ECO kit KERNEL-UPDATE-040_A052

KERNEL-UPDATE-040_A052 - Kernel ECO kit Rev 4.0 for MultiNet V5.2A 21-Aug-2007

    Copyright © 2007 Process Software, LLC
 
    This kit updates MultiNet V5.2 Rev A with a new version of MULTINET.EXE
    and IF_SE.EXE for MultiNet for OpenVMS (VMS/VAX V5.5-2 and later,
    VMS/Alpha V6.1 and later), or MULTINET_KERNEL.EXE for MultiNet for
    VMS/Integrity V8.2 and later. 
  
    The ranking for this ECO is 2.
    The overall ranking for it is 1 (KERNEL-UPDATE-020_A052).

    The following changes have been made in this kit:

    - Correct errors in how the NTYDRIVER port routines link to the terminal
      on Integrity systems.  This patch is necessary for Point Secure's System
      Detective to work with MultiNet on Integrity systems.
      (DE 10570 KERNEL-UPDATE-040_A052) ECO Rank: 2

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    This kit also includes the following changes from previous ECO kits:

    - Correct problems with processing some IPv6 packets.
      RTSOLD-010_A052 should also be installed so that the Router Solicitation
      packets are correctly formed.
      (DE 10549 KERNEL-UPDATE-030_A052) ECO Rank: 3

    - Correct problems with cluster alias addresses.
      (DE 10551 KERNEL-UPDATE-030_A052) ECO Rank: 3

    - Correct some errors in IPv6 code that could cause a system crash.

    - Add controls to routing header 0 (zero) processing for IPv6.
      Routing headers are disabled unless one of the following is true:
      The MultiNet kernel variable ip6_rht0 is greater than zero, or
      ip6_forwarding is non-zero and ip6_rht0 is zero.  The default
      is that ip6_forwarding is zero (end node/host) and that ip6_rht0
      is -1 (don't process).  A processing limit of 1 routing header
      has also been added.

    - Improve IPv6 PCB lookup algorithms.

    - Correct a buffer management error that can cause crashes when DECnet
      over IP or the PWIPDRIVER are being used.
      (DE 10525 ECO KERNEL-UPDATE-020_A052) ECO Rank: 1

    - Correct an error that can cause the FIN flag to be set on the second to
      last packet of a TCP connection.  This causes the other side to drop the
      final packet and any data that may be contained in it.
      (DE 10508 ECO KERNEL-UPDATE-010_A052) ECO Rank: 1


    You must reboot after installing this ECO kit for the changes to
    take effect.