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                        User-Visible OpenAFS Changes
 
-OpenAFS 1.6.2 (in progress)
+OpenAFS 1.6.2
 
   All platforms
 
+    * Fix buffer overflows in fileserver and ptserver.
+
     * Abort an rx connection when given an unknown service (Gerrit 7593).
 
     * "idle dead" behavior improvements.