1.5.32 is the recommended production ready release of OpenAFS for
Microsoft Windows users.  It supports all Microsoft Windows operating
systems from Windows 2000 through Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
including both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.  The 1.5.32 release
continues the recent efforts at optimizing the performance of the
Windows client and improving its scalability.

For UNIX, Linux, and MacOS X the recommend production ready release of
OpenAFS is 1.4.6.  The 1.5.32 Windows client is fully compatible with
all AFS server versions.

Please visit http://www.openafs.org/windows.html for up to date
information on the status of the OpenAFS for Windows client.

For All Platforms:

   * Documentation updates

   * File server FID (and thus descriptor) leak corrected.

   * Rx library performance improvements

For Microsoft Windows:

This release fixes the following bugs present in 1.5.31:

   * Restore the ability to browse \\AFS with "NET VIEW"
     and the Explorer Shell.

   * Restore support for the 16-bit application environment.

   * A crash could occur when handling a VNOVOL errors
     for unattached volumes.

   * The AFS System Tray tool (afscreds) returns permission
     denied errors when Vista User Account Control blocks
     actions.

Other changes resulting in performance enhancements include:

   * Significant throughput improvements when logging is
     disabled.

   * Tokens are no longer discarded in response to RXKADBADTICKET
     errors.  Instead STATUS_NO_KERB_KEY is returned to the
     application.

For all Linux:

   * Correct s390x support

   * Updated RPM packaging.

   * Add port for ARM linux.


Please send reports of successful deployments to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Jeffrey Altman
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers


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