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What's New in the Solaris 9 12/03 Operating Environment
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Preface
Chapter 1 What's New in Solaris 9 Releases
New Features by Solaris Release
Solaris 9 12/03 Release
Solaris 9 8/03 Release
Solaris 9 4/03 Release
Solaris 9 12/02 Release
Solaris 9 9/02 Release
Sun Java Enterprise System Joins Solaris
Networking Enhancements
Sun ONE Application Server Integration
Sun ONE Message Queue
SPARC: TCP Multidata Transmit
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) 6to4 Router
Packet Tunneling Over IPv6
Hosting Multiple Web Sites on a Single Solaris Machine
IP Quality of Service
User Selector for Internet Protocol Quality of Service (IPQoS)
Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2)
Installation Enhancements
WAN Boot Installation Method
Solaris Live Upgrade 2.1
Solaris Flash Archives
Solaris Flash Differential Archives and Configuration Scripts
Customizing Content in a Solaris Flash Archive
Command-Line Interface Enhancements to the Solaris Product Registry
Support for LDAP Version 2 Profiles
System Administration Tools
Signed Packages and Patches
NIS-to-LDAP Transition Service
BIND 8.3.3
SPARC: Multiterabyte Volume Support in Solaris Volume Manager
Reconfiguration Coordination Manager Support in Solaris Volume Manager
Solaris Patch Update Feature
Combine Data Address and Test Address for Single IP Network Multipathing Group
File System Enhancements
Enhancements to the NFS Client
SPARC: Multiterabyte UFS File Systems
SPARC: Multiterabyte Volume Support With EFI Disk Labels
Security Enhancements
sadmind Security Level Raised
Kerberos Enhancements
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Key Storage on Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Hardware Acceleration
Auditing Enhancements
Smart Card Terminal Interfaces
Enhanced crypt() Function
Password Management Feature in pam_ldap
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Enhancement
System Resources Enhancements
Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon
Extended Accounting Subsystem
Development Tool Enhancements
SPARC: Locality Groups
Linkers and Libraries Updates
Smart Card Interfaces
Stack Check APIs
Memory Allocation With libumem
Sun ONE Application Server
Sun ONE Message Queue
Enhanced crypt() Function
New Flags for madvise() Function
Smartcard Middleware APIs
Language Support Enhancements
Common Transliteration-based Input Method for All Indian languages
Unicode Version 3.2 Support
Additional Keyboard Support
Wubi Input Method
Input Method Support for Indic
Seven Additional Indic Scripts for Support in Unicode Locales
Solaris Documentation Changes
New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 12/03 Release
New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 8/03 Release
New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 4/03 Release
New Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide
New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 12/02 Release
NIS+-to-LDAP Transition Documentation
New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 9/02 Release
System Performance Enhancements
UFS Logging Performance Enhancements
SPARC: Memory Placement Optimization (MPO)
SPARC: Dynamic Intimate Shared Memory (DISM) Large-Page Support
Web Browser Enhancements
Netscape 7.0
Netscape 6.2.3
Desktop Features
GNOME 2.0 Desktop
X11 Windowing Features
Xscreensaver Program
X Event Interception Extension (XEvIE)
FreeType 2.1.x
Xserver Virtual Screen Enhancement
Xrender Extension
Freeware Enhancements
Ghostscript 7.05
New Freeware Packages: libxml2 2.4.16 and libxslt 1.0.19
ANT 1.4.1 Freeware Package
Chapter 2 Features in the Solaris 9 Release
System Resources Enhancements
Solaris 9 Resource Manager
New Fixed-Priority (FX) Scheduling Class
New Display Options for the df, du, and ls Commands
Improved Process Debugging With the pargs and preap Commands
Networking Enhancements
Sun ONE Directory Server
Naming Service Support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
NIS+-to-LDAP Migration Tools
IP Security Architecture for IPv6
Enhanced inetd Command
Solaris FTP Client
Trivial File Transfer Protocols (TFTP) Enhancements
Support for IPv6 Over ATM
Enhanced snoop Packet Capture
Solaris PPP 4.0
Sun Internet FTP Server
Extensions to the Sun RPC Library
Enhancements to sendmail
Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA)
IP Network Multipathing
SPARC: IP Network Multipathing DLPI Link-Up and Link-Down Notification Support
Mobile Internet Protocol
Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile IP) Agent Advertisements Over Dynamic Interfaces
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Networking Freeware
System Administration Tools
Solaris Volume Manager
Unified diff Format
Generic Log Rotation Facility
Solaris Management Console
Patch Manager
Solaris WBEM Services 2.5
CIM Object Manager Now Listens to HTTP Port 5988
SNMP Adapter for WBEM
Solaris Product Registry 3.0
Modify Software Groups in Solaris Web Start Program
System Administration Freeware Tools
File System Enhancements
Extended File Attributes
Improved UFS Direct I/O Concurrency
DNLC Improvements
UFS Snapshots (fssnap)
Updated mkfs Command
Installation Enhancements
Solaris Live Upgrade 2.0
Web Start Flash Installation Feature
Web Start Flash Archive Retrieval Using FTP
Minimal Installation
x86: PXE Network Boot
Longer Package Names
Installation From the Solaris DVD
Solaris Web Start Program Uses sysidcfg File
Enhancements to the Solaris Web Start Program
Additions to Time Zone Selections
Solaris Web Start Wizards SDK 3.0.1
New Boot Options for a Custom JumpStart Installation
Upgrading Mirrors
Default Routing With System Identification Utilities
Configuration With System Identification Utilities
Patch Analyzer
System Performance Enhancements
SPARC: Multiple Page Size Support
Improved Multithreading Library
Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA)
SPARC: Performance Improvement for Servers
Dynamic Intimate Shared Memory (DISM)
Server and Client Management
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Diskless Client Management
Security Enhancements
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol
Solaris Secure Shell
Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) and Administration Tools
Secure LDAP Client
Encryption Modules for IPsec and Kerberos
IP Security Architecture for IPv6
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Enhancements
Xserver Security Options
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSS-API)
Additional Security Software
Xserver Features
X11 Support for IPv6 on Solaris
Xserver Security Options
Xsun Keyboard Bell Option
Using Xsun Server as a Display-only Device
Removable Media Management
Write CD File Systems With the cdrw Command
Improved Removable Media Management
Device Management
SPARC: Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager
SPARC: Sun Gigaswift Ethernet Driver
USB Devices
Using USB Mass Storage Devices
Hot-Plugging USB Devices With the cfgadm Command
USB Printer Support
Reconfiguration Coordination Manager (RCM)
mp Program Enhancement
SPARC: New Dynamic Reconfiguration Error Messages
Development Tools
Compatibility of Solaris and Linux Application Programming Interfaces
Choice of XML Output for Live Upgrade Messages
SPARC: Multiple Page Size Support
Improved Multithreading Library
Perl Version 5.6.1
Unified diff Format
Sysevent Framework
Kernel Pseudo-Random Number Generator
SPARC: Application Interface to Remote Shared Memory on Clusters
GNU-Compatible Version of the gettext() API Functions
Extended File Attributes
New Fixed-Priority (FX) Scheduling Class
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Solaris Web Start Wizards SDK 3.0.1
Modular Debugger (mdb)
Audio Enhancements
Vectored System Call: sendfilev()
Verify File Conformance With the appcert Utility
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSS-API)
Web-Based Enterprise Management Tools
Solaris WBEM Services 2.5
New WBEM Batching API Added
WBEM CIM WorkShop Enhanced
Support for WBEM Process Indication (Extrinsic) Events Added
WBEM mofcomp Command Enhanced
Sample Programs Are Added for New Java WBEM SDK
Solaris WBEM Software Developer's Kit
New Solaris Providers
Writing Device Drivers
Frame Buffer Power Management
SPARC: Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager
SPARC: Driver Fault Injector Harness
Generic LAN Driver
Java Releases
JavaHelp v. 1.1.2
Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition v. 1.4.0
JSP 1.2 and Java Servlet 2.3 Support in Apache Web Server
Solaris 9 Features for Desktop Users
Xterm Terminal Emulator Support for Multibyte Character Set
Graphical Workspace Manager
Workspace Manager
Window List
Energy Star Standards
Print Format for Non-ISO-1 Files
Adding Multiple Files to Emails
Removable Media Manager
Audio Enhancements
Desktop Freeware
Solaris 9 Language Support
Improved Data Interoperability
New TrueType Fonts
Expanded Unicode Support
Print Filter Enhancement—the mp Program
New iconv Modules
Enhanced Conversion of Dtpad File Open/Save Codeset
Support for the New Chinese GB18030-2000 Character Set
New zh_CN.GB18030 Locale Enhanced From zh_CN.GBK
New Chinese and Korean Collation Locales
Wordbreaker Modules for Thai
New Asian UTF-8 (Unicode) Locales
New Thai Input Method
New Chinese Input Methods
New Auxiliary Window for Chinese Input Methods
New zh_HK.BIG5HK Locale to Support HKSCS for Hong Kong, China
Additional Japanese iconv Modules
New European and Middle Eastern Keyboard Support
New Unicode (UTF-8) Locales for Europe and the Middle East
Euro Default Currency Support
Additional Software
ExtraValue Directory
SunScreen 3.2
Netscape 6.2.1 for the Solaris Operating Environment
Freeware Enhancements
Updated Freeware Packages
Freeware Libraries
Freeware Commands and Utilities
Companion CD
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