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1.48 deraadt 20: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 4.4</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 21: <p>
1.45 deraadt 22: Released Nov 1, 2008<br>
1.1 deraadt 23: Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
24: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-2-6</font>
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1.55 ! deraadt 26: 4.4 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#44">"Trial of the BSD Knights"</a>
1.1 deraadt 27: <p>
28: <ul>
1.52 deraadt 29: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 30: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
31: a list of mirror machines.
32: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.4/</font> directory on
33: one of the mirror sites.
34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
35: of bugs and workarounds.
36: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
37: 4.3 and 4.4 releases.
38: </ul>
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1.49 deraadt 40: <p>
1.48 deraadt 41: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
42: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
43: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
44: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
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51: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
52: <p>
53: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.4.
54: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
55: to 4.4.
56: <p>
57:
58: <ul>
59:
60: <li>New/extended platforms:
61: <ul>
62: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
1.37 brad 63: Much more platform support. Machines using the UltraSPARC IV/T1/T2
64: and Fujitsu SPARC64-V/VI/VII are now supported.
1.4 matthieu 65: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 66: For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
67: System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
1.4 matthieu 68: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 69: Added shared libraries support.
1.1 deraadt 70: </ul>
71: <p>
72:
73: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
74: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 75: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
1.28 cnst 76: <ul>
77: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>
78: driver for Fintek F71805F LPC Super I/O Hardware Monitor.
79: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>
80: driver for Andigilog aSC7611 Hardware Monitor.
81: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>
82: driver for AMD K8 embedded temperature sensor.
83: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>
84: driver for JEDEC JC-42.4 memory module thermal sensors.
85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adtfsm&sektion=4">adtfsm(4)</a>
86: driver for Analog Devices ADT7462.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&sektion=4">km(4)</a>
88: driver for AMD K10 (Phenom, Opteron Barcelona et alia) embedded temperature sensor.
89: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
90: driver now has better probing procedure.
91: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
92: driver now support LM76.
93: </ul>
1.17 deraadt 94: <li>Support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in
95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
96: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&sektion=4">lii(4)</a>
97: driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
98: <li>Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams:
99: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>
1.8 deraadt 100: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
1.17 deraadt 101: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openchrome&sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a>
102: driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
1.8 deraadt 103: <li>AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.17 deraadt 104: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 105: driver which implements VMware Tools.
1.17 deraadt 106: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a>
107: driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>
109: driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
110: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a>
111: driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
112: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 113: driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops, including the EeePC.
1.34 deraadt 114: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gecko&arch=hppa&sektion=4">gecko(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 115: driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on some hppa systems.
1.34 deraadt 116: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tsec&arch=socppc&sektion=4">tsec(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 117: driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet Controller.
1.17 deraadt 118: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>
119: driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
120: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a>
121: driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
1.34 deraadt 122: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pccom&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3">pccom(4)</a>
123: driver has been removed; all platforms use
124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
125: now.
1.17 deraadt 126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a>
127: and
128: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a>
129: now work on most sparc64 machines.
130: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a>
131: driver now supports mouseCLOCK USB II devices.
132: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 133: driver now supports 88E8040T devices.
1.17 deraadt 134: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
1.39 pvalchev 135: driver now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
1.17 deraadt 136: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
137: driver now supports HP Smart Array P212, P410, P411, P411i
138: and P812 devices.
139: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uftdi&sektion=4">uftdi(4)</a>
140: driver now supports ELV Elektronik and FTDI 2232L devices.
141: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a>
142: driver now supports Option GlobeTrotter 3G+, Huawei E220
143: and more HSDPA MSM devices.
144: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsa&sektion=4">ubsa(4)</a>
145: driver now supports ZTE CMDMA MSM devices.
146: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe(4)</a>
147: driver now supports Apple USB A1277 devices.
148: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=puc&sektion=4">puc(4)</a>
149: driver now supports more Netmos devices.
1.34 deraadt 150: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mgx&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">mgx(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 151: driver now supports 2D acceleration on selected boards.
1.19 deraadt 152: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
153: driver firmware for some controllers has been updated.
154: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 155: driver no longer hangs during probe on some machines.
1.21 deraadt 156: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
157: driver has better support for BCM5704 chipsets in fiber
158: mode which helps with some blade servers.
159: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
160: driver has better support for the BCM5906 chipset on some systems.
161: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
162: driver has much better support for PCI Express chipsets
1.30 deraadt 163: resulting in much faster transmit performance.
1.21 deraadt 164: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
165: driver has support for the BCM5714/5715/5780 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
166: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>
167: driver has support for the BCM5706/5708 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
1.26 deraadt 168: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
169: driver now supports Ralink Technology RT2700 devices.
1.30 deraadt 170: <li>Serial ports other than com0 can now be used for console on amd64.
171: <li>The serial console on i386 and amd64 has improved compatibility
172: with server management cards.
1.1 deraadt 173: </ul>
174: <p>
175:
176: <li>New tools:
177: <ul>
1.17 deraadt 178: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.statd&sektion=8">rpc.statd(8)</a>,
179: the host status monitoring daemon for use with the NFS file locking daemon.
180: <li>Initial import of
1.34 deraadt 181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ypldap&sektion=8">ypldap(8)</a>,
1.17 deraadt 182: a drop-in replacement for ypserv to glue in an LDAP directory for
183: get{pw,gr}ent family of functions.
1.21 deraadt 184: <li>Deprecated <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=slattach&sektion=8">slattach(8)</a>
1.31 steven 185: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nmeaattach&sektion=8">nmeaattach(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 186: in favor of
1.31 steven 187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldattach&sektion=8">ldattach(8)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 188: <li>Import of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpbench&sektion=1">tcpbench(1)</a>, a small TCP benchmarking tool.
1.1 deraadt 189: </ul>
190: <p>
191:
192: <li>New functionality:
193: <ul>
1.3 ratchov 194: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 195: is now able to play and record audio in full-duplex,
196: mix unlimited number of streams, handle up to 16 channels,
197: resample streams on the fly, support various 24-bit and 32-bit
1.3 ratchov 198: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.8 deraadt 199: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> now supports IPv6.
1.26 deraadt 200: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
201: now supports basic synchronization of the /var/db/dhcpd.leases
202: file to allow running multiple instances for redundancy.
1.34 deraadt 203: <li>WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
1.17 deraadt 204: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8">rpc.lockd(8)</a>
205: now supports NLMv4 and does actually do locking.
206: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
207: now supports recursive mget transfers.
1.19 deraadt 208: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
209: now uses keep alive packets by default.
1.26 deraadt 210: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
211: now accepts empty passwords in URLs.
1.34 deraadt 212: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=locate&sektion=1">locate(1)</a> now supports -b flag to perform search only on the last
1.30 deraadt 213: component of the path.
1.17 deraadt 214: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
215: in TAO mode to set the write speed.
1.19 deraadt 216: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
217: no longer blanks media twice.
1.21 deraadt 218: <li>Add ability in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
219: to determine media capabilities and make it figure out if media supports TAO or blanking.
1.17 deraadt 220: <li>Initial version of
221: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 222: crypto support.
1.19 deraadt 223: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 224: now groks options tftp-config-file and auto-proxy-script in
225: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&sektion=5">dhcpd.conf(5)</a>.
1.19 deraadt 226: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
227: option handling much more resistant to abuse.
228: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
229: now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes.
230: <li>DIOCRLDINFO, DIOCGPDINFO, and DIOCGPART support added to block devices
231: previously lacking it.
232: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
233: no longer supports the '-r' option, and obtains all disklabel information via ioctl's.
234: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
235: no longer suggests offsets and sizes that would result in partitions starting or ending
236: outside the OpenBSD section of the disk.
237: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
238: now correctly reads back the 'vendor' field from text disklabels.
239: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
240: editor mode '?' and 'p' commands are more compact and the 'l' command has been added
241: to produce previous verbose output.
242: <li>I/O's outside the bounds of the RAW_PART are now prevented, allowing
243: proper detection of invalid I/O's.
244: <li>USB floppies now have a valid cylinder count calculated, rather than 0.
245: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>
246: can now create filesystems on devices with sector sizes other than 512, although
247: such filesystems cannot yet be read.
1.29 rainer 248: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>
1.42 jmc 249: now revokes its privileges and runs as its own user <tt>_rtadvd</tt>.
1.19 deraadt 250: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
251: probing displays less useless verbiage and fewer spurious error messages.
252: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a>
253: devices can now be detached.
254: <li>ATAPI devices are now identified as such, rather than as SCSIn devices.
255: <li>SATA tape drives now work.
256: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
257: probing now displays the ID of the initiator on the bus.
258: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
259: debug capabilities improved to show commands and input or output data as appropriate.
260: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
261: probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow
1.41 deraadt 262: successful attachments.
1.19 deraadt 263: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
264: probing can now find more fibre channel attached devices.
1.21 deraadt 265: <li>Several mbuf pool cache corruption issues were fixed.
266: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>
267: now supports IPv6 in standalone mode.
268: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cal&sektion=1">cal(1)</a>
269: now shows week numbers too.
270: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
271: implement a sloppy tcpstate tracker which does not look at sequence numbers at all.
1.25 mpf 272: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
273: rule accounting now has a counter to record how many states in total have been
274: created by a rule.
275: <li>The kill states feature in
276: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
277: now supports two additional match targets: Kill by rule label or state ID.
1.21 deraadt 278: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
279: use sloppy
280: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
281: state keeping for routed sessions (Direct Server Return).
282: <li>Added support in
283: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
284: for transparent L7 forwarding in relays.
1.30 deraadt 285: <li>Added support for dynamic IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 TCP relays in
286: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
287: <li>Improved the DNS mode and use OpenBSD's Id shuffle code from
288: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>.
289: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
1.21 deraadt 290: <li>Extend <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk&sektion=1">awk(1)</a>
291: with bitwise operations.
1.30 deraadt 292: <li>Updated the display code for
293: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
294: which adds views for
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
296: states, rules and queues.
297: <li>Imported initial support for IEEE 802.3ad/LACP in
298: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 299: </ul>
300: <p>
301:
302: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
303: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 304: <li>A greatly changed buffer cache subsystem which maps cache pages only
305: when in use, resulting in improved filesystem performance, and
1.26 deraadt 306: allowing for the effective use of a much larger buffer cache.
1.11 espie 307: <li>A greatly improved implementation of
1.9 otto 308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.11 espie 309: malloc(3)</a>, the general purpose memory allocator,
310: which catches more mistakes, reduces address space fragmentation,
311: and is faster.
1.10 otto 312: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statfs&sektion=2">
1.14 otto 313: statfs(2)</a> system call has been enhanced to support large
1.10 otto 314: filesystems.
1.30 deraadt 315: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strtof&sektion=3">strtof(3)</a>
316: function has been added to libc.
317: <li>A lot of work has been done on libm to add several functions towards more
318: C99 compliance.
1.20 deraadt 319: <li>Lots of features have been implemented in OpenCVS, which can now be used
1.19 deraadt 320: to do some real work.
1.34 deraadt 321: <li>New APIs for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>,
322: one to fill a buffer with random numbers and the other to return a
323: uniformly distributed random number without bias.
1.1 deraadt 324: </ul>
325: <p>
326:
327: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
328: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 329: <li>A new tool
1.18 sobrado 330: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">
331: sysmerge(8)</a>, derived from the old mergemaster port, makes
1.15 deraadt 332: it easier to merge configuration files changes during an upgrade.
1.16 deraadt 333: <li>Fully support OpenBSD inside extended partitions on i386 and amd64.
1.17 deraadt 334: <li>During installation 'dhcp' is now the initial default answer during
335: network configuration.
1.19 deraadt 336: <li>Fetching sets via FTP more reliable due to automatic use of keep alive.
337: <li>Fetching sets via NFS no longer hangs retrying a non-functional mount.
338: <li>Installation ensures hostname.* files are installed with mode 600.
339: <li>Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed.
340: <li>Serial console support extended to all architectures.
341: <li>Partition size display no longer limited to 32 bit sizes.
342: <li>Partition sizes now scaled and formatted to use human readable units.
1.26 deraadt 343: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>
344: configuration questions improved.
1.19 deraadt 345: <li>Sparc miniroot root disk detection fixed.
346: <li>Invocations of
347: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
348: by the scripts are now less verbose.
1.1 deraadt 349: </ul>
350: <p>
351:
1.15 deraadt 352: <li>OpenSSH 5.1:
1.1 deraadt 353: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 354: <li>New experimental fingerprint ASCII art visualisation system for easier
355: verification of remote keys.
356: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chroot&sektion=2">
357: chroot(2)</a> support for
358: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
359: <li>Added an extended test mode (-T) to
360: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
361: <li>Make
362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
363: support negation of groups in a "Match group" block.
1.16 deraadt 364: <li>Increased the ephemeral key size in protocol1 from 768 to 1024 bits.
1.15 deraadt 365: <li>Better tests of primes in /etc/moduli
1.16 deraadt 366: <li>Refuse to read .shosts or authorized_keys files that are not regular
1.15 deraadt 367: files.
368: <li>Enable ~ escapes for multiplex slave sessions.
1.16 deraadt 369: <li>Support CIDR address matching in Match blocks and authorized_keys
1.15 deraadt 370: from="..." stanzas.
371: <li>Make port forwarding code try additional addresses when connecting to
372: a destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address.
373: <li>Make the maximum number of
374: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 deraadt 375: sessions run-time controllable via MaxSessions in
1.15 deraadt 376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">
377: ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 378: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">
379: ssh-keyscan(1)</a> now defaults to RSA protocol 2 keys, instead of RSA1.
1.15 deraadt 380: <li>Added an extension to sftp protocol to implement
1.34 deraadt 381: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statvfs&sektion=3">
382: statvfs(3)</a>-like operations and add a df command to
1.15 deraadt 383: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">
384: sftp(1)</a>.
1.26 deraadt 385: <li>Disable execution of ~/.ssh/rc for sessions where a command has been
1.15 deraadt 386: forced by the sshd_config ForceCommand directive.
387: <li>And several bug fixes and performance enhancements.
1.1 deraadt 388: </ul>
389: <p>
390:
1.33 deraadt 391: <li>Over 5205 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 392: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
393: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
394: <tr>
395: <td valign="top" width="25%">
396: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 397: <li>i386: 5033
398: <li>sparc64: 4862
1.40 deraadt 399: <li>alpha: 4852
1.1 deraadt 400: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 401: <li>sh: 1285
1.23 deraadt 402: <li>amd64: 4940
1.32 deraadt 403: <li>powerpc: 4466
1.1 deraadt 404: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 405: <li>sparc: 3381
406: <li>arm: 4018
1.40 deraadt 407: <li>hppa: 1595
1.43 deraadt 408: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
409: <li>vax: 1954
1.40 deraadt 410: <li>mips64: 3099
1.1 deraadt 411: </ul></td></tr></table>
412: Some highlights:
413: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 414: <li>Gnome 2.20.3.
415: <li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
1.44 brad 416: <li>KDE 3.5.9.
1.30 deraadt 417: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
418: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16.
419: <li>MySQL 5.0.51a
420: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
421: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.
422: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.3.
423: <li>Xfce 4.4.2.
1.1 deraadt 424: </ul>
425: <p>
426:
427: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
428: <p>
429:
430: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
431: <ul>
432: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 433: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 434: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
435: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
436: and 3.3.5
437: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
438: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
439: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
440: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
441: <li>Groff 1.15
1.8 deraadt 442: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
443: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 444: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.8 deraadt 445: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p17
1.1 deraadt 446: <li>Ncurses 5.2
447: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
448: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
449: <li>Arla 0.35.7
450: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
451: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
452: </ul>
453: <p>
454:
455: </ul>
456:
457: <a name="install"></a>
458: <hr>
459: <p>
460: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
461: <p>
462: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
463: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
464: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
465: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
466: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
467: purchased a CDROM instead.
468: <p>
469:
470: <hr>
471: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
472: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
473: <p>
474: <ul>
475: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
476: <p>
477: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
478: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
479: <p>
480: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
481: <p>
482: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
483: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
484: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
485: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
486: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
487: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
488: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
489: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
490: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
491: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
492: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
493: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
494: </ul>
495: <hr>
496:
497: <p>
498: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
499: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
500: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
501: <p>
502:
503: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
504: <ul>
505: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
506: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
507: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
508: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
509:
510: <p>
511: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
512: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
513:
514: <p>
515: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
516: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
517: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
518:
519: <p>
520: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
521: read INSTALL.i386.
522:
523: <p>
524: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
525: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
526: use the
527: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
528: utility. The following is an example usage of
529: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
530: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
531: "rfd0a".
532:
533: <ul><pre>
534: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
535: </pre></ul>
536:
537: <p>
538: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
539: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
540: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
541: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
542: </ul>
543:
544: <p>
545: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
546: <ul>
547: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
548: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
549: your BIOS options first.
550: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
551: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
552: boot from the floppy drive.
553:
554: <p>
555: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
556: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
557: INSTALL.amd64 document.
558:
559: <p>
560: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
561: read INSTALL.amd64.
562: </ul>
563:
564: <p>
565: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
566: <ul>
567: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
568: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
569:
570: <p>
571: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
572: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
573: </ul>
574:
575: <p>
576: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
577: <ul>
578: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
579:
580: <p>
581: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
582: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
583: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
584: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
585:
586: <p>
587: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
588: will most likely fail.
589:
590: <p>
591: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
592: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
593:
594: <p>
595: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
596: </ul>
597:
598: <p>
599: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
600: <ul>
601: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
602: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
603: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
604:
605: <p>
606: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
607: will most likely fail.
608:
609: </ul>
610:
611: <p>
612: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
613: <ul>
614: <p>
615: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
616: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
617: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
618: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
619: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
620: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
621: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
622: </ul>
623:
624: <p>
625: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
626: <ul>
627: <p>
628: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
629: </ul>
630:
631: <p>
632: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
633: <ul>
634: <p>
635: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
636: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
637: </ul>
638:
639: <p>
640: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
641: <ul>
642: <p>
643: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
644: or disk, and boot normally.
645: </ul>
646:
647: <p>
648: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
649: <ul>
650: <p>
651: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
652: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
653: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
654: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
655: </ul>
656:
657: <p>
658: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
659: <ul>
660: <p>
661: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
662: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
663: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
664: for more details.
665: </ul>
666:
667: <p>
668: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
669: <ul>
670: <p>
671: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
672: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
673: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
674: for more details.
675: </ul>
676:
677: <p>
678: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
679: <ul>
680: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
681: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
682:
683: <ul><pre>
684: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
685: or
686: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
687: </pre></ul>
688:
689: <p>
690: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
691: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
692: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
693: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
694: depending on the version of your ROM.
695:
696: <ul><pre>
697: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
698: or
699: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
700: </pre></ul>
701:
702: <p>
703: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
704: will most likely fail.
705:
706: <p>
707: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
708: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
709: INSTALL.sparc file.
710: </ul>
711:
712: <p>
713: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
714: <ul>
715: <p>
716: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
717: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
718:
719: <p>
720: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
721: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
722: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
723: </ul>
724:
725: <p>
726: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
727: <ul>
728: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
729: </ul>
730:
731: <p>
732: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
733: <ul>
734: <p>
735: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
736: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
737: for a few important details.
738: </ul>
739:
740: <p>
741: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
742: <ul>
743: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
744: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
745: in a separate archive. To extract:
746: <p>
747: <ul><pre>
748: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
749: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
750: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
751: </pre></ul>
752: <p>
753: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
754: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
755: To extract:
756: <p>
757: <ul><pre>
758: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
759: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
760: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
761: </pre></ul>
762: <p>
763: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
764: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
765: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
766: Using these files
767: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
768: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
769: <p>
770: </ul>
771:
772: <a name="upgrade"></a>
773: <hr>
774: <p>
775: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
776: <p>
777: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
778: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
779: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
780:
781: <a name="ports"></a>
782: <hr>
783: <p>
784: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
785: <p>
786: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
787: <p>
788: <ul><pre>
789: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
790: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
791: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
792: </pre></ul>
793: <p>
794: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.46 jasper 795: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 796: if you know nothing about ports
797: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
798: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
799: OpenBSD ports system.
800: <p>
801: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
802: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
803: cvs(1)</a> if
804: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
805: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
806: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
807: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
808: like:
809: <p>
810: <ul><pre>
811: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
812: </pre></ul>
813: <p>
814: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
815: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
816: server.]
817: <p>
818: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
819: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
820: <p>
821: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
822: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
823: place to know.
824: <p>
825:
826: </body>
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