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Klemens Nanni (kn@)committed a changeremoving misleading messages on package update:
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As we saw recently in theGraphed and measured: running TCP input in parallelstory, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) has been working on parallel TCP input, finally making tcp_input() MP-safe.This work has now beencommitted,
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The OpenBSD project hasannouncedOpenBSD 7.7,its 58 release.The new releasecontains a number of significant improvements, including but certainlynot limited to:
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Our favorite operating system may be on the verge of having a LLDP(Link Layer Discovery Protocol)daemon added to the base system. David Gwynne (dlg@) is circulating a patch on tech@ that introduces the daemon,
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In a recentpostto tech@, David Gwynne (dlg@) introduced a new daemon to log packets from BPF.Themessagereads
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Version 0.111of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated,with additional useful information in the commit message):
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Over on tech@, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) is airing a patch to improve parallel TCP input, and is looking for testers:
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TheOpenBSD projecthasannouncedthe release ofversion 9.5of rpki-client:
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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)).
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The OpenSSH project has announced their latest release, OpenSSH 10.0.The announcement and release notes read:
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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:
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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:
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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"):
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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:
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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:
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Version 0.110of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
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Version 0.109of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
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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,
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Version 0.108of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
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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...
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Version 0.107of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated):
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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,
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Thanks toworkby David Gwynne (dlg@),OpenBSD -current now has a new"AF_FRAME"socket domain:
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Claudio Jeker (claudio@)announcedthe release of version 8.7 ofOpenBGPD,the OpenBSD project'sBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP) daemon:
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The initial list of 21 'low hanging fruit' videos from EuroBSDcon 2024 has been released with more to follow:
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(As noted in histoot,)Rafael Sadowski (radowski@)has written a blog entry entitleddpb - distributed ports builder,which describes hisdpb(1)setup.
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(As noted in histoot,)Rafael Sadowski (radowski@)has written a blog entry entitleddpb - distributed ports builder,which describes hisdpb(1)setup.
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Jeremie Courreges-Anglas (jca@)committed a changewhich is likely to be welcomed by laptop users:
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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
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Version 0.106of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).
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Version 0.105of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).Read more...
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Version 0.104of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).
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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,
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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,
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Omar Polo (op@) hasannouncedthe release of version 7.6.0p0 ofOpenSMTPD.The changes (including the table protocol change on which wereported earlier)are:
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Omar Polo (op@) hasannouncedthe release of version 7.6.0p0 ofOpenSMTPD.The changes (including the table protocol change on which wereported earlier)are:
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The OpenBSD project hasannouncedOpenBSD 7.6,its 57 release.The new release contains a number of significant improvements, including but not limited to:
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There has been a significantchangeto the behaviour ofsysupgrade(8):
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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)).
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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,
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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.
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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...
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In a fediverse post,Damien Miller (djm@) announced the availability of the newOpenSSH version 9.9:
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Claudio Jeker (claudio@)announcedthe release of version 8.6 ofOpenBGPD,the OpenBSD project'sBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP) daemon:
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TheOpenBSD7.6 release cycle is entering its final phases...With the followingcommit,Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) moved -current to version 7.6:
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Version 0.103of Game of Treeshas been released (and the portupdated).
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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:
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All files from the original import ofOpenBSDhave now been modified (or deleted).Appropriately, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)made thechange:
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Version 0.102 of Game of Trees has been released and the port updated.