OpenBSD 6.8 Released
On its 25th birthday,the OpenBSD project has releasedOpenBSD 6.8,the 49th release.
The new release comes with a large number of improvements and debuts a new architecture, OpenBSD/powerpc64, running on the POWER9 family of processors. The full list of changes can be found in the announcement and on the release page. Some highlights:
- As already mentioned, this release debuts the OpenBSD/powerpc64 architecture, supporting the POWER9 [and POWER8] family of processors.
- Numerous kernel improvements such as better time measurements across several architectures,(see eg this article),updated graphics support, and of course numerous improvements in hardware support with updated drivers across several platforms.
- Numerous network stack improvements, including thosedescribed by kn@in hisk2k20hackathon report.
- wg(4),an in-kernel driver for WireGuard VPN[reported previously]
- login_ldap added to base[reported previously]
- FFS2 improvements[some of which werereportedearlier]
- LibreSSL 3.2.2 with TLSv1.3 enabled for bothclient and server,and a new-and-improved X509 certificate chain validator(see beck@'s k2k20hackathonreport).
Those upgrading from 6.7 should consult theUpgrade Guide.
Thanks to the developers for all the good work that went into thisexcellent new release!
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