MultiNet v5.4 beta test

MultiNet v5.4 beta testing has begun. Please complete this form if you are interested in participating in the beta program. The release will include the following features:
  • NFSv3 server. Among the features supported by NFSv3 are support for files larger than 2GB; support for asynchronous writes on the server (improving write performance); and numerous other performance enhancements.
  • Support for the new Cluster over IP functionality introduced in OpenVMS 8.4. Cluster over IP allows OpenVMS clusters to be created over standard Internet Protocol connections.
  • Compliance with the USGv6 “mandatory” requirements.
  • The Intrusion Protection System (IPS) has received upgrades to make it more tunable and responsive to high-volume attacks, as well as the ability to handle common-link interface sets.
  • The INET and BG drivers have been modified to use buffered I/O, which delivers higher throughput on multiprocessor systems. (Note that users running on OpenVMS 8.x may need to increase their non-paged pool SYSGEN variables.)
  • Support for FASTPATH to increase throughput when exchanging packets with the Ethernet controller(s) on OpenVMS 8.x systems.
  • Bind 9 has been upgraded to version 9.7.2-3. Among its features are:
    • zones may be dynamically added and removed
    • a new “filter-aaaa-on-v4” access control list to select which IPv4 clients have AAAA record filtering applied
    • a new command was added to dump a combined summary of the currently managed keys combined with statically configured trust anchors
    • support to load new keys into managed zones without signing immediately with "rndc loadkeys"
    • support to link keys with "dnssec-keygen -S" and "dnssec-settime -S"
    • assorted security fixes
    • several other improvements, especially for simplifying DNSSEC configuration and DNSSEC maintenance
  • RFC 4255, "Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints", has been implemented in the SSH2 client. This provides the ability to look up host key fingerprints stored as SSHFP records in a DNS RRSET using DNSSEC. This in turn provides additional protection against man-in-the-middle host key spoofing attacks.
  • FTP now supports RESTart STREAM (RFC 3659), and MFMT (Modify Fact Modification Time). The commands GET and PUT now have a /RESTART qualifier that will resume an interrupted transfer where it was stopped.

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What new features will you test (Check all that apply)?
NFSv3 server
Cluster over IP
IPS upgrades
Support for FASTPATH
Bind 9 upgrade
RFC 4255
FTP now supports RESTart STREAM and MFMT

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