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1.58 ! tj 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
! 18: <font color="#e00000">4.4</font>
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1.45 deraadt 25: Released Nov 1, 2008<br>
1.1 deraadt 26: Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-2-6</font>
28: <br>
1.55 deraadt 29: 4.4 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#44">"Trial of the BSD Knights"</a>
1.1 deraadt 30: <p>
31: <ul>
1.52 deraadt 32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 33: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
34: a list of mirror machines.
35: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.4/</font> directory on
36: one of the mirror sites.
37: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
38: of bugs and workarounds.
39: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
40: 4.3 and 4.4 releases.
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51: <p>
52: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
53: <p>
54: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.4.
55: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
56: to 4.4.
57: <p>
58:
59: <ul>
60:
61: <li>New/extended platforms:
62: <ul>
63: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
1.37 brad 64: Much more platform support. Machines using the UltraSPARC IV/T1/T2
65: and Fujitsu SPARC64-V/VI/VII are now supported.
1.4 matthieu 66: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 67: For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
68: System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
1.4 matthieu 69: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 70: Added shared libraries support.
1.1 deraadt 71: </ul>
72: <p>
73:
74: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
75: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 76: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
1.28 cnst 77: <ul>
1.57 sthen 78: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 79: driver for Fintek F71805F LPC Super I/O Hardware Monitor.
1.57 sthen 80: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 81: driver for Andigilog aSC7611 Hardware Monitor.
1.57 sthen 82: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 83: driver for AMD K8 embedded temperature sensor.
1.57 sthen 84: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 85: driver for JEDEC JC-42.4 memory module thermal sensors.
1.57 sthen 86: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=adtfsm&sektion=4">adtfsm(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 87: driver for Analog Devices ADT7462.
1.57 sthen 88: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=km&sektion=4">km(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 89: driver for AMD K10 (Phenom, Opteron Barcelona et alia) embedded temperature sensor.
1.57 sthen 90: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 91: driver now has better probing procedure.
1.57 sthen 92: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
1.28 cnst 93: driver now support LM76.
94: </ul>
1.17 deraadt 95: <li>Support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in
1.57 sthen 96: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
97: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=lii&sektion=4">lii(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 98: driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
99: <li>Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams:
1.57 sthen 100: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>
101: and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
102: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=openchrome&sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 103: driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
1.8 deraadt 104: <li>AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.57 sthen 105: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 106: driver which implements VMware Tools.
1.57 sthen 107: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 108: driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
1.57 sthen 109: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 110: driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
1.57 sthen 111: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 112: driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
1.57 sthen 113: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 114: driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops, including the EeePC.
1.57 sthen 115: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gecko&arch=hppa&sektion=4">gecko(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 116: driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on some hppa systems.
1.57 sthen 117: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=tsec&arch=socppc&sektion=4">tsec(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 118: driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet Controller.
1.57 sthen 119: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 120: driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
1.57 sthen 121: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 122: driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
1.57 sthen 123: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pccom&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3">pccom(4)</a>
1.34 deraadt 124: driver has been removed; all platforms use
1.57 sthen 125: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
1.34 deraadt 126: now.
1.57 sthen 127: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 128: and
1.57 sthen 129: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 130: now work on most sparc64 machines.
1.57 sthen 131: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 132: driver now supports mouseCLOCK USB II devices.
1.57 sthen 133: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 134: driver now supports 88E8040T devices.
1.57 sthen 135: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
1.39 pvalchev 136: driver now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
1.57 sthen 137: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 138: driver now supports HP Smart Array P212, P410, P411, P411i
139: and P812 devices.
1.57 sthen 140: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uftdi&sektion=4">uftdi(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 141: driver now supports ELV Elektronik and FTDI 2232L devices.
1.57 sthen 142: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 143: driver now supports Option GlobeTrotter 3G+, Huawei E220
144: and more HSDPA MSM devices.
1.57 sthen 145: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ubsa&sektion=4">ubsa(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 146: driver now supports ZTE CMDMA MSM devices.
1.57 sthen 147: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=axe&sektion=4">axe(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 148: driver now supports Apple USB A1277 devices.
1.57 sthen 149: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=puc&sektion=4">puc(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 150: driver now supports more Netmos devices.
1.57 sthen 151: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mgx&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">mgx(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 152: driver now supports 2D acceleration on selected boards.
1.57 sthen 153: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 154: driver firmware for some controllers has been updated.
1.57 sthen 155: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 156: driver no longer hangs during probe on some machines.
1.57 sthen 157: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 158: driver has better support for BCM5704 chipsets in fiber
159: mode which helps with some blade servers.
1.57 sthen 160: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 161: driver has better support for the BCM5906 chipset on some systems.
1.57 sthen 162: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 163: driver has much better support for PCI Express chipsets
1.30 deraadt 164: resulting in much faster transmit performance.
1.57 sthen 165: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 166: driver has support for the BCM5714/5715/5780 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
1.57 sthen 167: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 168: driver has support for the BCM5706/5708 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
1.57 sthen 169: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 170: driver now supports Ralink Technology RT2700 devices.
1.30 deraadt 171: <li>Serial ports other than com0 can now be used for console on amd64.
172: <li>The serial console on i386 and amd64 has improved compatibility
173: with server management cards.
1.1 deraadt 174: </ul>
175: <p>
176:
177: <li>New tools:
178: <ul>
1.57 sthen 179: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=rpc.statd&sektion=8">rpc.statd(8)</a>,
1.17 deraadt 180: the host status monitoring daemon for use with the NFS file locking daemon.
181: <li>Initial import of
1.57 sthen 182: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ypldap&sektion=8">ypldap(8)</a>,
1.17 deraadt 183: a drop-in replacement for ypserv to glue in an LDAP directory for
184: get{pw,gr}ent family of functions.
1.57 sthen 185: <li>Deprecated <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=slattach&sektion=8">slattach(8)</a>
186: and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=nmeaattach&sektion=8">nmeaattach(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 187: in favor of
1.57 sthen 188: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldattach&sektion=8">ldattach(8)</a>.
189: <li>Import of <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcpbench&sektion=1">tcpbench(1)</a>, a small TCP benchmarking tool.
1.1 deraadt 190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li>New functionality:
194: <ul>
1.57 sthen 195: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 196: is now able to play and record audio in full-duplex,
197: mix unlimited number of streams, handle up to 16 channels,
198: resample streams on the fly, support various 24-bit and 32-bit
1.3 ratchov 199: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.57 sthen 200: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> now supports IPv6.
201: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 202: now supports basic synchronization of the /var/db/dhcpd.leases
203: file to allow running multiple instances for redundancy.
1.34 deraadt 204: <li>WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
1.57 sthen 205: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8">rpc.lockd(8)</a>
1.17 deraadt 206: now supports NLMv4 and does actually do locking.
1.57 sthen 207: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
1.17 deraadt 208: now supports recursive mget transfers.
1.57 sthen 209: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
1.19 deraadt 210: now uses keep alive packets by default.
1.57 sthen 211: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 212: now accepts empty passwords in URLs.
1.57 sthen 213: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=locate&sektion=1">locate(1)</a> now supports -b flag to perform search only on the last
1.30 deraadt 214: component of the path.
1.57 sthen 215: <li>Allow <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
1.17 deraadt 216: in TAO mode to set the write speed.
1.57 sthen 217: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
1.19 deraadt 218: no longer blanks media twice.
1.57 sthen 219: <li>Add ability in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
1.21 deraadt 220: to determine media capabilities and make it figure out if media supports TAO or blanking.
1.17 deraadt 221: <li>Initial version of
1.57 sthen 222: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 223: crypto support.
1.57 sthen 224: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 225: now groks options tftp-config-file and auto-proxy-script in
1.57 sthen 226: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd.conf&sektion=5">dhcpd.conf(5)</a>.
227: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 228: option handling much more resistant to abuse.
1.57 sthen 229: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 230: now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes.
231: <li>DIOCRLDINFO, DIOCGPDINFO, and DIOCGPART support added to block devices
232: previously lacking it.
1.57 sthen 233: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 234: no longer supports the '-r' option, and obtains all disklabel information via ioctl's.
1.57 sthen 235: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 236: no longer suggests offsets and sizes that would result in partitions starting or ending
237: outside the OpenBSD section of the disk.
1.57 sthen 238: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 239: now correctly reads back the 'vendor' field from text disklabels.
1.57 sthen 240: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 241: editor mode '?' and 'p' commands are more compact and the 'l' command has been added
242: to produce previous verbose output.
243: <li>I/O's outside the bounds of the RAW_PART are now prevented, allowing
244: proper detection of invalid I/O's.
245: <li>USB floppies now have a valid cylinder count calculated, rather than 0.
1.57 sthen 246: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 247: can now create filesystems on devices with sector sizes other than 512, although
248: such filesystems cannot yet be read.
1.57 sthen 249: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>
1.42 jmc 250: now revokes its privileges and runs as its own user <tt>_rtadvd</tt>.
1.57 sthen 251: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 252: probing displays less useless verbiage and fewer spurious error messages.
1.57 sthen 253: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 254: devices can now be detached.
255: <li>ATAPI devices are now identified as such, rather than as SCSIn devices.
256: <li>SATA tape drives now work.
1.57 sthen 257: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 258: probing now displays the ID of the initiator on the bus.
1.57 sthen 259: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 260: debug capabilities improved to show commands and input or output data as appropriate.
1.57 sthen 261: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 262: probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow
1.41 deraadt 263: successful attachments.
1.57 sthen 264: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
1.19 deraadt 265: probing can now find more fibre channel attached devices.
1.21 deraadt 266: <li>Several mbuf pool cache corruption issues were fixed.
1.57 sthen 267: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 268: now supports IPv6 in standalone mode.
1.57 sthen 269: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cal&sektion=1">cal(1)</a>
1.21 deraadt 270: now shows week numbers too.
1.57 sthen 271: <li>In <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
1.21 deraadt 272: implement a sloppy tcpstate tracker which does not look at sequence numbers at all.
1.57 sthen 273: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.25 mpf 274: rule accounting now has a counter to record how many states in total have been
275: created by a rule.
276: <li>The kill states feature in
1.57 sthen 277: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
1.25 mpf 278: now supports two additional match targets: Kill by rule label or state ID.
1.57 sthen 279: <li>Make <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 280: use sloppy
1.57 sthen 281: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 282: state keeping for routed sessions (Direct Server Return).
283: <li>Added support in
1.57 sthen 284: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 285: for transparent L7 forwarding in relays.
1.30 deraadt 286: <li>Added support for dynamic IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 TCP relays in
1.57 sthen 287: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
1.30 deraadt 288: <li>Improved the DNS mode and use OpenBSD's Id shuffle code from
1.57 sthen 289: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>.
290: in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
291: <li>Extend <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=awk&sektion=1">awk(1)</a>
1.21 deraadt 292: with bitwise operations.
1.30 deraadt 293: <li>Updated the display code for
1.57 sthen 294: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
1.30 deraadt 295: which adds views for
1.57 sthen 296: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 297: states, rules and queues.
298: <li>Imported initial support for IEEE 802.3ad/LACP in
1.57 sthen 299: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 300: </ul>
301: <p>
302:
303: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
304: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 305: <li>A greatly changed buffer cache subsystem which maps cache pages only
306: when in use, resulting in improved filesystem performance, and
1.26 deraadt 307: allowing for the effective use of a much larger buffer cache.
1.11 espie 308: <li>A greatly improved implementation of
1.57 sthen 309: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.11 espie 310: malloc(3)</a>, the general purpose memory allocator,
311: which catches more mistakes, reduces address space fragmentation,
312: and is faster.
1.57 sthen 313: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=statfs&sektion=2">
1.14 otto 314: statfs(2)</a> system call has been enhanced to support large
1.10 otto 315: filesystems.
1.57 sthen 316: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=strtof&sektion=3">strtof(3)</a>
1.30 deraadt 317: function has been added to libc.
318: <li>A lot of work has been done on libm to add several functions towards more
319: C99 compliance.
1.20 deraadt 320: <li>Lots of features have been implemented in OpenCVS, which can now be used
1.19 deraadt 321: to do some real work.
1.57 sthen 322: <li>New APIs for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>,
1.34 deraadt 323: one to fill a buffer with random numbers and the other to return a
324: uniformly distributed random number without bias.
1.1 deraadt 325: </ul>
326: <p>
327:
328: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
329: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 330: <li>A new tool
1.57 sthen 331: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">
1.18 sobrado 332: sysmerge(8)</a>, derived from the old mergemaster port, makes
1.15 deraadt 333: it easier to merge configuration files changes during an upgrade.
1.16 deraadt 334: <li>Fully support OpenBSD inside extended partitions on i386 and amd64.
1.17 deraadt 335: <li>During installation 'dhcp' is now the initial default answer during
336: network configuration.
1.19 deraadt 337: <li>Fetching sets via FTP more reliable due to automatic use of keep alive.
338: <li>Fetching sets via NFS no longer hangs retrying a non-functional mount.
339: <li>Installation ensures hostname.* files are installed with mode 600.
340: <li>Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed.
341: <li>Serial console support extended to all architectures.
342: <li>Partition size display no longer limited to 32 bit sizes.
343: <li>Partition sizes now scaled and formatted to use human readable units.
1.57 sthen 344: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 345: configuration questions improved.
1.19 deraadt 346: <li>Sparc miniroot root disk detection fixed.
347: <li>Invocations of
1.57 sthen 348: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.19 deraadt 349: by the scripts are now less verbose.
1.1 deraadt 350: </ul>
351: <p>
352:
1.15 deraadt 353: <li>OpenSSH 5.1:
1.1 deraadt 354: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 355: <li>New experimental fingerprint ASCII art visualisation system for easier
356: verification of remote keys.
1.57 sthen 357: <li>Added <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=chroot&sektion=2">
1.15 deraadt 358: chroot(2)</a> support for
1.57 sthen 359: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
1.15 deraadt 360: <li>Added an extended test mode (-T) to
1.57 sthen 361: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
1.15 deraadt 362: <li>Make
1.57 sthen 363: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.15 deraadt 364: support negation of groups in a "Match group" block.
1.16 deraadt 365: <li>Increased the ephemeral key size in protocol1 from 768 to 1024 bits.
1.15 deraadt 366: <li>Better tests of primes in /etc/moduli
1.16 deraadt 367: <li>Refuse to read .shosts or authorized_keys files that are not regular
1.15 deraadt 368: files.
369: <li>Enable ~ escapes for multiplex slave sessions.
1.16 deraadt 370: <li>Support CIDR address matching in Match blocks and authorized_keys
1.15 deraadt 371: from="..." stanzas.
372: <li>Make port forwarding code try additional addresses when connecting to
373: a destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address.
374: <li>Make the maximum number of
1.57 sthen 375: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 deraadt 376: sessions run-time controllable via MaxSessions in
1.57 sthen 377: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">
1.15 deraadt 378: ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.57 sthen 379: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">
1.34 deraadt 380: ssh-keyscan(1)</a> now defaults to RSA protocol 2 keys, instead of RSA1.
1.15 deraadt 381: <li>Added an extension to sftp protocol to implement
1.57 sthen 382: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=statvfs&sektion=3">
1.34 deraadt 383: statvfs(3)</a>-like operations and add a df command to
1.57 sthen 384: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sftp&sektion=1">
1.15 deraadt 385: sftp(1)</a>.
1.26 deraadt 386: <li>Disable execution of ~/.ssh/rc for sessions where a command has been
1.15 deraadt 387: forced by the sshd_config ForceCommand directive.
388: <li>And several bug fixes and performance enhancements.
1.1 deraadt 389: </ul>
390: <p>
391:
1.33 deraadt 392: <li>Over 5205 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 393: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
394: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
395: <tr>
396: <td valign="top" width="25%">
397: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 398: <li>i386: 5033
399: <li>sparc64: 4862
1.40 deraadt 400: <li>alpha: 4852
1.1 deraadt 401: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 402: <li>sh: 1285
1.23 deraadt 403: <li>amd64: 4940
1.32 deraadt 404: <li>powerpc: 4466
1.1 deraadt 405: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 406: <li>sparc: 3381
407: <li>arm: 4018
1.40 deraadt 408: <li>hppa: 1595
1.43 deraadt 409: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
410: <li>vax: 1954
1.40 deraadt 411: <li>mips64: 3099
1.1 deraadt 412: </ul></td></tr></table>
413: Some highlights:
414: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 415: <li>Gnome 2.20.3.
416: <li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
1.44 brad 417: <li>KDE 3.5.9.
1.30 deraadt 418: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
419: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16.
420: <li>MySQL 5.0.51a
421: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
422: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.
423: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.3.
424: <li>Xfce 4.4.2.
1.1 deraadt 425: </ul>
426: <p>
427:
428: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
432: <ul>
433: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 434: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 435: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.57 sthen 436: (+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.1 deraadt 437: and 3.3.5
1.57 sthen 438: (+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.1 deraadt 439: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
440: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
441: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
442: <li>Groff 1.15
1.8 deraadt 443: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
444: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 445: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.8 deraadt 446: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p17
1.1 deraadt 447: <li>Ncurses 5.2
448: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
449: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
450: <li>Arla 0.35.7
451: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
452: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
453: </ul>
454: <p>
455:
456: </ul>
457:
458: <a name="install"></a>
459: <hr>
460: <p>
461: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
462: <p>
463: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
464: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
465: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
466: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
467: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
468: purchased a CDROM instead.
469: <p>
470:
471: <hr>
472: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
473: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
474: <p>
475: <ul>
476: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
477: <p>
478: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
479: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
480: <p>
481: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
482: <p>
483: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
484: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
485: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
486: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
487: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
488: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
489: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
490: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
491: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
492: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
493: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
494: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
495: </ul>
496: <hr>
497:
498: <p>
499: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
500: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
501: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
502: <p>
503:
504: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
505: <ul>
506: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
507: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
508: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
509: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
510:
511: <p>
512: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
513: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
514:
515: <p>
516: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
517: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
518: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
519:
520: <p>
521: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
522: read INSTALL.i386.
523:
524: <p>
525: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
526: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
527: use the
1.57 sthen 528: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 529: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.57 sthen 530: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 531: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
532: "rfd0a".
533:
534: <ul><pre>
535: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
536: </pre></ul>
537:
538: <p>
539: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
540: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
541: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
542: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
543: </ul>
544:
545: <p>
546: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
547: <ul>
548: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
549: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
550: your BIOS options first.
551: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
552: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
553: boot from the floppy drive.
554:
555: <p>
556: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
557: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
558: INSTALL.amd64 document.
559:
560: <p>
561: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
562: read INSTALL.amd64.
563: </ul>
564:
565: <p>
566: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
567: <ul>
568: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
569: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
570:
571: <p>
572: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
573: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
574: </ul>
575:
576: <p>
577: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
578: <ul>
579: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
580:
581: <p>
582: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
583: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
584: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
585: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
586:
587: <p>
588: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
589: will most likely fail.
590:
591: <p>
592: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
593: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
594:
595: <p>
596: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
597: </ul>
598:
599: <p>
600: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
601: <ul>
602: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
603: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
604: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
605:
606: <p>
607: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
608: will most likely fail.
609:
610: </ul>
611:
612: <p>
613: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
614: <ul>
615: <p>
616: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
617: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
618: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
619: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
620: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
621: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
622: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
623: </ul>
624:
625: <p>
626: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
627: <ul>
628: <p>
629: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
630: </ul>
631:
632: <p>
633: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
634: <ul>
635: <p>
636: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
637: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
638: </ul>
639:
640: <p>
641: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
642: <ul>
643: <p>
644: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
645: or disk, and boot normally.
646: </ul>
647:
648: <p>
649: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
650: <ul>
651: <p>
652: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
653: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
654: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
655: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
656: </ul>
657:
658: <p>
659: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
660: <ul>
661: <p>
662: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
663: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
664: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
665: for more details.
666: </ul>
667:
668: <p>
669: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
670: <ul>
671: <p>
672: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
673: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
674: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
675: for more details.
676: </ul>
677:
678: <p>
679: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
680: <ul>
681: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
682: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
683:
684: <ul><pre>
685: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
686: or
687: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
688: </pre></ul>
689:
690: <p>
691: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
692: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
693: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
694: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
695: depending on the version of your ROM.
696:
697: <ul><pre>
698: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
699: or
700: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
701: </pre></ul>
702:
703: <p>
704: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
705: will most likely fail.
706:
707: <p>
708: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
709: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
710: INSTALL.sparc file.
711: </ul>
712:
713: <p>
714: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
715: <ul>
716: <p>
717: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
718: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
719:
720: <p>
721: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
722: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
723: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
724: </ul>
725:
726: <p>
727: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
728: <ul>
729: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
730: </ul>
731:
732: <p>
733: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
734: <ul>
735: <p>
736: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
737: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
738: for a few important details.
739: </ul>
740:
741: <p>
742: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
743: <ul>
744: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
745: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
746: in a separate archive. To extract:
747: <p>
748: <ul><pre>
749: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
750: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
751: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
752: </pre></ul>
753: <p>
754: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
755: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
756: To extract:
757: <p>
758: <ul><pre>
759: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
760: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
761: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
762: </pre></ul>
763: <p>
764: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
765: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
766: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
767: Using these files
768: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
769: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
770: <p>
771: </ul>
772:
773: <a name="upgrade"></a>
774: <hr>
775: <p>
776: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
777: <p>
778: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
779: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
780: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
781:
782: <a name="ports"></a>
783: <hr>
784: <p>
785: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
786: <p>
787: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
788: <p>
789: <ul><pre>
790: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
791: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
792: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
793: </pre></ul>
794: <p>
795: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.46 jasper 796: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 797: if you know nothing about ports
798: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
799: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
800: OpenBSD ports system.
801: <p>
802: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.57 sthen 803: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
1.1 deraadt 804: cvs(1)</a> if
805: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
806: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
807: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
808: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
809: like:
810: <p>
811: <ul><pre>
812: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
813: </pre></ul>
814: <p>
815: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
816: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
817: server.]
818: <p>
819: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
820: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
821: <p>
822: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
823: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
824: place to know.
825: <p>
826:
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