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NEWS: Deprecate nss_hesiod 

Storing user databases in DNS, without client-side DNSSEC validation,
is problematic from a security point of view.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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Florian Weimer 2020-07-24 16:46:23 +02:00
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@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
applications which use the malloc hooks must preload a special shared applications which use the malloc hooks must preload a special shared
object, to enable the hooks. object, to enable the hooks.
* The hesiod NSS module has been deprecated and will be removed in a
future version of glibc. System administrators are encouraged to
switch to other approaches for networked account databases, such as
LDAP.
Changes to build and runtime requirements: Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* powerpc64le requires GCC 7.4 or newer. This is required for supporting * powerpc64le requires GCC 7.4 or newer. This is required for supporting