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<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>
@@ -63,13 +122,13 @@
<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>
+ 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>
@@ -704,354 +763,6 @@ 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: { &lt;tableIdentifier&gt; "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