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@@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ This release fixes some bugs and includes a new component. Changes: * Add new daemon "avahi-autoipd" which is an implementation of - IPv4LL as defined in RFC3927. While it is not the first - implemenatation of this technology for Free operating systems it - is clearly the most powerful and hopefully even the most - secure. (Because it chroot()s and drops priviliges and suchlike) - For more information, especially about packaging this new tool for - distributions, please make sure to read: + IPv4LL as defined in RFC3927, a technology for assigning link-local IP + addresses without DHCP server. The same functionality has been available on + Windows under the name APIPA. While it is not the first implemenatation of + this technology for Free operating systems it is clearly the most powerful + and hopefully even the most secure. (Because it chroot()s and drops + priviliges and suchlike) For more information, especially about packaging + this new tool for distributions, please make sure to read: http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAutoipd - For the rationale for adding this program to the Avahi toolset - please read this mailing list thread: + and of course the man page included in the tarball. For the rationale for + adding this program to the Avahi toolset please read this mailing list + thread: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/avahi/2006-September/000863.html * Fix a segfault in the code handling static host name registrations * Add a few new entries to the service type database |