[OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS 1.7.21 released for Microsoft Windows - Win 8 and Server 2012

[Jeffrey Altman]

OpenAFS 1.7.21 is the next a series of OpenAFS clients for the Microsoft
Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.
Significant changes since 1.7.21:

 * Fixes critical kernel driver reference counting errors
   that can result in a BSOD.

 * Fixes several errors in afsd_service.exe which can result
   in unexpected termination.

 * Prevents access to SACL via file system Security Information
   Queries. Executables can now be started from network drive
   mappings.

 * Improved compatibility with Trend Micro Office Scan 10.0.

 * Adds support for creating and deleting hard links.

 * \\afs\cell#volume\ notation now works with the AFS redirector.

 * "fs getcacheparms" once again reports used cache buffers.

 * "fs getcalleraccess" now implemented on Windows.

 * "msdfs:" symlinks can now refer to DOS devices. (e.g., msdfs:c:\temp)

 * RX corrections.

1.7.21 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows
users. It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from
Windows XP SP3 through Windows 8 and Windows Server operating
systems from 2003 SP2 through 2012.  The 1.7.21 Windows client is
fully compatible with all AFS server versions.

For UNIX, Linux, and MacOS X the recommended production-ready release of
OpenAFS is 1.6.1.

Source code and binaries can be downloaded from

     http://www.openafs.org/windows.html
     http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.7.21.html

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

Please send reports of successful deployments to

  openafs-info@openafs.org

and report problems to

  openafs-bugs@openafs.org.

Jeffrey Altman
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers