From: Harlan Stenn Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:03:11 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update the NEWS file for 4.2.8p7 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aeb5cd8931c9a864237c13a9ab35fdbaff0b33ac;p=thirdparty%2Fntp.git Update the NEWS file for 4.2.8p7 bk: 570f5ccfYzUYO8JuCiysd-YxiFdKqQ --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c8b574984..d59834bdd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Severity: MEDIUM When building NTP from source, there is a new configure option available, --enable-dynamic-interleave. More information on this below. +Also note that ntp-4.2.8p7 logs more "unexpected events" than previous +versions of ntp. These events have almost certainly happened in the +past, it's just that they were silently counted and not logged. With +the increasing awareness around security, we feel it's better to clearly +log these events to help detect abusive behavior. This increased +logging can also help detect other problems, too. + In addition to bug fixes and enhancements, this release fixes the following 9 low- and medium-severity vulnerabilities: