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                     22: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.5</font></h2>
1.1       deraadt    23: <p>
1.14      deraadt    24: To be released May 1, 2014<br>
1.1       deraadt    25: Copyright 1997-2014, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     26: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-3-5</font>
                     27: <br>
                     28: <a href="lyrics.html#55">5.5 Song: "Wrap in Time"</a>
                     29: <p>
                     30:
                     31: <ul>
                     32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     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/5.5/</font> directory on
                     36:     one of the mirror sites.
                     37: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
                     38: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata55.html">The 5.5 Errata page</a> for a list
                     39:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     40: <li>See a <a href="plus55.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     41:     5.4 and 5.5 releases.
                     42: </ul>
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1.14      deraadt    44: <p>
                     45: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
                     46: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     47: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The
                     48: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
                     49: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
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                     54: <p>
                     55: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     56: <p>
                     57: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.5.
                     58: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus55.html">changelog</a> leading
                     59: to 5.5.
                     60: <p>
                     61:
                     62: <ul>
1.15      tedu       63: <li>Releases and packages are now cryptographically signed with the
1.10      tedu       64: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&amp;sektion=1">signify(1)</a> utility.
                     65: <ul>
                     66: <li>The installer will verify all sets before installing.
                     67: <li>Users should still verify the installer by hand.
                     68: </ul>
                     69: <p>
                     70:
1.8       tedu       71: <li>New/extended platforms:
1.1       deraadt    72:     <ul>
                     73:     <li>...
                     74:     </ul>
                     75: <p>
                     76:
                     77: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     78:     <ul>
1.5       jsg        79:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmx&amp;sektion=4">vmx(4)</a>
                     80:         driver for VMware VMXNET3 Virtual Interface Controller devices.
                     81:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmwpvs&amp;sektion=4">vmwpvs(4)</a>
                     82:         driver for VMware Paravirtual SCSI.
                     83:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vioscsi&amp;sektion=4">vioscsi(4)</a>
                     84:         driver for VirtIO SCSI adapters.
                     85:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viornd&amp;sektion=4">viornd(4)</a>
                     86:         driver for VirtIO random number devices.
                     87:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubcmtp&amp;sektion=4">ubcmtp(4)</a>
                     88:         driver for Broadcom multi-touch trackpads.
                     89:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugold&amp;sektion=4">ugold(4)</a>
                     90:         driver for TEMPer gold HID thermometers.
                     91:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugl&amp;sektion=4">ugl(4)</a>
                     92:         driver for Genesys Logic based USB host-to-host adapters.
                     93:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&amp;sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>
                     94:         has been overhauled, including:
                     95:         <ul>
                     96:         <li>New port of the Radeon code in Linux 3.8.13.19.
                     97:         <li>Support for Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) including support for
                     98:             additional output types such as DisplayPort.
                     99:         <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsdisplay&amp;sektion=4">wsdisplay(4)</a>
                    100:             now attaches to
                    101:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&amp;sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>
                    102:             and provides a framebuffer console.
                    103:         </ul>
                    104:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inteldrm&amp;sektion=4">inteldrm(4)</a>
                    105:         has been updated to Linux 3.8.13.19 noteably bringing Haswell stability fixes.
                    106:     <li>Support for Intel 8 Series Ethernet with i217/i218 PHYs, and
                    107:         i210/i211/i354 has been added to
                    108:          <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&amp;sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
                    109:     <li>Support for Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200, 2230 and 105/135 has been added to
                    110:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&amp;sektion=4">iwn(4)</a>.
1.1       deraadt   111:     </ul>
                    112: <p>
                    113:
                    114: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
                    115:     <ul>
                    116:     <li>...
                    117:     </ul>
                    118: <p>
                    119:
                    120: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
                    121:     <ul>
1.13      tedu      122:     <li>The popa3d POP3 server has been removed.
1.1       deraadt   123:     </ul>
                    124: <p>
                    125:
1.7       deraadt   126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&amp;sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> improvements:
1.1       deraadt   127:     <ul>
                    128:     <li>...
                    129:     </ul>
                    130: <p>
                    131:
                    132: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.3.3:
                    133:     <ul>
                    134:     <li>...
                    135:     </ul>
                    136: <p>
                    137:
1.16    ! jsg       138: <li>Security improvements:
        !           139:     <ul>
        !           140:     <li>Position-independent executables (PIE) are now used <b>by default</b>
        !           141:         on i386.
        !           142:     </ul>
        !           143: <p>
        !           144:
1.1       deraadt   145: <li>Performance improvements:
                    146:     <ul>
1.11      tedu      147:     <li>Relations between the buffer cache and swap daemon have been improved.
1.1       deraadt   148:     </ul>
                    149: <p>
                    150:
                    151: <li>Threading improvements:
                    152:     <ul>
1.12      tedu      153:     <li>Interprocess semaphores via <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sem_open&amp;sektion=3">sem_open(3)</a>.
1.1       deraadt   154:     </ul>
                    155: <p>
                    156:
                    157: <li>Assorted improvements:
                    158:     <ul>
1.2       espie     159:     <li>New in-memory file system, tmpfs
1.12      tedu      160:     <li>POSIX required <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nl&amp;sektion=1">nl(1)</a> utility.
1.16    ! jsg       161:     <li>OpenBSD/vax has switched to GCC 3.
1.1       deraadt   162:     </ul>
                    163: <p>
                    164:
1.3       sobrado   165: <li>OpenSSH 6.6 (including changes to 6.5, a feature-focused release):
1.1       deraadt   166:     <ul>
1.3       sobrado   167:     <li>Security:
1.1       deraadt   168:       <ul>
1.3       sobrado   169:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    170:         when using environment passing with a
                    171:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    172:         <tt>AcceptEnv</tt> pattern with a wildcard. OpenSSH prior to 6.6 could
                    173:         be tricked into accepting any enviornment variable that contains the
                    174:         characters before the wildcard character.
                    175:       </ul>
                    176:     <li>New/changed features:
                    177:       <ul>
                    178:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    179:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    180:         Add support for key exchange using <i>elliptic-curve Diffie Hellman</i>
                    181:         in Daniel Bernstein's <i>Curve25519</i>.  This key exchange method is
                    182:         the default when both the client and server support it.
                    183:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    184:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    185:         Add support for <i>ED25519</i> as a public key type.  ED25519 is
                    186:         a elliptic curve signature scheme that offers better security than
                    187:         <i>ECDSA</i> and <i>DSA</i> and good performance.  It may be used for
                    188:         both <i>user</i> and <i>host</i> keys.
                    189:       <li>Add a new private key format that uses a <i>bcrypt KDF</i> to better
                    190:         protect keys at rest.  This format is used unconditionally for
                    191:         ED25519 keys, but may be requested when generating or saving
                    192:         existing keys of other types via the <tt>-o</tt>
                    193:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
                    194:         option.  We intend to make the new format the default in the near
                    195:         future.  Details of the new format are in the <tt>PROTOCOL.key</tt>
                    196:         file.
                    197:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    198:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    199:         Add a new transport cipher "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com" that
                    200:         combines Daniel Bernstein's <i>ChaCha20</i> stream cipher and
                    201:         <i>Poly1305 MAC</i> to build an authenticated encryption mode.  Details
                    202:         are in the <tt>PROTOCOL.chacha20poly1305</tt> file.
                    203:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    204:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    205:         Refuse <i>RSA</i> keys from old proprietary clients and servers that
                    206:         use the obsolete <i>RSA+MD5</i> signature scheme.  It will still be
                    207:         possible to connect with these clients/servers but <b>only DSA keys
                    208:         will be accepted, and OpenSSH will refuse connection entirely in a
                    209:         future release</b>.
                    210:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    211:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    212:         Refuse old proprietary clients and servers that use a weaker key
                    213:         exchange hash calculation.
                    214:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    215:         Increase the size of the <i>Diffie-Hellman groups</i> requested for
                    216:         each symmetric key size.  New values from <i>NIST Special Publication
                    217:         800-57</i> with the upper limit specified by <i>RFC 4419</i>.
                    218:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    219:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
                    220:         Support <i>PKCS#11</i> tokens that only provide <i>X.509</i> certs
                    221:         instead of raw public keys.  (requested as bz#1908)
                    222:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    223:         Add a
                    224:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    225:         <tt>Match</tt> keyword that allows conditional configuration to be
                    226:         applied by matching on <i>hostname</i>, <i>user</i> and <i>result of
                    227:         arbitrary commands</i>.
                    228:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    229:         Add support for <i>client-side hostname canonicalisation</i> using a
                    230:         set of <i>DNS suffixes</i> and rules in
                    231:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
                    232:         This allows unqualified names to be canonicalised to fully-qualified
                    233:         domain names to eliminate ambiguity when looking up keys in
                    234:         <tt>known_hosts</tt> or checking host certificate names.
                    235:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&amp;sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
                    236:         Add the ability to whitelist and/or blacklist sftp protocol requests by
                    237:         name.
                    238:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&amp;sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
                    239:         Add a sftp "fsync@openssh.com" to support calling
                    240:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsync&amp;sektion=2">fsync(2)</a>
                    241:         on an open file handle.
                    242:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    243:         Add a
                    244:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    245:         <tt>PermitTTY</tt> to disallow <i>TTY</i> allocation, mirroring the
                    246:         longstanding <tt>no-pty</tt> <tt>authorized_keys</tt> option.
                    247:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    248:         Add a
                    249:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    250:         <tt>ProxyUseFDPass</tt> option that supports the use of
                    251:         <tt>ProxyCommands</tt> that establish a connection and then pass a
                    252:         connected file descriptor back to
                    253:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
                    254:         This allows the <tt>ProxyCommand</tt> to exit rather than staying
                    255:         around to transfer data.
                    256:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    257:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    258:         this release removes the <i>J-PAKE</i> authentication code.  This code
                    259:         was experimental, never enabled and had been unmaintained for some
                    260:         time.
                    261:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    262:         when processing <tt>Match</tt> blocks, skip '<tt>exec</tt>' clauses
                    263:         other clauses predicates failed to match.
                    264:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    265:         if hostname canonicalisation is enabled and results in the destination
                    266:         hostname being changed, then re-parse
                    267:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    268:         files using the new destination hostname. This gives '<tt>Host</tt>'
                    269:         and '<tt>Match</tt>' directives that use the expanded hostname a chance
                    270:         to be applied.
1.1       deraadt   271:       </ul>
                    272:     <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
                    273:       <ul>
1.3       sobrado   274:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    275:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    276:         Fix potential stack exhaustion caused by nested certificates.
                    277:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    278:         make <tt>BindAddress</tt> work with <tt>UsePrivilegedPort</tt>.
                    279:         (bz#1211)
                    280:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&amp;sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
                    281:         fix the progress meter for resumed transfer.  (bz#2137)
                    282:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-add&amp;sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>:
                    283:         do not request smartcard PIN when removing keys from
                    284:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>.
                    285:         (bz#2187)
                    286:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    287:         fix re-exec fallback when original
                    288:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    289:         binary cannot be executed.  (bz#2139)
                    290:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    291:         Make relative-specified certificate expiry times relative to current
                    292:         time and not the validity start time.
                    293:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    294:         fix <tt>AuthorizedKeysCommand</tt> inside a <tt>Match</tt> block.
                    295:         (bz#2161)
                    296:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&amp;sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
                    297:         symlinking a file would incorrectly canonicalise the target path.
                    298:         (bz#2129)
                    299:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
                    300:         fix a use-after-free in the PKCS#11 agent helper executable.
                    301:         (bz#2175)
                    302:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    303:         Improve logging of sessions to include the <i>user name</i>, <i>remote
                    304:         host</i> and <i>port</i>, the <i>session type</i> (shell, command,
                    305:         etc.) and <i>allocated TTY</i> (if any).
                    306:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    307:         tell the client (via a debug message) when their preferred listen
                    308:         address has been overridden by the server's <tt>GatewayPorts</tt>
                    309:         setting.  (bz#1297)
                    310:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    311:         include report port in bad protocol banner message.  (bz#2162)
                    312:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&amp;sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
                    313:         fix memory leak in error path in <i>do_readdir()</i>.  (bz#2163)
                    314:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&amp;sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
                    315:         don't leak file descriptor on error.  (bz#2171)
                    316:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    317:         include the <i>local address</i> and <i>port</i> in "<tt>Connection
                    318:         from ...</tt>" message.  (only shown at <i>loglevel&gt;=verbose</i>)
                    319:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    320:         avoid spurious "<tt>getsockname failed: Bad file descriptor</tt>" in
                    321:         <tt>ssh -W</tt>.  (bz#2200, debian#738692)
                    322:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    323:         allow the
                    324:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=shutdown&amp;sektion=2">shutdown(2)</a>
                    325:         syscall in seccomp-bpf and systrace sandbox modes, as it is reachable
                    326:         if the connection is terminated during the pre-auth phase.
                    327:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    328:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    329:         fix unsigned overflow that in <i>SSH protocol 1 bignum parsing</i>.
                    330:         Minimum key length checks render this bug unexploitable to compromise
                    331:         SSH 1 sessions.
                    332:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    333:         clarify behaviour of a keyword that appears in multiple matching
                    334:         <tt>Match</tt> blocks.  (bz#2184)
                    335:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    336:         avoid unnecessary hostname lookups when canonicalisation is disabled.
                    337:         (bz#2205)
                    338:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    339:         avoid sandbox violation crashes in GSSAPI code by caching the supported
                    340:         list of GSSAPI mechanism OIDs before entering the sandbox.  (bz#2107)
                    341:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    342:         fix possible crashes in SOCKS4 parsing caused by assumption that the
                    343:         SOCKS username is nul-terminated.
                    344:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    345:         fix regression for <tt>UsePrivilegedPort=yes</tt> when
                    346:         <tt>BindAddress</tt> is not specified.
                    347:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    348:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    349:         fix memory leak in ECDSA signature verification.
                    350:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    351:         fix matching of '<tt>Host</tt>' directives in
                    352:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    353:         files to be case-insensitive again.  (regression in 6.5)
1.1       deraadt   354:       </ul>
                    355:     </ul>
                    356: <p>
                    357:
1.2       espie     358: <li>Major overhaul of the package tools:
1.1       deraadt   359:     <ul>
1.2       espie     360:     <li>Much better memory usage
                    361:     <li>pkg_add now trusts signed packages only by default
1.1       deraadt   362:     </ul>
1.2       espie     363: <li>Over 8,700 ports
1.1       deraadt   364: <p>
1.2       espie     365: <li>The build process now allows some limited capability for
                    366: building conflicting packages, yielding kde4 packages as a result,
                    367: along with kde3.
1.1       deraadt   368: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    369:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    370:     <tr>
                    371:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
                    372:     <ul>
                    373:       <li>i386:       8468
1.6       deraadt   374:       <li>sparc64:    7969
1.1       deraadt   375:       <li>alpha:      XXXX
                    376:       <li>m68k:       XXXX
                    377:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    378:       <li>sh:         XXXX
                    379:       <li>amd64:      8534
                    380:       <li>powerpc:    8057
                    381:       <li>m88k:       XXXX
                    382:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    383:       <li>sparc:      XXXX
                    384:       <li>arm:        XXXX
                    385:       <li>hppa:       6549
                    386:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    387:       <li>vax:        XXXX
                    388:       <li>mips64:     XXXX
                    389:       <li>mips64el:   XXXX
                    390:   </ul></td></tr></table>
                    391: <p>
                    392:
                    393: <li>Some highlights:
                    394:     <ul>
1.4       jsg       395:     <li>GNOME 3.10.2                   <li>KDE 3.5.10
1.2       espie     396:     <li>KDE 4.11.5
1.4       jsg       397:     <li>Xfce 4.10                      <li>MySQL 5.1.73
                    398:     <li>PostgreSQL 9.3.2               <li>Postfix 2.11.0
                    399:     <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.38     <li>Mozilla Firefox 24.3 and 26.0
                    400:     <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3.0     <li>GHC 7.6.3
                    401:     <li>LibreOffice 4.1.4.2            <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.3
                    402:     <li>Vim 7.4.135                    <li>PHP 5.3.28 and 5.4.24
                    403:     <li>Python 2.7.6 and 3.3.2         <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.484, 2.0.0.353 and 2.1.0
                    404:     <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.15 and 8.6.1                <li>JDK 1.6.0.32 and 1.7.0.21
1.2       espie     405:     <li>Mono 2.10.9                    <li>Chromium 32.0.1700.102
1.4       jsg       406:     <li>Groff 1.22.2                   <li>Go 1.2
                    407:     <li>GCC 4.6.4 and 4.8.2            <li>LLVM/Clang 3.3
                    408:     <li>Node.js 0.10.24
1.1       deraadt   409:     </ul>
                    410: <p>
                    411:
                    412: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    413: <p>
                    414:
                    415: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    416:     <ul>
1.4       jsg       417:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.14.5 + patches,
                    418:       freetype 2.5.2, fontconfig 2.10.91, Mesa 9.2.5, xterm 301,
                    419:       xkeyboard-config 2.10.1 and more)
1.16    ! jsg       420:     <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   421:     <li>Perl 5.16.3 (+ patches)
                    422:     <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with
                    423:       SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.4       jsg       424:     <li>Nginx 1.4.4 (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   425:     <li>OpenSSL 1.0.1c (+ patches)
1.4       jsg       426:     <li>SQLite 3.8.0.2 (+ patches)
                    427:     <li>Sendmail 8.14.8, with libmilter
1.1       deraadt   428:     <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.4       jsg       429:     <li>NSD 4.0.1
1.1       deraadt   430:     <li>Lynx 2.8.7rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    431:     <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
                    432:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
                    433:     <li>Heimdal 1.5.2 (+ patches)
                    434:     <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    435:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    436:     <li>Less 444 (+ patches)
                    437:     <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
                    438:     </ul>
                    439:
                    440: </ul>
                    441:
                    442: <a name="install"></a>
                    443: <hr>
                    444: <p>
                    445: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    446: <p>
                    447: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    448: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    449: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    450: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    451: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    452: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    453: <p>
                    454:
                    455: <hr>
                    456: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    457: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.5 on your machine:
                    458: <p>
                    459: <ul>
1.9       deraadt   460: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.7       deraadt   461:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.9       deraadt   462: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.7       deraadt   463:        .../OpenBSD/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
                    464: <p>
1.9       deraadt   465: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.7       deraadt   466:        .../OpenBSD/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.9       deraadt   467: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.7       deraadt   468:        .../OpenBSD/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD2)</a>
1.9       deraadt   469: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.7       deraadt   470:        .../OpenBSD/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
                    471: <p>
1.9       deraadt   472: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.7       deraadt   473:        .../OpenBSD/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
1.9       deraadt   474: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.7       deraadt   475:        .../OpenBSD/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
                    476: <p>
1.9       deraadt   477: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.7       deraadt   478:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.9       deraadt   479: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish">
1.7       deraadt   480:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
1.9       deraadt   481: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
1.7       deraadt   482:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
1.9       deraadt   483: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/beagle/INSTALL.beagle">
1.7       deraadt   484:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/beagle/INSTALL.beagle</a>
1.9       deraadt   485: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
1.7       deraadt   486:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
1.9       deraadt   487: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.7       deraadt   488:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.9       deraadt   489: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.7       deraadt   490:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.9       deraadt   491: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.7       deraadt   492:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.9       deraadt   493: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.7       deraadt   494:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.9       deraadt   495: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.7       deraadt   496:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.9       deraadt   497: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
1.7       deraadt   498:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
1.9       deraadt   499: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
1.7       deraadt   500:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
1.9       deraadt   501: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.7       deraadt   502:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.9       deraadt   503: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.7       deraadt   504:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.9       deraadt   505: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.7       deraadt   506:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.9       deraadt   507: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.7       deraadt   508:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
1.9       deraadt   509: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.7       deraadt   510:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
1.9       deraadt   511: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.7       deraadt   512:        .../OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
1.1       deraadt   513: </ul>
                    514: <hr>
                    515:
                    516: <p>
                    517: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    518: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    519: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    520: <p>
                    521:
                    522: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    523: <ul>
                    524: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    525: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    526: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    527: <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    528:
                    529: <p>
                    530: Use <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyB55.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    531: support, or <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyC55.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    532:
                    533: <p>
                    534: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    535: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    536: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    537:
                    538: <p>
                    539: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    540: read INSTALL.i386.
                    541:
                    542: <p>
                    543: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    544: at <i>CD1:5.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    545: use the
                    546: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    547: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    548: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    549: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    550: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    551:
                    552: <ul><pre>
                    553: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    554: </pre></ul>
                    555:
                    556: <p>
                    557: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    558: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    559: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    560: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
                    561: </ul>
                    562:
                    563: <p>
                    564: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    565: <ul>
                    566: The 5.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    567: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    568: your BIOS options first.
                    569: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    570: To do this, write <i>CD2:5.5/amd64/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    571: boot from the floppy drive.
                    572:
                    573: <p>
                    574: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    575: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    576: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    577:
                    578: <p>
                    579: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    580: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    581: </ul>
                    582:
                    583: <p>
                    584: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    585: <ul>
                    586: Burn the image from the FTP site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
                    587: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
                    588: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    589:
                    590: <p>
                    591: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    592: /5.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    593: </ul>
                    594:
                    595: <p>
                    596: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    597: <ul>
                    598: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    599:
                    600: <p>
                    601: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    602: <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppy55.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppyB55.fs</i>
                    603: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    604: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for 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: <p>
                    611: You can also write <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/miniroot55.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    612: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    613:
                    614: <p>
                    615: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    616: </ul>
                    617:
                    618: <p>
                    619: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    620: <ul>
                    621: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppy55.fs</i> or
                    622: <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppyB55.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    623: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    624:
                    625: <p>
                    626: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    627: will most likely fail.
                    628:
                    629: </ul>
                    630:
                    631: <p>
                    632: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    633: <ul>
                    634: <p>
                    635: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    636: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    637: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    638: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    639: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    640: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    641: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    642: </ul>
                    643:
                    644: <p>
                    645: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    646: <ul>
                    647: <p>
                    648: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    649: </ul>
                    650:
                    651: <p>
                    652: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    653: <ul>
                    654: <p>
                    655: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    656: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    657: </ul>
                    658:
                    659: <p>
                    660: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    661: <ul>
                    662: <p>
                    663: Write <i>miniroot55.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    664: or disk, and boot normally.
                    665: </ul>
                    666:
                    667: <p>
                    668: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
                    669: <ul>
                    670: <p>
                    671: Write <i>miniroot55.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    672: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    673: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    674: </ul>
                    675: <p>
                    676:
                    677: <p>
                    678: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    679: <ul>
                    680: <p>
                    681: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    682: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    683: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    684: </ul>
                    685:
                    686: <p>
                    687: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    688: <ul>
                    689: <p>
                    690: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    691: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    692: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    693: for more details.
                    694: </ul>
                    695:
                    696: <p>
                    697: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    698: <ul>
                    699: <p>
                    700: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    701: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    702: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    703: for more details.
                    704: </ul>
                    705:
                    706: <p>
                    707: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
                    708: <ul>
                    709: <p>
                    710: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    711: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
                    712: </ul>
                    713:
                    714: <p>
                    715: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    716: <ul>
                    717: <p>
                    718: To install on an O2, burn cd55.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
                    719: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    720: menu.
                    721:
                    722: <p>
                    723: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    724: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
                    725: the kernel matching your system type.
                    726: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    727: </ul>
                    728:
                    729: <p>
                    730: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
                    731: <ul>
                    732: <p>
                    733: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    734: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
                    735: </ul>
                    736:
                    737: <p>
                    738: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    739: <ul>
                    740: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    741: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    742:
                    743: <ul><pre>
                    744: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    745: or
                    746: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    747: </pre></ul>
                    748:
                    749: <p>
                    750: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    751: To do so you need to write <i>floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    752: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
                    753: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    754: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    755:
                    756: <ul><pre>
                    757: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    758: or
                    759: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    760: </pre></ul>
                    761:
                    762: <p>
                    763: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    764: will most likely fail.
                    765:
                    766: <p>
                    767: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    768: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    769: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    770: </ul>
                    771:
                    772: <p>
                    773: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    774: <ul>
                    775: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    776: </ul>
                    777:
                    778: <p>
                    779: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    780: <ul>
                    781: <p>
                    782: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    783: openbsd55_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    784: for a few important details.
                    785: </ul>
                    786:
                    787: <p>
                    788: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    789: <ul>
                    790: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    791: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    792: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    793: <p>
                    794: <ul><pre>
                    795: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    796: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    797: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    798: </pre></ul>
                    799: <p>
                    800: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    801: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    802: To extract:
                    803: <p>
                    804: <ul><pre>
                    805: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    806: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    807: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    808: </pre></ul>
                    809: <p>
                    810: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    811: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    812: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    813: Using these files
                    814: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    815: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    816: <p>
                    817: </ul>
                    818:
                    819: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    820: <hr>
                    821: <p>
                    822: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    823: <p>
                    824: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    825: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    826: <a href="faq/upgrade55.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    827:
                    828: <a name="ports"></a>
                    829: <hr>
                    830: <p>
                    831: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    832: <p>
                    833: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    834: <p>
                    835: <ul><pre>
                    836: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    837: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    838: </pre></ul>
                    839: <p>
                    840: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    841: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
                    842: if you know nothing about ports
                    843: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    844: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    845: OpenBSD ports system.
                    846: <p>
                    847: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    848: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&amp;sektion=1&amp;arch=i386">
                    849: cvs(1)</a> if
                    850: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    851: source tree, our ports tree is available via
                    852: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
                    853: So, in order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    854: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    855: like:
                    856: <p>
                    857: <ul><pre>
                    858: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
                    859: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_5</strong>
                    860: </pre></ul>
                    861: <p>
                    862: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
                    863: server.]
                    864: <p>
                    865: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    866: packages for the 5.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    867: <p>
                    868: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    869: would like to know more, the mailing list
                    870: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
                    871: <p>
                    872: </body>
                    873: </html>