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Official OpenBSD 6.1 CD - There's only One!

Contributed by phessler on from the not-available-in-stores dept.

OpenBSD 6.1 was announced as the first release with no CD available for purchase.

Now it turns out that in fact, exactly one CD set was made, and it can be yours if you are the successful bidder in the auction that ends on May 13, 2017.

Bob Beck (beck@) writes in to tell us

An "Artisanally Made" collector's edition has been constructed for OpenBSD 6.1 - Featuring artwork actually drawn by Theo, (He took *lessons* to do this!) a short Haiku on the cover, and the 3 CD release set. It's up for auction on ebay to the highest bidder.

The CD set is hand made and signed by Theo de Raadt.

CDs in box

More pictures after the fold:

date and number
discs
cover
one of one

Click through to the auction to see some more pictures of the CD set!

As with previous OpenBSD auctions, if you are not the successful bidder, we would like to encourage you to donate the equivalent of you highest bid to the project.

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Comments

  1. By Marc (2001:920:1846:1dc0:527b:9dff:fe2b:2aa8) on

    As there were no CD sets available, i made up the 50€ for a donation to the project. Sadly, i won't get tax deduction for this as i had with the CD sets ;)

  2. By Renaud Allard (renaud) renaud@allard.it on

    The interesting fact is that by betting on that one, you will have an OpenBSD CD set that even Theo doesn't have.

    Happy betting :)

  3. By Anonymous Coward (24.113.18.65) on

    Congratz on security no one can afford. Not having a hard-copy means the data can be altered without any real verification. While it may seem like paranoia, it is actually about guarantees, and the future has very little for you.

    Comments

    1. By Will Backman (24.198.212.248) on

      > Congratz on security no one can afford. Not having a hard-copy means the data can be altered without any real verification. While it may seem like paranoia, it is actually about guarantees, and the future has very little for you.

      That's why I bought the 6.0 release on CD when they said it was the last set. Those have the signify signatures on them and I figured that I can use those to verify later releases.

    2. By Antonio Gandara (98.193.41.146) on

      > Congratz on security no one can afford. Not having a hard-copy means the data can be altered without any real verification. While it may seem like paranoia, it is actually about guarantees, and the future has very little for you.

      While I actually did enjoy the physical copies as it came with artwork and instructions which was cool up until OpenBSD 6.0. OpenBSD does provide hash keys to verify the integrity of the ISO files you download when you make your media for OpenBSD 6.1. That is what I did when I burned the OpenBSD 6.1 AMD64 iso to a DVD.

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (24.113.18.65) on

        > > Congratz on security no one can afford. Not having a hard-copy means the data can be altered without any real verification. While it may seem like paranoia, it is actually about guarantees, and the future has very little for you.
        >
        > While I actually did enjoy the physical copies as it came with artwork and instructions which was cool up until OpenBSD 6.0. OpenBSD does provide hash keys to verify the integrity of the ISO files you download when you make your media for OpenBSD 6.1. That is what I did when I burned the OpenBSD 6.1 AMD64 iso to a DVD.
        >
        >

        Please describe how you know that these hash keys are the correct ones, and that the ISO files are the correct ones. It is possible to have a MITM with modified copies if someone cares enough to spend the money/effort to do that. While you may think such a thing could never happen, perhaps the future will determine otherwise.

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        1. By ian k (73.77.80.239) ian@ce.gl on ce.gl

          > Please describe how you know that these hash keys are the correct ones, and that the ISO files are the correct ones. It is possible to have a MITM with modified copies if someone cares enough to spend the money/effort to do that. While you may think such a thing could never happen, perhaps the future will determine otherwise.

          please describe how you know that your mail hasn't been tampered with

          Comments

          1. By Anonymous Coward (24.113.18.65) on

            > > Please describe how you know that these hash keys are the correct ones, and that the ISO files are the correct ones. It is possible to have a MITM with modified copies if someone cares enough to spend the money/effort to do that. While you may think such a thing could never happen, perhaps the future will determine otherwise.
            >
            > please describe how you know that your mail hasn't been tampered with

            Byzantine fault-tolerance through data replication. Emails to a public list are naturally replicated at a point in time soon after the email is sent. Provide the same information in multiple other places, like IRC and websites makes manipulation of a release more difficult.

        2. By Antonio Gandara (98.193.41.146) on

          > > > Congratz on security no one can afford. Not having a hard-copy means the data can be altered without any real verification. While it may seem like paranoia, it is actually about guarantees, and the future has very little for you.
          > >
          > > While I actually did enjoy the physical copies as it came with artwork and instructions which was cool up until OpenBSD 6.0. OpenBSD does provide hash keys to verify the integrity of the ISO files you download when you make your media for OpenBSD 6.1. That is what I did when I burned the OpenBSD 6.1 AMD64 iso to a DVD.
          > >
          > >
          >
          > Please describe how you know that these hash keys are the correct ones, and that the ISO files are the correct ones. It is possible to have a MITM with modified copies if someone cares enough to spend the money/effort to do that. While you may think such a thing could never happen, perhaps the future will determine otherwise.

          Do you read the OpenBSD documentation? One thing I have learned from using BSD UNIX is that the projects always expect you to read the documentation before asking questions. The below text is straight out of the INSTALL.amd64 file which is provided with OpenBSD 6.1. Below it lists the SHA256 and SHA256.sig which contain the hash values to verify install61.iso I downloaded.


          INSTALL.amd64 Installation notes; this file.

          SHA256 Output of the cksum(1) program using the option
          -a sha256, usable for verification of the
          correctness of downloaded files.

          SHA256.sig The above file, signed with the OpenBSD signing key
          for the 6.1 release, usable for verification of the
          integrity of the above file, and thus of the
          downloaded files.

          miniroot61.fs A miniroot filesystem image to be used if you
          for some reason can't or don't want to use the
          ramdisk installation method.
          It can be copied to a small USB key to start the install.

          floppy61.fs The standard amd64 boot and installation floppy;
          see below.

          pxeboot amd64-specific second-stage PXE bootstrap (for
          network installs); see below.

          *.tgz amd64 binary distribution sets; see below.

          bsd A stock GENERIC amd64 kernel which will be
          installed on your system during the install.

          bsd.mp A stock GENERIC.MP amd64 kernel, with support for
          multiprocessor machines, which can be used instead
          of the GENERIC kernel after the install.

          bsd.rd A compressed RAMDISK kernel; the embedded
          filesystem contains the installation tools.
          Used for simple installation from a pre-existing
          system.

          install61.iso The amd64 boot and installation CD-ROM image,
          which contains the base and X sets, so that install
          or upgrade can be done without network connectivity.

          install61.fs A boot and installation image which contains
          the base and X sets. An install or upgrade can be

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          1. By Anonymous Coward (24.113.18.65) on

            > > > > Congratz on security no one can afford. Not having a hard-copy means the data can be altered without any real verification. While it may seem like paranoia, it is actually about guarantees, and the future has very little for you.
            > > >
            > > > While I actually did enjoy the physical copies as it came with artwork and instructions which was cool up until OpenBSD 6.0. OpenBSD does provide hash keys to verify the integrity of the ISO files you download when you make your media for OpenBSD 6.1. That is what I did when I burned the OpenBSD 6.1 AMD64 iso to a DVD.
            > > >
            > > >
            > >
            > > Please describe how you know that these hash keys are the correct ones, and that the ISO files are the correct ones. It is possible to have a MITM with modified copies if someone cares enough to spend the money/effort to do that. While you may think such a thing could never happen, perhaps the future will determine otherwise.
            >
            > Do you read the OpenBSD documentation? One thing I have learned from using BSD UNIX is that the projects always expect you to read the documentation before asking questions. The below text is straight out of the INSTALL.amd64 file which is provided with OpenBSD 6.1. Below it lists the SHA256 and SHA256.sig which contain the hash values to verify install61.iso I downloaded.
            >
            >
            > INSTALL.amd64 Installation notes; this file.
            >
            > SHA256 Output of the cksum(1) program using the option
            > -a sha256, usable for verification of the
            > correctness of downloaded files.
            >
            > SHA256.sig The above file, signed with the OpenBSD signing key
            > for the 6.1 release, usable for verification of the
            > integrity of the above file, and thus of the
            > downloaded files.
            >
            > miniroot61.fs A miniroot filesystem image to be used if you
            > for some reason can't or don't want to use the
            > ramdisk installation method.
            > It can be copied to a small USB key to start the install.
            >
            > floppy61.fs The standard amd64 boot and installation floppy;
            > see below.
            >
            > pxeboot amd64-specific second-stage PXE bootstrap (for
            > network installs); see below.
            >
            > *.tgz amd64 binary distribution sets; see below.
            >
            > bsd A stock GENERIC amd64 kernel which will be
            > installed on your system during the install.
            >
            > bsd.mp A stock GENERIC.MP amd64 kernel, with support for
            > multiprocessor machines, which can be used instead
            > of the GENERIC kernel after the install.
            >
            > bsd.rd A compressed RAMDISK kernel; the embedded
            > filesystem contains the installation tools.
            > Used for simple installation from a pre-existing
            > system.
            >
            > install61.iso The amd64 boot and installation CD-ROM image,
            > which contains the base and X sets, so that install
            > or upgrade can be done without network connectivity.
            >
            > install61.fs A boot and installation image which contains
            > the base and X sets. An install or upgrade can be

            Please re-read the sentence above your post and you will understand why this is off-topic.

  4. By Edward Ahlsen-Girard (Ed) eagirard@cox.net on

    I wonder if the winner will auction the set again for the project at the next release. And so on.

    Comments

    1. By Edward Ahlsen-Girard (Ed) on

      > I wonder if the winner will auction the set again for the project at the next release. And so on.
      >

      And also, are posters and stickers a thing of the past now as well?

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