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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
<br>Chapter 14 - Changes expected in the next major release of Debian
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<h2><a name="s-security"></a>14.1 Increased security</h2>
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Debian contains support for shadow passwords since release 1.3. In addition,
the Linux library of Pluggable Authentication Modules (a.k.a. <code><a
href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">libpam</a></code>;) that
allows sysadmins to choose authorization modes on an application-specific basis
is available, and initially set to authenticate via shadow password.
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Including full support for advanced authentication methods such as Kerberos, as
well as additional security enhancements for mandatory access control
mechanisms such as SElinux, RSBAC and buffer overflow protection like
Exec-shield or PaX is still in progress.
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<h2><a name="s-i18n"></a>14.2 Extended support for non-English users</h2>
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Debian already has very good support for non-English users, see <a
href="ch-software.en.html#s-nonenglish">How does Debian support non-English
languages?, Section 4.8</a>.
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We hope to find people who will provide support for even more languages, and
translate. Some programs already support internationalization, so we need
message catalogs translators. Many programs still remain to be properly
internationalized.
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The GNU Translation Project <code><a
href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ABOUT-NLS">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ABOUT-NLS</a></code>
works on internationalizing the GNU programs.
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<h2><a name="s-morearches"></a>14.3 More architectures</h2>
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Complete Debian system on other architectures such as AMD64 or SuperH is
expected soon. Notice that, for AMD64 there is a development archive at
<code><a href="http://amd64.debian.net/">http://amd64.debian.net/</a></code>
that provides intallation images as well as binary packages for most of the
distribution. This architecture will probably be added for <samp>etch</samp>.
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<h2><a name="s-morekernels"></a>14.4 More kernels</h2>
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In addition to Debian GNU/Hurd, Debian is being ported also to BSD kernels,
namely to <code><a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd">NetBSD</a></code>.
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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
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