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Game of Trees 0.111 released
Version 0.111of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated,with additional useful information in the commit message):
Graphed and measured: running TCP input in parallel
Over on tech@, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) is airing a patch to improve parallel TCP input, and is looking for testers:
rpki-client 9.5 released
TheOpenBSD projecthasannouncedthe release ofversion 9.5of rpki-client:
OpenBSD -current is now "7.7-current"
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) updated the versionofOpenBSD-current to "7.7-current".Those running the latest-and-greatest[via a sufficiently new snapshot or built from source]no longer need to use"-D snap" withpkg_add(1)(andpkg_info(1)).
OpenIKED 7.4 Released
TheOpenBSD projecthasannouncedthe release ofOpenIKED7.4:
OpenSSH 10.0 Released
The OpenSSH project has announced their latest release, OpenSSH 10.0.The announcement and release notes read:
New sysctl(8) -f option supports reading entire settings file in one go
If you have ever been irked by having to enter a sequence of sysctl(8) commands to achieve things like enabling forwarding for IPv4 and IPv6 both, help is at hand.In a recent commit, Klemens Nanni (kn@) added functionality to have the classic command read multiple settings from a file:
rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia
We (undeadly.org editors) had not noticed ourselves, but Will Backman wrote in about the news that some OpenBSD code -- openrsync -- had been made available to a wider audience, courtesy of Apple:
OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.7
TheOpenBSD7.7 release cycle is entering its final phases...With the followingcommit,Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) moved -current to version 7.7(dropping the "-beta"):
fw_update(8) gains support for arbitrary dmesg files
Hitherto,fw_update(8)has gathered system information largely from/var/run/dmesg.boot(on the host on which it is invoked).Andrew Hewus Fresh (afresh1@) hascommitted a changewhich allowsspecifyinganarbitrary dmesg file.The commit message explains the rationale:
OpenBSD -current moves to 7.7-beta
It's that time of the year again.With the followingcommit,Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)changed the version of the OpenBSD development branchto 7.7-beta:
Game of Trees 0.110 released
Version 0.110of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
Game of Trees 0.109 released
Version 0.109of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
OpenBGPD 8.8 released
The OpenBGPD project (essentially a subproject of the OpenBSD project), have released their latest work in the OpenBGPD 8.8 release.The release announcement reads,
Game of Trees 0.108 released
Version 0.108of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
rpki-client 9.4 released
As announced by Job Snijders on the FediVerse rpki-client 9.4 has been released.The complete release notes from https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/rpki-client/rpki-client-9.4.txt are below:Read more...
Game of Trees 0.107 released
Version 0.107of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
rpki-client stricter aging policy for Trust Anchor certificates commited to -current
There has long been some concern in the networking communities, particularly the routing security part, about the use of very long lived Trust Anchor (TA) certificates in routing infrastructure. Today Job Snijders (job@) commited code torpki-client(8)to implement a gradual phase in of a stricter policy on TA certificates lifetimes.The commit message reads,
FRAME sockets added to OpenBSD
Thanks toworkby David Gwynne (dlg@),OpenBSD -current now has a new"AF_FRAME"socket domain:
OpenBGPD 8.7 released
Claudio Jeker (claudio@)announcedthe release of version 8.7 ofOpenBGPD,the OpenBSD project'sBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP) daemon:
Initial list of 21 EuroBSDcon 2024 videos released
The initial list of 21 'low hanging fruit' videos from EuroBSDcon 2024 has been released with more to follow:
Rafael Sadowski on dpb(1)
(As noted in histoot,)Rafael Sadowski (radowski@)has written a blog entry entitleddpb - distributed ports builder,which describes hisdpb(1)setup.
Rafael Sadowski on dpb(1)
(As noted in histoot,)Rafael Sadowski (radowski@)has written a blog entry entitleddpb - distributed ports builder,which describes hisdpb(1)setup.
-current now has more flexible performance policy
Jeremie Courreges-Anglas (jca@)committed a changewhich is likely to be welcomed by laptop users:
unwind: wildcard in blacklist
Soon, unwind will have support wildcard in blacklist.Here, a change that makes any domain in the blacklist that starts with '.', which is not a legal name due to an empty label, is treated as any subdomain on that zone.This means that .example.com blocks all requests to any subdomain of example.com, but allows example.com.Changes: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=173244784522937&w=2
Game of Trees 0.106 released
Version 0.106of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).
Game of Trees 0.105 released
Version 0.105of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).Read more...
Game of Trees 0.104 released
Version 0.104of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).
LibreSSL 4.0.0 Released
The LibreSSL project, a closely associated subproject of the OpenBSD project, has announced the availability of their new stable release, LibreSSL 4.0.0, which comes with a number of improvements and a sprinkling of fixes. The release announcement reads,
sshd(8) splitting continues
The work of improving ssh security by segregating functionality into separate binaries contiues, this time by introducing sshd-auth as a separate binary.The commit message summarizes why this makes sense,
OpenSMTPD 7.4.6p0 Released
Omar Polo (op@) hasannouncedthe release of version 7.6.0p0 ofOpenSMTPD.The changes (including the table protocol change on which wereported earlier)are:
OpenSMTPD 7.6.0p0 Released
Omar Polo (op@) hasannouncedthe release of version 7.6.0p0 ofOpenSMTPD.The changes (including the table protocol change on which wereported earlier)are:
OpenBSD 7.6 Released
The OpenBSD project hasannouncedOpenBSD 7.6,its 57 release.The new release contains a number of significant improvements, including but not limited to:
Major change to sysupgrade(8) behaviour
There has been a significantchangeto the behaviour ofsysupgrade(8):
OpenBSD -current is now "7.6-current"
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) updatedtheversion ofOpenBSD-current to "7.6-current".Those running the latest-and-greatest[via a sufficiently new snapshot or built from source]no longer need to use"-D snap" withpkg_add(1)(andpkg_info(1)).
OpenBSD now enforcing no invalid NUL characters in shell scripts
Our favorite operating system is now changing the default shell (ksh) to enforce not allowing invalid NUL characters in input that will be parsed as parts of the script.The commit message reads,
EuroBSDCon 2024 presentations
EuroBSDCon 2024[in Dublin, Ireland] has now ended,and slides for many of the OpenBSD developer presentationsare now available in theusual place.Video of the individual presentations can be expected somewhat later.In the meantime, OpenBSD-related presentations [including those fromnon-developers] can be found in therecordingsof the "Foyer B" streams.In addition, there was a full day PF tutorial with some updates to the publicly available slides.
rpki-client 9.3 released
Sebastian Benoit (benno@)announcedthe release ofversion 9.3ofrpki-client, the essential component for routing security.See the fullannouncement for further details.Key excerpts from the release announcement:Read more...
OpenSSH 9.9 released!
In a fediverse post,Damien Miller (djm@) announced the availability of the newOpenSSH version 9.9:
OpenBGPD 8.6 released
Claudio Jeker (claudio@)announcedthe release of version 8.6 ofOpenBGPD,the OpenBSD project'sBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP) daemon:
OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.6
TheOpenBSD7.6 release cycle is entering its final phases...With the followingcommit,Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) moved -current to version 7.6:
Game of Trees 0.103 released
Version 0.103of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).
rpki-client 9.2 released
Sebastian Benoit (benno@)announcedthe release ofversion 9.2ofrpki-client, the essential component for routing security.See the fullannouncement for further details.Here are some key excerpts from the release announcement:
No unmodified files remain from original import of OpenBSD
All files from the original import ofOpenBSDhave now been modified (or deleted).Appropriately, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)made thechange:
Game of Trees 0.102 released!
Version 0.102 of Game of Trees has been released and the port updated.
The BSDCan 2024 Playlist is now complete
As an update to a earlier post...The BSDCan 2024 video playlist is now complete and available on bothYouTubeand Peertube.
The BSDCan 2024 Playlist is now complete
As an update to a earlier post...The BSDCan 2024 video playlist is now complete and available on bothYouTubeand Peertube.
The BSDCan 2024 Playlist is now complete
As an update to a earlier post...The BSDCan 2024 video playlist is now complete and available on bothYouTubeand Peertube.
OpenBSD -current moves to 7.6-beta
OpenBSD -current has moved to 7.6-beta in preparation for the next release with this commit.The release is traditionally about November 1st, but we shall see what happens this year. Snapshots are already beginning to show up on the mirrors.
Possible future vmm(4)/vmd(8) on arm64
In an exciting move,Mike Larkin (mlarkin@)hasrequestedhardware forvmm(4)development on the arm64 platform:
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