[ANNOUNCE] - Apache Knox 1.6.1 Release

[Sandor Molnar <sm...@cloudera.com>]

The Apache Knox team is proud to announce the release of Apache Knox 1.6.1!

Apache Knox is a REST API Gateway for providing secure access to the
data and processing resources of Apache Hadoop clusters. More details on
Apache Knox can be found at:
https://knox.apache.org/

Downloads, KEYS, and verification details can be found on the Releases page
at:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KNOX/Apache+Knox+Releases

The release bits are available at:
https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/knox/1.6.1

This release contains two major improvements: one addresses the infamous
CVE-2021-44228 (Apache Log4j) threat while the other one fixes KNOX-2665 on
the 1.6 line.

We would like to thank all of the contributors who made the release
possible and to invite others interested in helping out to engage the
community on the dev and users lists!

--Apache Knox PMC and community