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<li>Improved hardware support, including:

<ul>

<li>New

driver for the built-in accelerometer found in some IBM ThinkPad laptops.

<li>New

driver for Accom Networks Artery T1 and E1 cards.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=auixp&sektion=4">auixp</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=auixp&sektion=4">auixp</a>

driver for the ATI IXP series integrated AC'97 audio controller.

<li>New

driver for Compaq Smart ARRAY 5 and 6 RAID controllers.

<li>New

driver for SMC 83C170 ethernet adapters.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ichwdt&sektion=4">ichwdt</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ichwdt&sektion=4">ichwdt</a>

driver for Intel 6300ESB ICH watchdog timer.

<li>New

driver for the AMD Am79c97x (PCnet) ethernet adapters.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=safte&sektion=4">safte</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=safte&sektion=4">safte</a>

driver for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures, and a rewritten

driver for SCSI Enclosure Services, both allowing monitoring through

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>

and

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ueagle&sektion=4">ueagle</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ueagle&sektion=4">ueagle</a>

driver for Analog Devices Eagle ADSL modems.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=uipaq&sektion=4">uipaq</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uipaq&sektion=4">uipaq</a>

driver for iPAQ USB serial.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=viasio&sektion=4">viasio</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=viasio&sektion=4">viasio</a>

driver for VIA VT1211 LPC Super I/O hardware sensors.

<li>New

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio</a>

driver for the built-in Zaurus audio CODEC.

<li>Improved

driver for serial port PCMCIA cards, such as cellular modems on Zaurus.

<li>Improved support for many

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>

devices.

<li>Updated driver from X.Org for the Intel

family graphics chipset, including support for the external VGA output on laptops.

</ul>

<li>New tools:

<ul>

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,

a RAID management interface.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,

a simple IPsec management tool.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=stat&sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=stat&sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,

displaying file status obtained from

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=lstat&sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=lstat&sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>,

a wireless Host Access Point daemon.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ifstated&sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifstated&sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,

a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=watchdogd&sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=watchdogd&sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,

companion to the hardware

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=watchdog&sektion=4">watchdog</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=watchdog&sektion=4">watchdog</a>

devices.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ztsscale&sektion=8&arch=zaurus">ztsscale(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ztsscale&sektion=8&arch=zaurus">ztsscale(8)</a>,

a tool to calibrate the Zaurus touch screen.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=xidle&sektion=1">xidle(1)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=xidle&sektion=1">xidle(1)</a>,

a tool to run a program on X inactivity.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=gzsig&sektion=1">gzsig(1)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gzsig&sektion=1">gzsig(1)</a>,

create and verify cryptographic signatures built into gzip file headers.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=sasyncd&sektion=8">sasyncd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sasyncd&sektion=8">sasyncd(8)</a>,

a daemon to synchronize IPSec SA's for failover gateways.

</ul>

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<li>New functionality:

<ul>

<li>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mount_udf&sektion=8">mount_udf(8)</a>,

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_udf&sektion=8">mount_udf(8)</a>,

providing UDF (DVD) filesystem support.

<li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>

interface.

<li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.

disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent

malicious users setting a password that would prevent the contents of the drive

from being accessed.

<li>On the <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> platform, StackGhost

buffer overflow exploit protection has been added.

<li>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio(4)</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio(4)</a>

changes the mute values if the headphones are plugged in or out.

</ul>

<li>New functionality for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ospfd&sektion=8&amp">ospfd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8&amp">ospfd(8)</a>,

the Open Shortest Path First Daemon:

<ul>

<li>ospfd is now able to redistribute static, connected and default routes.

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</ul>

<li>New functionality for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=bgpd&sektion=8&amp">bgpd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8&amp">bgpd(8)</a>,

the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:

<ul>

<li>bgpd is now able to redistribute static and connected routes dynamically.

<li>Full route label support;

can filter based on information bgpd attaches to the routes.

<li>An additional per prefix weight has been added used to evaluate prefixes

with equal AS path length.

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<li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:

<ul>

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=malloc&sektion=3&amp">malloc(3)</a>

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=malloc&sektion=3&amp">malloc(3)</a>

has been rewritten to use the

system call, introducing unpredictable allocation addresses and guard

pages, which helps in detecting heap based buffer overflows and prevents

various types of attacks.

source code has been converted to ANSI C.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=realpath&sektion=3&amp">realpath(3)</a>

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=realpath&sektion=3&amp">realpath(3)</a>

is now thread safe.

<li>Several pathname races and potential buffer handling problems have been

fixed in

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pax&sektion=1&amp">pax(1)</a>.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pax&sektion=1&amp">pax(1)</a>.

<li>Problems with signal delivery on <a href="sparc.html">OpenBSD/sparc</a> and

<a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> have been fixed.

<li>Reliability of signal handlers using floating point on

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<li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers

(+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)

<li>Gcc 2.95.3

(+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

and 3.3.5

(+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

<li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)

<li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)

<li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)

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To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located

at CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,

use the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=

use the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=

dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,

where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or

"rfd0a".

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OpenBSD ports system.

The ports/ directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for

cvs(1)</a> if

you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete

source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in