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[manager] Registration of agents using the config file, - <seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files#agents">agents.conf</seealso>, - does not work. This has now been corrected. </p> - <p>Per Hedeland</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8442</p> - </item> - - <item> - <p>The config utility - (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>) - generated a default notify.conf - with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap", - but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p> - <p>Kenji Rikitake</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - </section> <!-- 4.16 --> - - - <section> - <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.15</title> - - <p>Version 4.15 supports code replacement in runtime from/to - version 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and new features</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The documentation is now built with open source tools - (<em>xsltproc</em> and <em>fop</em>) that exists on most - platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8249</p> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <!-- - <p>-</p> - --> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>[manager] When information from an unknown agent is received, - it was previously delivered to the default user via calls to all - the functions of the callback API depending on the info type - (<c>pdu</c>, <c>trap</c>, <c>report</c> or <c>inform</c>). - The problem was that the <c>TargetName</c> argument was useless - in this case (only an already known agent has a known/valid - <c>TargetName</c>, but the <c>TargetName</c> used in these calls - was generated "on the fly"). </p> - <p>This has now been changed so that when a message is received - from an unknown agent, then only - <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent</seealso> - (for the default user) is called, but now this call also has a - <c>Type</c> argument, which is - <c>pdu | trap | report | inform</c>, depending on what kind of - message was actually received, thus making it possible for the - user to properly analyze the data received. </p> - <p>To handle this, the - <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso> behaviour has - been updated. </p> - <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8229</p> - <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> --> - </item> - - </list> - - </section> - - </section> <!-- 4.15 --> - - <!-- section> <title>Release notes history</title> <p>For information about older versions see |