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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2006-03-17 22:59:24 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2006-03-17 22:59:24 +0000
commita0db53ba734efaedab15f9947b7627e492d4611c (patch)
treef69440407fc62c45cb8061e7c59bcf08de18fad5 /docbook
parent6ea4c2745e4a31174b10e0acbcad3dd09b7a7a52 (diff)
Remove unused internal entities. Update some bug entries. Fixup
whitespace. svn path=/trunk/; revision=17659
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook')
-rw-r--r--docbook/release-notes.xml76
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.xml b/docbook/release-notes.xml
index 232c869c6d..7626383214 100644
--- a/docbook/release-notes.xml
+++ b/docbook/release-notes.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!-- $Id$ -->
@@ -9,48 +9,10 @@ DOCUMENT SECTION
-Use this section to encode all document information
-->
- <!ENTITY DocumentTitle "<application>Ethereal</application> Release Notes">
- <!ENTITY DocumentSubTitle "&DocumentVersion; (&SvnVersion;) for Ethereal &EtherealCurrentVersion;">
- <!ENTITY DocumentTitleAbbreviation "Relnotes">
-
- <!ENTITY % SvnVersionFile SYSTEM "svn_version.xml">
- %SvnVersionFile;
-<!ENTITY DocumentLegalNotice "<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.</para><para>All logos and trademarks in this document are property of their respective owner.</para>">
-
<!--
Ethereal Info
-->
<!ENTITY EtherealCurrentVersion "0.99.0">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWebSite "http://www.ethereal.com">
- <!ENTITY EtherealUsersGuidePage "&EtherealWebSite;/docs/#usersguide">
- <!ENTITY EtherealDownloadPage "&EtherealWebSite;/download.html">
- <!ENTITY EtherealBinariesPage "&EtherealWebSite;/download.html#releases">
- <!ENTITY EtherealAuthorsPage "&EtherealWebSite;/introduction.html#authors">
- <!ENTITY EtherealProtocolsPage "&EtherealWebSite;/docs/dfref/">
- <!ENTITY EtherealFAQPage "&EtherealWebSite;/faq.html">
- <!ENTITY EtherealFAQPromiscPage "&EtherealWebSite;/faq#promiscsniff">
- <!ENTITY EtherealMediaPage "&EtherealWebSite;/media.html">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiPage "http://wiki.ethereal.com">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiCaptureFiltersPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/CaptureFilters">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiDisplayFiltersPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/DisplayFilters">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiPreferencesPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/Preferences">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiColoringRulesPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/ColoringRules">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiPreferencesPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/Preferences">
-
- <!ENTITY EtherealDevMailList "ethereal-dev[AT]ethereal.com">
- <!ENTITY EtherealUsersMailList "ethereal-users[AT]ethereal.com">
-
-
-<!--
-Winpcap Info
--->
- <!ENTITY WinPcapWebsite "http://www.winpcap.org">
- <!ENTITY WinPcapDownloadWebsite "http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm">
-
-<!--
-Gnu info
--->
- <!ENTITY GPLWebsite "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">
]>
@@ -79,36 +41,36 @@ Gnu info
<!-- Bug IDs: 651 -->
Versions affected: 0.10.14.
</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
The UMA dissector could go into an infinite loop.
<!-- Fixed in r17119, r17273 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: ??? -->
- Versions affected: ???.
+ <!-- Bug IDs: 716 -->
+ Versions affected: 0.10.12.
</para></listitem>
-<!-- FIX (17235), canary bugs -->
-
+ <!-- Canary bugs found after r17235 -->
</itemizedlist>
- Under a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
- <ulink url="http://www.coverity.com">Coverity</ulink> has uncovered
+ Under a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
+ <ulink url="http://www.coverity.com">Coverity</ulink> has uncovered
a number of vulnerabilities in Ethereal:
<itemizedlist>
-
+
<listitem><para>
The GSM SMS dissector could crash Ethereal.
<!-- Fixed in r17506 -->
<!-- Bug IDs: None -->
- <!-- Coverity run 12, CID 104 -->
- Versions affected: ???.
+ <!-- Coverity CID 104 -->
+ Versions affected: 0.9.16.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- Win32: Unicode characters in the users profile path causes problems
+ Win32: Unicode characters in the users profile path causes problems
reading/writing the preferences (and alike) files.
<!-- Fixed in r17024,r17025 -->
<!-- Bug IDs: 648 -->
@@ -124,18 +86,18 @@ Gnu info
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- The new command line tool <command>dumpcap</command> makes it
- possible to capture network data without the drawbacks of (t)ethereal
- (memory usage, security problems, ...) while keeping the benefit of
+ The new command line tool <command>dumpcap</command> makes it
+ possible to capture network data without the drawbacks of (t)ethereal
+ (memory usage, security problems, ...) while keeping the benefit of
advanced techniques like multiple (ringbuffer) files and alike.
</para>
<para>
- The manpage of <command>dumpcap</command> in HTML format is available
+ The manpage of <command>dumpcap</command> in HTML format is available
at: <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Win32: Catch hardware exceptions caused by buggy dissectors.
- If e.g. a NULL pointer exceptions occurs, Ethereal won't crash now
+ Win32: Catch hardware exceptions caused by buggy dissectors.
+ If e.g. a NULL pointer exceptions occurs, Ethereal won't crash now
but displays the exception and tries to continue decoding packets.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -166,7 +128,7 @@ Gnu info
<para>
Download ethereal-setup-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.exe from the
<ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/">Windows
- download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
+ download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
installer executable.
</para>
</section>
@@ -200,7 +162,7 @@ Gnu info
</section>
- <!-- XXX needs to be written
+ <!-- XXX needs to be written
<section id="RemovingEthereal"><title>Removing Ethereal</title>
<para>
</para>