-
@@ -51,16 +52,170 @@
Note: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
-X11.tar.gz, eor in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
+X11.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
+files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
+the CDROM because of lack of space.
- OpenSSH now supports both the SSH1
+and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining acceptance. Up
+until recently, SSH2 was just available in various commercial offerings.
+The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA cipher and uses DSA instead,
+which is freely reusable. The downside is that DSA is not nearly as fast
+on old slow machines. But since OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if
+the RSA libraries are installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
+
+ +
- The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute the same
+CD-ROM (USA and the rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto
+without violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
+ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the patent
+expires on September 21, 2000.
+
+ +
- Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
+Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
+explanations.
+
+ +
- More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
+
+ +
- Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
+
+ +
- The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
+
+
-
+
- XFree86 3.3.6 +
- gcc 2.95.2 +
- perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes. +
- Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO +
- ipf 3.3.13 +
- groff 1.15 +
- sendmail 8.10.1 +
- lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added +
- sudo 1.6.3 +
- Recent ncurses release +
- Latest KAME IPv6 as of mid-May 2000. +
- KTH Kerberos 1.0 +
- OpenSSH 2.1 +
+ +
- Much improved device driver support
+
+
-
+
- Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie. + PowerCrypt. +
- Support for all new + Adaptec, + NCR, + Qlogic, + and + Advansys + scsi controllers. +
- Many new ethernet devices supported, including + + SiS900/7016, + + Adaptec Starfire, + + 21143, + + Sundance ST201 (DEC DFE-550TX), etc. +
- New USB ethernet devices supported, including + ADMtek USB, + CATC USB, + and + + Kawasaki USB. +
- A good start at + + cardbus support. +
- Significant improvements to + + pcmcia. +
- Support for many more wireless networking cards, ie. + WaveLAN, + Aironet, + Aviator, + etc. +
- Many improvements in + USB, + support. +
- Hypersparc support for the sparc port. +
- Support for most of the gigabit ethernet cards on the market, ie. + SysKonnect, + Intel, and + Alteon. +
- Support for the + + ICP Vortex RAID controller. +
- Support for large PC's using multiple PCI busses based on the Intel 451 or + RCC ServerWorks chipsets. +
- New audio drivers, including + Neomagic, + + C-Media CMI8x38, and + USB audio + +
+ +
- Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
+print in the complete changelog).
+
+ +
- Many other new features, including:
+
+
-
+
- Support for encrypting swap space. +
- Improved + + Linux emulation +
- Support for large + + FAT32 filesystems. +
- Significant improvements to the + + network bridging code. +
- Improved + + pthreads support. +
- Support for + + vlan networking. +
+ +
- OpenSSH now supports both the SSH1
-and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining acceptance. Up
-until recently, SSH2 was just available in various commercial offerings.
-The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA cipher and uses DSA instead,
-which is freely reusable. The downside is that DSA is not nearly as fast
-on old slow machines. But since OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if
-the RSA libraries are installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
-
- -
- The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute the same
-CD-ROM (USA and the rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto
-without violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
-ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the patent
-expires on September 21, 2000.
-
- -
- Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
-Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
-explanations.
-
- -
- More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
-
- -
- Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
-
- -
- The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
-
-
-
- XFree86 3.3.6 -
- gcc 2.95.2 -
- perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes. -
- Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, and DSO support -
- ipf 3.1.13 -
- groff 1.15 -
- sendmail 8.10.1 -
- lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added -
- sudo 1.6.3 -
- Recent ncurses release -
- -
- Much improved device driver support
-
-
-
- Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie. - PowerCrypt. -
- Support for all new Adaptec, NCR, Qlogic, and Advansys scsi controllers. -
- Many new ethernet devices supported. -
- A good start at cardbus support. -
- Significant improvements to pcmcia. -
- -
- Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
-print in the complete changelog).
-
- -
+
+
What's New
++This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7. +For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading +to 2.7. +
+ +
-
+
+
+
How to install
+Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of -paper if you had purchased a CDROM set -from http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html, -instead of doing an alternate form of install. The instructions for -doing an ftp (or other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM -instructions are left intact so that you can see how much easier it -would have been if you had purchased a CDROM instead. +paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate +form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style +of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact +so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had +purchased a CDROM instead.
+
Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine: @@ -166,9 +321,11 @@ results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
-
PORTS TREE
+Ports Tree
A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
@@ -218,82 +375,12 @@ interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good place to know. - -
-
-
WHAT'S NEW
--This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7. -For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading -to 2.7. -
-
-
-
-
www@openbsd.org
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