Hello,

The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the first beta release
of Amanda 2.5.1, the 2.5.1b1 release.

It can be dowloaded from http://www.amanda.org (not yet available) or
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120

Here's a list of the changes for release 2.5.1b1 (from the NEWS file):
Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.

* work with tar-1.15.91
* Open SSL encryption support
* amfetchdump -o is replaced by -O.
* amrecover_do_fsf default to yes
* amrecover_check_label default to yes
* amcheck -w will do all test including the tape writable test.
 use amcheck -t -w if you want only the tape writable test.
* usetimestamps
* bsdudp/bsdtcp, 2 new auth.
* Unlimited number of DLE on a client with bsdtcp/rsh or ssh auth.
* docs/howto-auth.txt
* amandad_path, client_username and ssh_keys (for ssh/rsh)
* client config file (see man amanda-client.conf)
 Only use by amrecover.
* amrecover use the security-api
* amoldrecover which use the old amindexd/amidxtaped protocol
* -o option to overwrite config option
 (see in man amanda, the CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE section)