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1.  OpenBSD Journal: A resource for the OpenBSD community
    The work to improve the capabilities of the network stack is about to take a noticeable step forward. In a message to tech@ titled parallel raw IP input, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) posted a patch that he describes as. List: openbsd-tech Subject: parallel raw IP input From: Alexander Bluhm <bluhm openbsd ! org> Date: 2024-04-11 20:24:39 Hi, As mvs@ mentioned, running raw IP in parallel is easier ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=front    2024-04-11T00:00:00.0000000
   
2.  OpenSSH 9.6 released!
    As announced by Damien Miller OpenSSH 9.6/9.6p1 has been released.. The complete release notes may be found here: https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#9.6. Among ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231219122431    2023-12-18T00:00:00.0000000
   
3.  OpenSSH 9.3/9.3p1 released - undeadly.org
    On 2023-03-15 , the release of version 9.3 of OpenSSH was announced: […] This release fixes a number of security bugs. safety problem. The memory safety problem is not believed to be. security bugs. * ssh-add(1): when adding smartcard keys to ssh-agent(1) with the. per-hop desination constraints (ssh-add -h ...) added in OpenSSH.
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230316040613    2023-03-15T00:00:00.0000000
   
4.  OpenBGPD 7.5 released
    We have released OpenBGPD 7.5, which will be arriving in the OpenBGPD directory of your local OpenBSD mirror soon. This release includes the following changes to the previous release: Implement RFC 9234 - Route Leak Prevention and Detection Using Roles in UPDATE and OPEN Messages. Full support for RFC 7911 - Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP .
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20220716101930    2022-07-15T00:00:00.0000000
   
5.  KDE Plasma now linked to packages build on -current
    KDE Plasma is now fully functional on OpenBSD and available via the package system. To install, a simple $ pkg_add kde-plasma is sufficient (also see the twitter post and the final commits here and here).. Congratulations to Rafael Sadowski (rsadowski@) on the completion of this mammoth effort.
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231227120851    2023-12-26T00:00:00.0000000
   
6.  OpenBSD Journal: A resource for the OpenBSD community
    A series of commits by Jeremie Courreges-Anglas (jca@) has modified tar(1) such that its default write format (for archives) is that of pax(1).The message with the final commit captures the gist of the change: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: jca@cvs.openbsd.org 2024/04/16 17:09:35 Modified files: bin/pax : options.c tar.1 Log message: Switch tar(1) write default format to 'pax' Lets ...
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7.  OpenBGPD 8.0 released
    The OpenBSD project has released a new version of OpenBGPD, the OpenBSD Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing daemon, version 8.0.The announcement reads, From: Claudio Jeker <claudio openbsd ! org> Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 16:24:30 +0000 To: openbsd-announce Subject: OpenBGPD 8.0 released We have released OpenBGPD 8.0, which will be arriving in the OpenBGPD directory of your local OpenBSD mirror ...
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8.  About the OpenBSD Journal
    OpenBSD Journal. Home Archives About Submit Story Create Account Login. About the OpenBSD Journal Purpose. The OpenBSD Journal is a site dedicated to providing news and information of interest to members of the OpenBSD community.. The site is run by a small group of volunteers. Although several OpenBSD developers are registered users of the site, and the site receives frequent contributions ...
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9.  LibreSSL 3.8.2 Released
    A new stable release of LibreSSL is out, and should be arriving on a mirror near you shortly.. Brent Cook (bcook@)'s announcement reads:We have released LibreSSL 3.8.2, which will be arriving in the LibreSSL directory of your local OpenBSD mirror soon. This is the first stable release for the 3.8.x branch, also available with OpenBSD 7.4
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231103065952    2023-11-03T00:00:00.0000000
   
10.  OpenBSD's built-in memory leak detection
    As announced on the misc@ mailing list, Otto Moerbeek (otto@), the author of OpenBSD's malloc(3) implementation [a.k.a. "otto malloc"], has written a tutorial on the new malloc(3) leak detection available in OpenBSD 7.4 Read it at: OpenBSD's built-in memory leak detection Since the publication of that write-up, Otto has committed further enhancements:
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231024064619    2023-10-20T00:00:00.0000000
   
11.  Introducing dhcpleased(8)
    Now enabled by default on OpenBSD -current is dhcpleased (8), a dynamic host configuration protocol daemon written by florian@ (Florian Obser), who spoke with us about his work: I suppose this is either the KAME project 's fault, or if we don't want to go that far back, Theo's fault. At g2k16 he floated the idea of a network configuration daemon.
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12.  pinning all system calls
    Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) posted to tech@ regarding restrictions on the addresses from which system calls can be made.In addition to providing background, the post contains information (and a patch) for an imminent change - the introduction of a new syscall, pinsyscalls(2) [link not working at the time of writing because change not yet committed], which specifies the addresses from which ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231209115835    2023-12-09T00:00:00.0000000
   
13.  Preliminary OpenBSD Support Added to OBS Studio
    Contributed by Oliver Lowe on 2021-01-13 from the Puffy's broadcast broadside dept. OpenBSD developer Vadim Zhukov ( zhukov@ ) has added preliminary OpenBSD support to Open Broadcaster Software ( OBS) Studio release 26.1.0 and later. The changes come as part of an ongoing collaboration between the upstream OBS project and OpenBSD developers.
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14.  OpenBSD/arm64 on Apple M1 systems - undeadly.org
    The machine should now boot into the OpenBSD installer. From this. point onwards the normal OpenBSD installation instructions apply. This will keep your existing macOS install even if you select the. "(W)hole disk" option in the installer. All currently available Apple M1 machines should work (except for the.
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15.  WireGuard imported into OpenBSD
    In the following commit (and a bunch of others), David Gwynne (dlg@) imported most of the code submitted recently by Jason A. Donenfeld and Matt Dunwoodie to allow you to use WireGuard natively on OpenBSD: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: dlg@cvs.openbsd.org 2020/06/21 06:11:26 Modified files: sys/net : if.c Added files: sys/net : if_wg.c if_wg.h wg_cookie.c wg_cookie.h wg_noise.c wg ...
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16.  SMT Disabled by Default in -current
    Contributed by rueda on 2018-06-20 from the sedulously-mitigating-threats dept. As part of ongoing mitigations against CPU vulnerabilities, -current has gained a new sysctl, " hw.smt ", to control Simultaneous Multi Threading ( SMT ). This is disabled by default (only on Intel® CPUs, for now). The full commit was: sys/arch/amd64/amd64: cpu.c ...
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17.  OpenBSD 6.7 and ffs2 FAQs - undeadly.org
    In OpenBSD 6.7, ffs2 is the default for new filesystems during install (with some exceptions). In OpenBSD 6.7, if you create a new filesystem manually (using newfs (8)) you will still get an FFS1 filesystem unless you force -O2 or if the filesystem will be larger than 1 TB. He also points out that this last point has been changed in -current ...
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18.  LibreSSL Will be Portable
    Although much internet hand wringing has been performed in the service of "Won't someone think of the child^H^H^H^H^Hportability!", the OpenBSD devs are making changes in OpenBSD itself which will make the upcoming release of LibreSSL more easily portable to other operating systems: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2014/05/08 15:43:49 Modified files: lib/libc ...
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19.  OpenBSD -current drops -beta tag, goes to 7.5
    A clear sign that the OpenBSD 7.5 release cycle is entering the final phases just emerged.. In this commit, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) changed the version string to 7.5:. From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt cvs ! openbsd ! org> Date: 2024-02-29 17:05:10 CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2024/02/29 10:05:10 Modified files: sys/conf : newvers.sh Log message: move from 7.5 ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240301064504    2024-02-29T00:00:00.0000000
   
20.  DRM updated - undeadly.org
    Contributed by rueda on 2022-01-14 from the DRM me up before you go-go dept. Johathan Gray ( jsg@) has updated DRM to Linux 5.15.14 (with support for several additional chips): CVSROOT:/cvs. Module name:src. Changes by:jsg@cvs.openbsd.org2022/01/13 23:53:17. Modified files:
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21.  Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest: Synthetic Memory Protections
    Contributed by rueda on 2023-03-25 from the Immutable synthetics dept. We recently reported that Theo de Raadt ( deraadt@ ) was scheduled to present at CanSecWest . That's now happened, and slides of Theo's presentation, Synthetic Memory Protections , can be found in the usual place . Video is available on the bird site. (Comments are closed)
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230325163416    2023-03-25T00:00:00.0000000
   
22.  Wayland on OpenBSD
    Wayland on OpenBSD. Contributed by rueda on 2023-07-10 from the way to go to land dept. Matthieu Herrb ( matthieu@) has written some notes on his work at the (recently-concluded) g2k23 hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia . His article, Wayland on OpenBSD , starts: These are my notes from experimenting with building Wayland bits on OpenBSD during ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230711113344    2023-07-10T00:00:00.0000000
   
23.  OpenBSD in Canada
    According to Theo de Raadt, we only have 4 active OpenBSD developers in Canada. Theo de Raadt and Bob Beck, both Canadian citizens and long-time OpenBSD developers, make a case that Canada isn't special with regards to OpenBSD. But that just isn't true, historically or currently. Like all open source software projects, OpenBSD is inherently an ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230226065006    2023-02-07T00:00:00.0000000