CentOS 6.8 發布了，CentOS是一個開源軟件貢獻者和用戶的社區。典型的CentOS用戶包括這樣一些組織和個人，他們並不需要專門的商業支持就能開展成功的業務。 CentOS是Red Hat Enterprise
Linux的100%兼容的重新組建，並完全符合Red Hat的再發行要求。CentOS面向那些需要企業級操作系統穩定性的人們，而且並不涉及認證和支持方面的開銷。
主要改進記錄：
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libreswan replaces openswan as VPN endpoint solution (support added in NetworkManager)
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ssd has a number of new capabilities and now supports smart cards, support for SSLv2 has been disabled
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XFS support increased to a maximum file system size of 300TB
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various applications now support TLSv1.2, i.e. OpenLDAP, yum, stunnel, vsftpd, git, postfix and others. Also TLSv1.2 has been enabled by default in various packages
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various applications now support elliptic-curve parameters, i.e. Perl Net:SSLeay or Perl IO::Socket::SSL
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dmidecode now supports SMBIOS 3.0.0
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kickstart files can now be pulled from https sources
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chrony has been added as an alternative to NTPd
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squid 3.4 is available as a replacement to squid 3.1enhancements have been made for guests running Hyper-V i.e. reporting kernel crashes to the hypervisor or running as a generation 2 guest
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New package rear can be used to continuously create recovery images
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SSLv3 and older insecure protocols are disabled by default, and various packages now have more configuration options to select the desired protocols
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libreoffice has been rebased to 4.3.7.2
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various packages have been rebased to more current version i.e. elfutils, SystemTap, ipmitool, memtest86+, icedtea-web, various hardware drivers, shadow utils, virt-who and others
完整發布說明，可以在這裡查看。
下載地址：https://www.centos.org/download/
