Hi all,

We are almost done selecting the target patches for the last ever 6.5
Powerpatch release, and I very much want to get the NW Printing and FTP
security SIB patches into 6.5 Powerpatch 5.  However, all patches must
be in GR (General Release) status before they are considered for a
Powerpatch.

The two SIB patches in question are:

.  FTPHDF0, FTP security enhancements, 2nd most popular SIB '04 item.
Enables FTP command and transfer logging (think SOX), allows an FTP
logon banner to be shown (think lawyers), supports the exclusion of
certain files from being retrieved (think netrc file), allows users to
be denied access at FTP logon, supports the site_chmod and site_chown
commands (think security and convenience), and more... See: 
 
http://jazz.external.hp.com/papers/Communicator/7.5/ftp_enhancements-1.h
tml
The 7.5 version of this patch is FTPHDE8 and the 7.0 version is FTPHDE9.

.  MPEMXU1, Network printing to non-HP printers, the *most* popular SIB
'04 request. MXU1 introduces a new NPCONFIG file option, PCL_ENABLED,
which when set false removes the PCL sequences at the beginning and
ending of the spoolfile.  There is more, see:
  http://jazz.external.hp.com/papers/Communicator/7.5/NWPrinting.html


If you want these two SIB patches to be included in 6.5 PP5 then you
need to request and install them ASAP -- there is only a week remaining.
You need HP support to obtain BT patches.


Thanks,
 Jeff Vance, vCSY

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