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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.4 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26:
27: Released Nov 1, 2003<br>
28: Copyright 1997-2003, Theo de Raadt.<br>
29: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-2-0</font>
30: <p>
31:
32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
35: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
36:
37: <p>
38: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
39: To get the files for this release:
40: <ul>
41: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
42: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
43: a list of mirror machines.
44: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.4/</font> directory on
45: one of the mirror sites.
46: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
47: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.4 Errata page</a> for a list
48: of bugs and workarounds.
49: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
50: 3.3 and 3.4 releases.
51: </ul>
52: </font></h3>
53: <br clear=all>
54: <br>
55: <p>
56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.4.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 3.4.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>The i386 architecture has been switched to the ELF executable format.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li>Further W^X improvements, including support for the i386 and powerpc
80: architectures.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li>ELF platforms now have random library ordering for greater resistance to
84: attacks.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li>A static bounds checker has been added to the compiler to perform basic
88: checks on functions which accept buffers and sizes.
89: <p>
90:
91: <li>Privilege separation for syslogd was integrated.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li>Many unsafe string functions have been removed from the kernel and userland
95: utilities.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li>Support for
99: <a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/">
100: ProPolice</a> stack protection in the kernel has been added.
101: <p>
102:
103: <li>Manual pages have been greatly cleaned up and improved.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li>Systrace support in the ports subsystem to aid in detecting misbehaving
107: programs.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li>Over 2400 tested packages.
111: <p>
112:
113: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
114: including:
115: <ul>
116: <li>packet tagging
117: <li>stateful TCP normalization
118: <li>passive OS detection
119: <li>SYN proxy
120: <li>adaptive state timeouts
121: </ul>
122: <p>
123:
124: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
125: <ul>
1.2 ! david 126: <li>XFree86 4.3.0 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support
! 127: for all chipsets)
1.1 david 128: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
129: <li>Perl 5.8.0 (+ patches)
130: <li>Apache 1.3.28, mod_ssl 2.8.15, DSO support (+ patches)
131: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7beta3 (+ patches)
132: <li>Groff 1.15
133: <li>Sendmail 8.12.9
134: <li>Bind 9.2.2 (+ patches)
135: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS support added (+ patches)
136: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
137: <li>Ncurses 5.2
138: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
139: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
140: <li>Arla-current
141: <li>OpenSSH 3.7
142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
145: <p>
146: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
147: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
148: <p>
149: <li> and much more.
150:
151: </ul>
152:
153: <a name="install"></a>
154: <hr>
155: <p>
156: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
157: <p>
158: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
159: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
160: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
161: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
162: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
163: purchased a CDROM instead.
164: <p>
165:
166: <hr>
167: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
168: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.4 on your machine:
169: <p>
170: <ul>
171: <li> CD1:3.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
172: <p>
173: <li> CD2:3.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
174: <li> CD2:3.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
175: <p>
176: <li> CD3:3.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
177: <li> CD3:3.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
178: <p>
179: <li> FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
180: <li> FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
181: <li> FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
182: <li> FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
183: <li> FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
184: </ul>
185: <hr>
186:
187: <p>
188: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
189: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
190: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
191: <p>
192:
193: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
194: <ul>
195: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
196: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
197: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
198: <i>CD1:3.4/i386/floppy34.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
199:
200: <p>
201: Use <i>CD1:3.4/i386/floppyB34.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
202: support, or <i>CD1:3.4/i386/floppyC34.fs</i> for better laptop support.
203:
204: <p>
1.2 ! david 205: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 206: read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
1.1 david 207:
208: <p>
209: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
1.2 ! david 210: at <i>CD:/3.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
! 211: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
! 212: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
! 213: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
! 214: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
! 215: "rfd0a".
1.1 david 216:
217: <ul><pre>
218: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
219: </pre></ul>
220:
221: <p>
1.2 ! david 222: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
! 223: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
! 224: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
! 225: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
1.1 david 226: </ul>
227:
228: <p>
229: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
230: <ul>
231: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
232: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
233:
234: <p>
235: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
236: /3.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
237: </ul>
238:
239: <p>
240: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
241: <ul>
242: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
243: </ul>
244:
245: <p>
246: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
247: <ul>
1.2 ! david 248: The 3.4 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
! 249: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
! 250: ROM.
1.1 david 251:
252: <ul><pre>
253: > <strong>boot cdrom 3.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
254: or
255: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
256: </pre></ul>
257:
258: <p>
259: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.2 ! david 260: To do so you need to write "CD3:3.4/sparc/floppy34.fs" to a floppy.
! 261: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
! 262: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
! 263: your ROM.
1.1 david 264:
265: <ul><pre>
266: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
267: or
268: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
269: </pre></ul>
270:
271: <p>
1.2 ! david 272: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 273: will most likely fail.
1.1 david 274:
275: <p>
276: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
277: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
278: INSTALL.sparc file.
279: </ul>
280:
281: <p>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
283: <ul>
284: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
285:
286: <p>
287: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
288: <i>CD3:3.4/sparc64/floppy34.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
289: floppy</i>.<br>
1.2 ! david 290: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 291: will most likely fail.
1.1 david 292:
293: <p>
294: You can also write <i>CD3:3.4/sparc64/miniroot34.fs</i> to the swap partition on
295: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
296:
297: <p>
298: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
299: </ul>
300:
301: <p>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
303: <ul>
304: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.4/alpha/floppy34.fs</i> or
305: <i>FTP:3.4/alpha/floppyB34.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
306: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
307:
308: <p>
1.2 ! david 309: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 310: will most likely fail.
1.1 david 311:
312: </ul>
313:
314: <p>
315: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
316: <ul>
317: <p>
318: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
319: </ul>
320:
321: <p>
322: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
323: <ul>
324: <p>
325: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
326: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
327: </ul>
328:
329: <p>
330: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
331: <ul>
332: <p>
333: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
334: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
335: <i>FTP:3.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
336: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
337: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.4/mac68k/</i> onto your
338: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
339: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
340: </ul>
341:
342: <p>
343: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
344: <ul>
345: <p>
346: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
347: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
348: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
349: for more details.
350: </ul>
351:
352: <p>
353: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
354: <ul>
355: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
356: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
357: in a separate archive. To extract:
358: <p>
359: <ul><pre>
360: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
361: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
362: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
363: </pre></ul>
364: <p>
365: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
366: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
367: To extract:
368: <p>
369: <ul><pre>
370: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
371: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
372: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
373: </pre></ul>
374: <p>
375: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
376: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
377: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
378: Using these files
379: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
380: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
381: <p>
382: </ul>
383: <a name="ports"></a>
384: <hr>
385: <p>
386: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
387: <p>
388: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
389: <p>
390: <ul><pre>
391: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
392: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
393: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
394: </pre></ul>
395: <p>
396: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
397: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
398: if you know nothing about ports
399: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
400: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
401: OpenBSD ports system.
402: <p>
403: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
404: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
405: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
406: on most architectures (over 2400 packages build on i386, for instance).
407: <p>
408: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
409: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
410: cvs(1)</a> if
411: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
412: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
413: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
414: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
415: like:
416: <p>
417: <ul><pre>
418: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_4</strong>
419: </pre></ul>
420: <p>
421: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
422: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
423: server.]
424: <p>
425: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
426: packages for the 3.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
427: <p>
428: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
429: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
430: place to know.
431: <p>
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