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-unreleased (??)
+release/004.048 (2015-06-24)
 
     [newsyslog] Change permissions of /var/log/btmp to '600' in RHEL
-    systems so that sshd stops complaining (jlent)
+    systems so that sshd stops complaining. This is because RHEL builds 
+    of openssh are paranoid about the frequency that passwords are 
+    mistakenly entered as usernames. If the utmp group is compromised,
+    there could be enough context to get real account credentials (jlent)
 
     [dns] Make dns_cache a class-level parameter, so that it can be set in 
     Hiera (as base::dns::dns_cache) (akkornel)