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<li>New USB client controller support:

<ul>

<li>Support for the USB client functionality in the

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pxaudc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">pxaudc(4)</a> driver on the Zaurus.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pxaudc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">pxaudc(4)</a> driver on the Zaurus.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=usbf&sektion=4">usbf(4)</a> midlayer for USB Client controllers.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=usbf&sektion=4">usbf(4)</a> midlayer for USB Client controllers.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=cdcef&sektion=4">cdcef(4)</a> driver for providing a CDCE function on USB client controllers.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cdcef&sektion=4">cdcef(4)</a> driver for providing a CDCE function on USB client controllers.

</ul>

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a> driver for Sun Cassini 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a> driver for Sun Cassini 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=uow&sektion=4">uow(4)</a> driver for Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uow&sektion=4">uow(4)</a> driver for Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=owsbm&sektion=4">owsbm(4)</a> driver for 1-Wire smart battery monitor devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=owsbm&sektion=4">owsbm(4)</a> driver for 1-Wire smart battery monitor devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> driver for ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> driver for ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=moscom&sektion=4">moscom(4)</a> driver for MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=moscom&sektion=4">moscom(4)</a> driver for MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=glxsb&sektion=4&arch=i386">glxsb(4)</a> driver for hardware random numbers and AES acceleration on the AMD Geode LX processor.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=glxsb&sektion=4&arch=i386">glxsb(4)</a> driver for hardware random numbers and AES acceleration on the AMD Geode LX processor.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=vic&sektion=4">vic(4)</a> driver for VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controllers.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vic&sektion=4">vic(4)</a> driver for VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controllers.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a> driver for Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a> driver for Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pwdog&sektion=4">pwdog(4)</a> driver for Quancom PWDOG1 watchdog timer devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pwdog&sektion=4">pwdog(4)</a> driver for Quancom PWDOG1 watchdog timer devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=uberry&sektion=4">uberry(4)</a> driver for Research In Motion Blackberry devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uberry&sektion=4">uberry(4)</a> driver for Research In Motion Blackberry devices.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mbg&sektion=4">mbg(4)</a> driver for Meinberg Funkuhren radio clocks.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mbg&sektion=4">mbg(4)</a> driver for Meinberg Funkuhren radio clocks.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mesh&sektion=4&arch=macppc">mesh(4)</a> driver for the on-board SCSI controller of old world Apple Power Macintosh systems.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mesh&sektion=4&arch=macppc">mesh(4)</a> driver for the on-board SCSI controller of old world Apple Power Macintosh systems.

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mc&sektion=4&arch=macppc">mc(4)</a> driver for the on-board Ethernet of many old world Apple Power Macintosh systems

<li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mc&sektion=4&arch=macppc">mc(4)</a> driver for the on-board Ethernet of many old world Apple Power Macintosh systems

<li>Improved <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a> driver now supports many more Marvell Yukon-2 variants including dual port cards and fiber cards.

<li>Improved <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a> driver now supports many more Marvell Yukon-2 variants including dual port cards and fiber cards.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=gem&sektion=4">gem(4)</a> driver now supports fiber cards.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gem&sektion=4">gem(4)</a> driver now supports fiber cards.

<li>The <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>

platform now has more accurate and robust time keeping.

<li>The <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a>

program now works properly on Intel-based Macs.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver has had support added for newer chipsets, including:

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver has had support added for newer chipsets, including:

<ul>

<li>AMD CS5536 IDE;

</li><li>Intel i31244;

</li><li>NVIDIA MCP67 PATA, MCP67 SATA.

</li></ul>

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> driver now supports ST16C654 devices.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> driver now supports ST16C654 devices.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver supports some newer chipsets, such as the ADT7475.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver supports some newer chipsets, such as the ADT7475.

<li>The <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> platform now automatically turns the machine back on following an unexpected loss of power.

<li>boot.mac an XCOFF formated boot loader for <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> capable of booting on many old world macs.

</ul>

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<li>New tools:

<ul>

<li>BSD-licensed <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pkg-config&sektion=1">pkg-config(1)</a>, a complete rewrite of the GNU tool of

<li>BSD-licensed <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pkg-config&sektion=1">pkg-config(1)</a>, a complete rewrite of the GNU tool of

the same name, significantly smaller and more maintainable.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=hoststated&sektion=8">hoststated(8)</a>, a layer 3 and layer 7 server load balancing daemon with host monitoring capacities.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=hoststated&sektion=8">hoststated(8)</a>, a layer 3 and layer 7 server load balancing daemon with host monitoring capacities.

<li>new BSD-licensed <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a>.

<li>new BSD-licensed <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a>.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=bgplg&sektion=8">bgplg(8)</a>, a CGI looking glass for OpenBGPD, is now available for use with the system httpd.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgplg&sektion=8">bgplg(8)</a>, a CGI looking glass for OpenBGPD, is now available for use with the system httpd.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=bgplgsh&sektion=8">bgplgsh(8)</a>, a looking glass shell for OpenBGPD, is now available for use as a restricted read-only command line interface.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgplgsh&sektion=8">bgplgsh(8)</a>, a looking glass shell for OpenBGPD, is now available for use as a restricted read-only command line interface.

</ul>

<li>New functionality:

<ul>

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

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

can now pipe logs directly to other programs, making real-time log analysis easier.

<li>The IP_RECVTTL

socket option allows programs to receive the incoming ttl on raw and udp sockets.

<li>The IP_MINTTL

socket option allows programs to ask the kernel to discard any packets with a ttl

smaller than the given one, for implementing the IP TTL security hack aka the Generalized

TTL Security Mechanism specified in RFC 3682.

<li>Multiple, independent routing tables, with

acting as selector.

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

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

can be told which table to work with now, and routing daemons have been modified to

cope as well.

<li>The

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

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

interface is now clonable.

can log to multiple pflog interfaces now, each rule can specify which pflog interface

to log to.

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

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

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

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

can now be told which pflog interface to work with.

<li>The

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

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

interface is now clonable as well, thus only there when actually needed.

<li>

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

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

can now expire table entries.

<li>keep state is now the default for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> rules, as is the flags S/SA option on TCP connections. no state and flags any can be used to disable stateful filtering or TCP flags checking.

<li>keep state is now the default for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> rules, as is the flags S/SA option on TCP connections. no state and flags any can be used to disable stateful filtering or TCP flags checking.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a> ruleset optimiser can be enabled in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a>.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a> ruleset optimiser can be enabled in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a>.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> anchors can now be loaded inline in the main <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> and can be printed recursively.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> anchors can now be loaded inline in the main <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> and can be printed recursively.

<li>Allow

rules inside anchors to have their counters reset, and make counter read

& reset an atomic operation.

<li>

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

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

dampens status changes now, thus not alerting for a single wrong sensor read, since many

sensors lie once in a while.

<li>

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

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

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=spamlogd&sektion=8">spamlogd(8)</a> now support synchronisation of the greylist database across multiple hosts. The greytrapping mechanism now allows for whole domain traps, and noticing out of order MX use.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamlogd&sektion=8">spamlogd(8)</a> now support synchronisation of the greylist database across multiple hosts. The greytrapping mechanism now allows for whole domain traps, and noticing out of order MX use.

<li>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a> database format has changed from DB_BTREE to DB_HASH for much better performance on large installations with big databases.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a> database format has changed from DB_BTREE to DB_HASH for much better performance on large installations with big databases.

<li>

The

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

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

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=brconfig&sektion=8">brconfig(8)</a> tool now support

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=brconfig&sektion=8">brconfig(8)</a> tool now support

the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP).

The new RSTP mode is now used by default when enabled with the stp option.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=cd&sektion=4">cd(4)</a> now supports reading from region protected DVDs.

<li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cd&sektion=4">cd(4)</a> now supports reading from region protected DVDs.

<li>Detect

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystems</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystems</a>

and spoof disklabel partitions for them even when there is no MBR, e.g. on some newer iPods.

</ul>

<li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:

<ul>

command has been improved to be more robust to various forms of inode and

superblock corruption.

command got some new ways of filtering the display.

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

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

file descriptor handling has been improved to eliminate several race and deadlock conditions and improve performance.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>

has had a potential corruption issue fixed, and is more reliable when given

a corrupted filesystem to mount.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>

and the

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=fdisk&sektion=8&arch=i386">fdisk(8)</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk&sektion=8&arch=i386">fdisk(8)</a>

command have been enhanced to work on devices with 2048 byte sectors,

e.g. newer iPods.

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=rcs&sektion=1">OpenRCS</a> tools

<li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=rcs&sektion=1">OpenRCS</a> tools

are smarter at handling files, especially when dealing with binary files.

GNU RCS compatibility has also been improved.

editor now displays column numbers in the status bar. It has also

received several improvements which make it more reliable: line

numbers, file insertions, and search wrapping all now work as

expected.

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

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

command has a cleaner look, and a display was added for hardware sensors.

<li>The <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> platform now uses gcc3.

<li>Improved support for usb attached cd drives and ever more odd

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

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

devices.

<li>Don't treat NetBSD or FreeBSD MBR partitions as substitutes for an OpenBSD partition. i.e. don't try to boot from them or use them to store OpenBSD disklabels.

</ul>

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<li>OpenNTPD 4.1:

<ul>

<li>Greatly improved support for timedelta sensors.

now uses a strictly monotonically increasing time (uptime, basically)

for its internal timers, so setting the system clock doesn't influence

query rates, trust levels, etc. any more.

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<li>OpenSSH 4.6:

<ul>

now allows the enabling and disabling of authentication