Re: mc/NEWS

[Roland Illig <roland illig gmx de>]

Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> Full audit of quoting of parameters in vfs scripts (CAN-2004-0494).
> Hiding of FTP passwords.
> Internal slang upgrade to 1.4.9.
> Increased maximum screen size to 512 x 512.
> Fixed CAN-2003-1023 (stack overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink)
> Fixed CAN-2004-0226 (buffer overflows)
> Fixed CAN-2004-0231 (unsafe temporary file and directory creation)
> Fixed CAN-2004-0232 (format string vulnerablities)
> Hide temporary commands from history.
> Fixed crash on use of large syntax files.
> New and improved syntax files (php, perl, diff and asp.net).
> Various fixes in tar.c.
> Numerous other bug fixes (vfs, editor, viewer).

* Large files are better supported (int -> off_t).
* Better support for '@' in FTP usernames.
* cons.saver does not need to be setuid-root.

Roland