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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. libpam;) that
allows sysadmins to choose authorization modes on an application-specific basis
is available, and initially set to authenticate via shadow password.
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.
Debian already has very good support for non-English users, see How does Debian support non-English languages?, Section 4.8.
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.
The GNU Translation Project ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ABOUT-NLS
works on internationalizing the GNU programs.
Complete Debian system on other architectures such as AMD64 or SuperH is
expected soon. Notice that, for AMD64 there is a development archive at
http://amd64.debian.net/
that provides intallation images as well as binary packages for most of the
distribution. This architecture will probably be added for etch.
In addition to Debian GNU/Hurd, Debian is being ported also to BSD kernels,
namely to NetBSD.
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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
version 3.1.3, 25 April 2006