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1.14 deraadt 21: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.5</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 22: <p>
1.14 deraadt 23: To be released May 1, 2014<br>
1.1 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2014, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-3-5</font>
26: <br>
27: <a href="lyrics.html#55">5.5 Song: "Wrap in Time"</a>
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30: <ul>
31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines.
34: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.5/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
37: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata55.html">The 5.5 Errata page</a> for a list
38: of bugs and workarounds.
39: <li>See a <a href="plus55.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
40: 5.4 and 5.5 releases.
41: </ul>
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1.14 deraadt 43: <p>
44: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
45: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
46: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
47: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
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53: <p>
54: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
55: <p>
56: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.5.
57: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus55.html">changelog</a> leading
58: to 5.5.
59: <p>
60:
61: <ul>
1.45 brynet 62: <li>time_t is now 64 bits on all platforms.
1.52 lteo 63: <ul>
64: <li>From OpenBSD 5.5 onwards, OpenBSD is year 2038 ready and will run well beyond Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 UTC.
65: <li>The entire source tree (kernel, libraries, and userland programs) has been carefully and comprehensively audited to support 64-bit time_t.
66: <li>Userland programs that were changed include
67: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a>,
68: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>,
69: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=calendar&sektion=8">calendar(8)</a>,
70: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cron&sektion=8">cron(8)</a>,
71: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=find&sektion=1">find(1)</a>,
72: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsck_ffs&sektion=8">fsck_ffs(8)</a>,
73: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>,
74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ksh&sektion=1">ksh(1)</a>,
75: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld&sektion=1">ld(1)</a>,
76: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld.so&sektion=1">ld.so(1)</a>,
77: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=netstat&sektion=1">netstat(1)</a>,
78: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>,
79: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ping&sektion=8">ping(8)</a>,
80: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>,
81: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tar&sektion=1">tar(1)</a>,
83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tmux&sektion=1">tmux(1)</a>,
84: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top(1)</a>,
85: and many others, including games!
86: <li>Removed time_t from network, on-disk, and database formats.
87: <li>Removed as many (time_t) casts as possible.
88: <li>Format strings were converted to use %lld and (long long) casts.
89: <li>Uses of timeval were converted to timespec where possible.
90: <li>Parts of the system that could not use 64-bit time_t were converted to use unsigned 32-bit instead, so they are good till the year 2106.
91: <li>Numerous ports throughout the ports tree received time_t fixes.
92: </ul>
1.46 lteo 93: <p>
94:
1.15 tedu 95: <li>Releases and packages are now cryptographically signed with the
1.10 tedu 96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&sektion=1">signify(1)</a> utility.
1.46 lteo 97: <ul>
98: <li>The installer will verify all sets before installing.
99: <li>Installing without verification works, but is discouraged.
100: <li>Users are advised to verify the installer (bsd.rd, install55.iso, etc.)
101: ahead of time using the
102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&sektion=1#end">signify(1)</a> tool if available.
103: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a> now trusts signed packages only by default.
104: </ul>
105: <p>
106:
1.47 lteo 107: <li>Installer improvements:
108: <ul>
109: <li>The installer now supports a scriptable
110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autoinstall&sektion=8">auto-installation</a>
111: method that enables unattended installation and upgrades using a response file.
1.48 deraadt 112: <li>Disk images which can be written to a USB flash drive
113: (miniroot55.fs [bsd.rd only] and install55.fs [bsd.rd + unsigned sets])
114: are now provided for amd64 and i386.
1.47 lteo 115: <li>Rewritten
116: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=installboot&sektion=8">installboot(8)</a>
117: utility aiming for a unified implementation across platforms (currently
118: used by amd64 and i386 only).
119: <li>The installer now parses nwid's with embedded blanks correctly.
120: </ul>
1.10 tedu 121: <p>
122:
1.8 tedu 123: <li>New/extended platforms:
1.1 deraadt 124: <ul>
1.32 miod 125: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>:
126: <ul>
127: <li>Multiprocessor support.
128: </ul>
129: <li><a href="aviion.html">OpenBSD/aviion</a>:
130: <ul>
131: <li>First self-hosting release for 88100-based AViiON systems.
132: </ul>
1.39 lteo 133: <li><a href="armv7.html">OpenBSD/armv7</a> replaces OpenBSD/beagle.
1.1 deraadt 134: </ul>
135: <p>
136:
137: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
138: <ul>
1.5 jsg 139: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmx&sektion=4">vmx(4)</a>
140: driver for VMware VMXNET3 Virtual Interface Controller devices.
141: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmwpvs&sektion=4">vmwpvs(4)</a>
142: driver for VMware Paravirtual SCSI.
143: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vioscsi&sektion=4">vioscsi(4)</a>
144: driver for VirtIO SCSI adapters.
145: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viornd&sektion=4">viornd(4)</a>
146: driver for VirtIO random number devices.
147: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubcmtp&sektion=4">ubcmtp(4)</a>
1.50 lteo 148: driver for Broadcom multi-touch trackpads found on newer Apple MacBook,
149: MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air laptops.
1.5 jsg 150: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugold&sektion=4">ugold(4)</a>
151: driver for TEMPer gold HID thermometers.
152: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugl&sektion=4">ugl(4)</a>
153: driver for Genesys Logic based USB host-to-host adapters.
1.41 stsp 154: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=qla&sektion=4">qla(4)</a> driver for Qlogic fibre channel HBAs.
1.5 jsg 155: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>
156: has been overhauled, including:
157: <ul>
158: <li>New port of the Radeon code in Linux 3.8.13.19.
159: <li>Support for Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) including support for
160: additional output types such as DisplayPort.
161: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsdisplay&sektion=4">wsdisplay(4)</a>
162: now attaches to
163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>
164: and provides a framebuffer console.
165: </ul>
166: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inteldrm&sektion=4">inteldrm(4)</a>
1.20 sthen 167: has been updated to Linux 3.8.13.19 notably bringing Haswell stability fixes.
1.5 jsg 168: <li>Support for Intel 8 Series Ethernet with i217/i218 PHYs, and
169: i210/i211/i354 has been added to
170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
171: <li>Support for Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200, 2230 and 105/135 has been added to
172: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&sektion=4">iwn(4)</a>.
1.28 chris 173: <li>Support for Areca ARC-1880, ARC-1882, ARC-1883, ARC-1223, ARC-1214, ARC-1264, ARC-1284 has been added to
174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc&sektion=4">arc(4)</a>.
1.41 stsp 175: <li>Support for Elantech v2 touchpads in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> has been fixed.
176: <li>Support for 802.11a (5Ghz) has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wpi&sektion=4">wpi(4)</a>.
177: <li>Workarounds for firmware stability issues have been added to
178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wpi&sektion=4">wpi(4)</a>,
179: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>, and
180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&sektion=4">iwn(4)</a>.
181: <li>Support for RT3572 chips has been added to the
182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a> driver.
1.43 brad 183: <li>Support for RTL8106E chips has been added to the
1.41 stsp 184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> driver.
185: <li>Support for RTS5229 card readers has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtsx&sektion=4">rtsx(4)</a>.
186: <li>Support for Microsoft XBox 360 controllers has been added to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uhid&sektion=4">uhid(4)</a> driver.
187: <li>Support for CoreChip RD9700 USB Ethernet devices has been added to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udav&sektion=4">udav(4)</a> driver.
1.38 deraadt 188: <li>Further reliability improvements regarding suspend/resume and hibernation.
1.50 lteo 189: <li>Enabled IPv6 transmit TCP/UDP checksum offload in
190: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=jme&sektion=4">jme(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 191: </ul>
192: <p>
193:
194: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
195: <ul>
1.17 jsg 196: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vxlan&sektion=4">vxlan(4)</a>
197: a virtual extensible local area network tunnel interface.
1.19 florian 198: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflow&sektion=4">pflow(4)</a>
199: sends 64 bit time values for pflowproto 10. The changed templates /
200: flows for pflowproto 10 are now parseable by existing receivers.
1.34 lteo 201: <li>Continued improvement of the checksum offload framework to streamline
202: the calculation of TCP, UDP, ICMP, and ICMPv6 checksums.
1.50 lteo 203: <li>Enabled IPv6 routing domain support.
1.1 deraadt 204: </ul>
205: <p>
206:
207: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
208: <ul>
1.13 tedu 209: <li>The popa3d POP3 server has been removed.
1.17 jsg 210: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpctl&sektion=8">ntpctl(8)</a>
211: a program to control the Network Time Protocol daemon.
1.19 florian 212: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=slowcgi&sektion=8">slowcgi(8)</a>
213: now works with a high number of concurrent connections.
1.39 lteo 214: <li>The inetd-based identd has been replaced by a new libevent-based
215: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>.
216: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
217: can now detect bad ICMP and ICMPv6 checksums when used with the -v flag.
1.50 lteo 218: <li>Added rdomain support to IPv6 configuration tools
219: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ndp&sektion=8">ndp(8)</a>,
220: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtsold&sektion=8">rtsold(8)</a>,
221: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8">ping6(8)</a>, and
222: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=traceroute6&sektion=8">traceroute6(8)</a>.
1.57 reyk 223: <li>Added SNMPv2 client support to
224: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpctl&sektion=8">snmpctl(8)</a>
225: ("get", "walk", and "bulkwalk").
1.58 reyk 226: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
227: now supports TLS Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) with ECDHE (Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman) that is enabled by default.
1.1 deraadt 228: </ul>
229: <p>
230:
1.34 lteo 231: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
232: <ul>
233: <li>New queueing system with new syntax.
234: <li>The "received-on" parameter can now be used with the "any" keyword to
235: match any existing interface except loopback ones.
1.36 lteo 236: <li>The block policy in the default <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> is now "block return".
1.34 lteo 237: </ul>
238: <p>
239:
1.7 deraadt 240: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> improvements:
1.1 deraadt 241: <ul>
1.30 krw 242: <li>no longer create a route to the bound address via 127.0.0.1.
1.42 rpe 243: <li>the options 'dhcp-lease-time', 'dhcp-rebinding-time', and 'dhcp-renewal-time' can now be configured in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient.conf&sektion=5">dhclient.conf(5)</a>.
1.30 krw 244: <li>'next-server' (a.k.a. siaddr) info now saved in lease files.
245: <li>fall back to broadcasting when unicast renewal fails, as specified in
246: RFC 2131 and friends.
247: <li>fix various problems in communications between privileged and non-privileged processes.
248: <li>fix many abuses of memcpy.
249: <li>stop pretending we still support FDDI or token ring hardware types.
250: <li>fix classless static routes option handling and add syntax to parse human readable forms.
1.42 rpe 251: <li>fix 'effective' lease created by '-L' to have correct address, 'next_server', 'timestamp', and 'resolv_conf' fields.
1.30 krw 252: <li>fix handling of non-printable characters in lease file strings.
253: <li>fix many edge cases in config file and lease parsing and ensure error messages refer to correct position in erroneous line.
254: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient.conf&sektion=5">dhclient.conf(5)</a> can now override anything in an offer or saved lease when creating the effective lease, in particular 'fixed-address', 'next-server', 'filename' and 'server-name'.
255: <li>fix parsing of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient.conf&sektion=5">dhclient.conf(5)</a> statements 'fixed-address' and
256: 'next-server'.
257: <li>log failures to fchmod() or fchown() files being written.
258: <li>create lease files with permissions 0640.
259: <li>fix possible failure to write <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a> when -L is used.
1.42 rpe 260: <li>'send dhcp-client-identifier "";' in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient.conf&sektion=5">dhclient.conf(5)</a> will result in no 'dhcp-client-identifier' (option 61) being sent.
1.1 deraadt 261: </ul>
262: <p>
263:
1.60 reyk 264: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iked&sektion=8">iked(8)</a> improvements:
265: <ul>
266: <li>Support for OCSP ("Online Certificate Status Protocol"); enable with "set ocsp <em>URL</em>".
267: <li>Support for RSA public key authentication as an alternative to X.509 certificates or pre-shared keys.
268: <li>Support for DPD ("Dead Peer Detection") similar to the implementation in
269: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>.
270: <li>Support for dynamic IP address assignment from a pool in configuration mode; enabled with "config address <em>net/pool-prefix</em>".
271: <li>Initial support for IPComp.
272: <li>Various improvements and a thorough audit of the network input path.
273: </ul>
274: <p>
275:
1.53 lteo 276: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.2 (includes changes to 5.4.1):
1.1 deraadt 277: <ul>
1.53 lteo 278: <li>Introduce initial support for DSN extension:
279: <ul>
280: <li>NOTIFY=SUCCESS, NOTIFY=FAILURE, NOTIFY=DELAY, NOTIFY=NEVER
281: <li>RET=HDRS, RET=FULL
282: </ul>
283: <li>Introduce initial support for ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES extension:
284: <ul>
285: <li>smtp process returns Enhanced Status Codes for most commands.
286: <li>other processes now have an API to return more precise codes ...
287: <li>... which will be improved further with each version.
288: </ul>
289: <li>Improved <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpctl&sektion=8">smtpctl(8)</a>:
290: <ul>
291: <li>sendmail mode now supports DSN parameters
292: <li>Can now pause/resume a source address -> destination domain route.
293: <li>Can now display status of processes with smtpctl show status.
294: <li>show relays: displays list of currently active relays.
295: <li>show routes: displays status of routes currently known by smtpd.
296: <li>show hosts: displays list of known remote MX.
297: <li>show hoststats: display status of last delivery for active domains.
298: <li>resume route: resumes route temporarily disable by the MTA.
299: <li>pause/resume envelope: allows pausing individual envelopes.
300: <li>pause/resume message: allows pausing individual messages.
301: <li>encrypt: allows generating credentials suitable for authentication.
302: <li>show message/envelope is now compression/encryption aware.
303: </ul>
304: <li>Introduced SNI support.
305: <li>Improved configuration file:
306: <ul>
307: <li>Removed last known ambiguity in grammar.
308: <li>Much simpler configuration for TLS-enabled hosts.
309: <li>Most parameters are now swappable in listen and accept rules.
310: <li>Conditions may be negated (ie: accept from ! <trusted> ...)
311: <li>Forward-only rules can be declared to impose ~/.forward files.
312: <li>New "recipient" keyword allows accept rule to provide a whitelist.
313: <li>Sender and recipient tables accept wildcard in their domains.
314: </ul>
315: <li>TLS generic improvements:
316: <ul>
317: <li>Support for TLS Perfect Forward Secrecy.
318: <li>Support for providing custom CA certificate.
319: </ul>
320: <li>MTA improvements:
321: <ul>
322: <li>mta may now require remote hosts to present valid certificates.
323: <li>Always attempt TLS before falling back to plaintext.
324: <li>Always present certificate if one is available.
325: <li>AUTH LOGIN now supported.
326: <li>mta can now specify a EHLO-hostname when relaying.
327: </ul>
328: <li>SMTP server improvements:
329: <ul>
330: <li>inet4-only and inet6-only listeners are now possible.
331: <li>Listeners may now hide the From part in a Received-line.
332: <li>Listeners may require clients to provide a valid certificate.
333: <li>Banner hostname can now be dynamically fetched from a table.
334: </ul>
335: <li>Queue improvements:
336: <ul>
337: <li>Introduce an envelope cache in the queue to improve disk-IO pattern.
338: </ul>
339: <li>Documentation:
340: <ul>
341: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=table&sektion=5">table(5)</a> describes format for static, file and db backends.
342: <li>sendmail(8) describes our "sendmail" interface.
343: </ul>
344: <li>Reduced memory-usage in both general and stressed cases.
345: <li>OpenSMTPD now automagically upgrades queue if format changes!
346: <li>Support Qmail-like "sticky home".
347: <li>Support for authenticating users from a credentials table.
348: <li>Introduce <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=5">passwd(5)</a> table backend for user and credentials lookup.
349: <li>Expansion variables in ~/.forward now supports modifiers.
350: <li>Much more efficient scheduler!
351: <li>Many documentation fixes and improvements.
352: <li>And a lot of minor bug-fixes and internal cleanup!
1.1 deraadt 353: </ul>
354: <p>
355:
1.16 jsg 356: <li>Security improvements:
357: <ul>
1.23 deraadt 358: <li>Position-independent executables (PIE) are now used by default on i386.
1.17 jsg 359: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>
360: functions now use the ChaCha20 cipher.
1.18 tedu 361: <li>The kernel random number system is initially seeded by the bootloader,
362: providing better random very early.
1.38 deraadt 363: <li>Kernel stack protector is also seeded via the same mechanism, providing
364: protection earlier.
1.17 jsg 365: <li>-Wbounded is now enabled in GCC by default.
366: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=explicit_bzero&sektion=3">explicit_bzero(3)</a>.
1.16 jsg 367: </ul>
368: <p>
369:
1.1 deraadt 370: <li>Performance improvements:
371: <ul>
1.11 tedu 372: <li>Relations between the buffer cache and swap daemon have been improved.
1.1 deraadt 373: </ul>
374: <p>
375:
376: <li>Threading improvements:
377: <ul>
1.12 tedu 378: <li>Interprocess semaphores via <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sem_open&sektion=3">sem_open(3)</a>.
1.26 guenther 379: <li>Running threaded processes under a debugger no longer causes panics.
380: <li>SIGPROF and SIGVTALRM are now reliably delivered to the thread that was running when they were triggered.
381: <li>Thread stacks now have a random bias.
1.45 brynet 382: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fork&sektion=2">fork(2)</a> no longer changes the pthread_t of the forking thread in the child.
1.26 guenther 383: <li>Signaling races eliminated from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthread_kill&sektion=3">pthread_kill(3)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthread_cancel&sektion=3">pthread_cancel(3)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 384: </ul>
385: <p>
386:
387: <li>Assorted improvements:
388: <ul>
1.29 deraadt 389: <li>New in-memory file system, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_tmpfs&sektion=8">tmpfs</a>.
1.37 sobrado 390: <li>Many <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fuse&sektion=4">fuse(4)</a> improvements and stability fixes.
1.29 deraadt 391: <li>Added POSIX required <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nl&sektion=1">nl(1)</a> utility.
1.16 jsg 392: <li>OpenBSD/vax has switched to GCC 3.
1.26 guenther 393: <li>Replaced <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getdirentries&sektion=2&manpath=OpenBSD+5.4">getdirentries(2)</a> with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getdents&sektion=2">getdents(2)</a>, vastly improving the performance and memory usage of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=telldir&sektion=3">telldir(3)</a>.
394: <li>amd64 and i386 now use the MWAIT instruction for their idle loop where available to reduce latency.
1.29 deraadt 395: <li>Added support for CLOCK_UPTIME.
1.26 guenther 396: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcgetsid&sektion=3">tcgetsid(3)</a>.
1.45 brynet 397: <li>clock_t is now a 64 bit type, so it no longer wraps around in only 248 days.
398: <li>ino_t is now a 64 bit type, mostly to support large NFS filesystems.
1.26 guenther 399: <li>Corrected handling of UTIME_OMIT.
1.37 sobrado 400: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pax&sektion=1">pax(1)</a> now sets the mode and timestamps correctly on symlinks, and makes hardlinks to symlinks when requested.
1.50 lteo 401: <li>Corrected handling of shared-library destructors when libc is statically linked.
1.31 krw 402: <li>Corrected various disk drivers to handle non-512-byte sectors and disk sizes greater than 32-bits.
403: <li>Corrected <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=growfs&sektion=8">growfs(8)</a> to handle non-512-byte sectors and disk sizes greater than 32-bits.
404: <li>All CIRCLEQ uses replaced with TAILQ.
405: <li>Preserve and honour changes to the OpenBSD bounds in a disklabel.
406: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now always writes a good signature when MBR is written to disk.
407: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a> now writes the disklabel to the correct location on non-512-byte sector devices.
408: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=athn&sektion=4">athn(4)</a> tick calculations to eliminate excessive timeouts.
409: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a> to set any partition, including 'C', to type UNUSED.
1.34 lteo 410: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sha512&sektion=1">sha512(1)</a> tool to calculate and verify the SHA-512 checksums of files.
411: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sha256&sektion=1">sha256(1)</a> and related tools
412: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cksum&sektion=1">cksum(1)</a>,
413: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=md5&sektion=1">md5(1)</a>,
414: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sha1&sektion=1">sha1(1)</a>, and
415: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sha512&sektion=1">sha512(1)</a>)
416: now support a new -h flag to place the checksum into a specified hash file instead of stdout.
417: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sha256&sektion=1">sha256(1)</a> and related tools now support a new -C flag that allows the verification of selected files in a checklist.
418: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sha256&sektion=1">sha256(1)</a> and related tools will now print MISSING if they encounter non-existent files in a checklist.
1.40 stsp 419: <li>i386 and amd64 platforms can now boot from keydisk-based <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a> crypto volumes.
420: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a> to work with partitions larger than 2TB.
421: <li>Removed experimental RAID 4 support from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>.
422: <li>Added experimental support for rebuilding RAID 5 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a> volumes. Lots of testing is still required and there is missing functionality, such as the ability to resume a partially completed rebuild. <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a> refuses to create RAID 5 volumes unless recompiled with -DRAID5.
1.50 lteo 423: <li>The uhts(4) driver has been merged into
1.41 stsp 424: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4">ums(4)</a>.
1.61 zhuk 425: <li>Many new checks were added to portcheck(1) <!-- no href to man.cgi due to the fact it doesn't show stuff under /usr/ports/infrastructure/man --> utility; now it catches almost every popular mistake that observed in ports in last years.
1.1 deraadt 426: </ul>
427: <p>
428:
1.3 sobrado 429: <li>OpenSSH 6.6 (including changes to 6.5, a feature-focused release):
1.1 deraadt 430: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 431: <li>Security:
1.1 deraadt 432: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 433: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
434: when using environment passing with a
435: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
436: <tt>AcceptEnv</tt> pattern with a wildcard. OpenSSH prior to 6.6 could
437: be tricked into accepting any enviornment variable that contains the
438: characters before the wildcard character.
439: </ul>
440: <li>New/changed features:
441: <ul>
442: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
443: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
444: Add support for key exchange using <i>elliptic-curve Diffie Hellman</i>
445: in Daniel Bernstein's <i>Curve25519</i>. This key exchange method is
446: the default when both the client and server support it.
447: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
448: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
449: Add support for <i>ED25519</i> as a public key type. ED25519 is
450: a elliptic curve signature scheme that offers better security than
451: <i>ECDSA</i> and <i>DSA</i> and good performance. It may be used for
452: both <i>user</i> and <i>host</i> keys.
453: <li>Add a new private key format that uses a <i>bcrypt KDF</i> to better
454: protect keys at rest. This format is used unconditionally for
455: ED25519 keys, but may be requested when generating or saving
456: existing keys of other types via the <tt>-o</tt>
457: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
458: option. We intend to make the new format the default in the near
459: future. Details of the new format are in the <tt>PROTOCOL.key</tt>
460: file.
461: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
462: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
463: Add a new transport cipher "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com" that
464: combines Daniel Bernstein's <i>ChaCha20</i> stream cipher and
465: <i>Poly1305 MAC</i> to build an authenticated encryption mode. Details
466: are in the <tt>PROTOCOL.chacha20poly1305</tt> file.
467: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
468: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
469: Refuse <i>RSA</i> keys from old proprietary clients and servers that
470: use the obsolete <i>RSA+MD5</i> signature scheme. It will still be
471: possible to connect with these clients/servers but <b>only DSA keys
472: will be accepted, and OpenSSH will refuse connection entirely in a
473: future release</b>.
474: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
475: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
476: Refuse old proprietary clients and servers that use a weaker key
477: exchange hash calculation.
478: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
479: Increase the size of the <i>Diffie-Hellman groups</i> requested for
480: each symmetric key size. New values from <i>NIST Special Publication
481: 800-57</i> with the upper limit specified by <i>RFC 4419</i>.
482: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
483: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
484: Support <i>PKCS#11</i> tokens that only provide <i>X.509</i> certs
485: instead of raw public keys. (requested as bz#1908)
486: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
487: Add a
488: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
489: <tt>Match</tt> keyword that allows conditional configuration to be
490: applied by matching on <i>hostname</i>, <i>user</i> and <i>result of
491: arbitrary commands</i>.
492: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
493: Add support for <i>client-side hostname canonicalisation</i> using a
494: set of <i>DNS suffixes</i> and rules in
495: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
496: This allows unqualified names to be canonicalised to fully-qualified
497: domain names to eliminate ambiguity when looking up keys in
498: <tt>known_hosts</tt> or checking host certificate names.
499: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
500: Add the ability to whitelist and/or blacklist sftp protocol requests by
501: name.
502: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
503: Add a sftp "fsync@openssh.com" to support calling
504: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsync&sektion=2">fsync(2)</a>
505: on an open file handle.
506: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
507: Add a
508: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
509: <tt>PermitTTY</tt> to disallow <i>TTY</i> allocation, mirroring the
510: longstanding <tt>no-pty</tt> <tt>authorized_keys</tt> option.
511: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
512: Add a
513: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
514: <tt>ProxyUseFDPass</tt> option that supports the use of
515: <tt>ProxyCommands</tt> that establish a connection and then pass a
516: connected file descriptor back to
517: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
518: This allows the <tt>ProxyCommand</tt> to exit rather than staying
519: around to transfer data.
520: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
521: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
522: this release removes the <i>J-PAKE</i> authentication code. This code
523: was experimental, never enabled and had been unmaintained for some
524: time.
525: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
526: when processing <tt>Match</tt> blocks, skip '<tt>exec</tt>' clauses
527: other clauses predicates failed to match.
528: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
529: if hostname canonicalisation is enabled and results in the destination
530: hostname being changed, then re-parse
531: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
532: files using the new destination hostname. This gives '<tt>Host</tt>'
533: and '<tt>Match</tt>' directives that use the expanded hostname a chance
534: to be applied.
1.1 deraadt 535: </ul>
536: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
537: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 538: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
539: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
540: Fix potential stack exhaustion caused by nested certificates.
541: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
542: make <tt>BindAddress</tt> work with <tt>UsePrivilegedPort</tt>.
543: (bz#1211)
544: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
545: fix the progress meter for resumed transfer. (bz#2137)
546: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-add&sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>:
547: do not request smartcard PIN when removing keys from
548: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>.
549: (bz#2187)
550: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
551: fix re-exec fallback when original
552: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
553: binary cannot be executed. (bz#2139)
554: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
555: Make relative-specified certificate expiry times relative to current
556: time and not the validity start time.
557: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
558: fix <tt>AuthorizedKeysCommand</tt> inside a <tt>Match</tt> block.
559: (bz#2161)
560: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
561: symlinking a file would incorrectly canonicalise the target path.
562: (bz#2129)
563: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
564: fix a use-after-free in the PKCS#11 agent helper executable.
565: (bz#2175)
566: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
567: Improve logging of sessions to include the <i>user name</i>, <i>remote
568: host</i> and <i>port</i>, the <i>session type</i> (shell, command,
569: etc.) and <i>allocated TTY</i> (if any).
570: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
571: tell the client (via a debug message) when their preferred listen
572: address has been overridden by the server's <tt>GatewayPorts</tt>
573: setting. (bz#1297)
574: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
575: include report port in bad protocol banner message. (bz#2162)
576: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
577: fix memory leak in error path in <i>do_readdir()</i>. (bz#2163)
578: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
579: don't leak file descriptor on error. (bz#2171)
580: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
581: include the <i>local address</i> and <i>port</i> in "<tt>Connection
582: from ...</tt>" message. (only shown at <i>loglevel>=verbose</i>)
583: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
584: avoid spurious "<tt>getsockname failed: Bad file descriptor</tt>" in
585: <tt>ssh -W</tt>. (bz#2200, debian#738692)
586: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
587: allow the
588: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=shutdown&sektion=2">shutdown(2)</a>
589: syscall in seccomp-bpf and systrace sandbox modes, as it is reachable
590: if the connection is terminated during the pre-auth phase.
591: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
592: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
593: fix unsigned overflow that in <i>SSH protocol 1 bignum parsing</i>.
594: Minimum key length checks render this bug unexploitable to compromise
595: SSH 1 sessions.
596: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
597: clarify behaviour of a keyword that appears in multiple matching
598: <tt>Match</tt> blocks. (bz#2184)
599: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
600: avoid unnecessary hostname lookups when canonicalisation is disabled.
601: (bz#2205)
602: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
603: avoid sandbox violation crashes in GSSAPI code by caching the supported
604: list of GSSAPI mechanism OIDs before entering the sandbox. (bz#2107)
605: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
606: fix possible crashes in SOCKS4 parsing caused by assumption that the
607: SOCKS username is nul-terminated.
608: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
609: fix regression for <tt>UsePrivilegedPort=yes</tt> when
610: <tt>BindAddress</tt> is not specified.
611: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
612: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
613: fix memory leak in ECDSA signature verification.
614: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
615: fix matching of '<tt>Host</tt>' directives in
616: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
617: files to be case-insensitive again. (regression in 6.5)
1.1 deraadt 618: </ul>
619: </ul>
620: <p>
621:
1.46 lteo 622: <li>Ports and packages:
1.1 deraadt 623: <ul>
1.46 lteo 624: <li>Over 8,700 ports.
625: <li>Major overhaul of the package tools resulting in much better memory usage.
1.23 deraadt 626: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a> now trusts signed packages only by default.
1.46 lteo 627: <li>The build process now allows some limited capability for building
1.62 ! zhuk 628: conflicting packages, yielding KDE 4 packages as a result, along
! 629: with KDE 3 ones.
1.1 deraadt 630: </ul>
631: <p>
632: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
633: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
634: <tr>
635: <td valign="top" width="25%">
636: <ul>
637: <li>i386: 8468
1.6 deraadt 638: <li>sparc64: 7969
1.21 sthen 639: <li>alpha: 6199
1.55 miod 640: <li>m68k: 3270
1.1 deraadt 641: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.59 sthen 642: <li>sh: 345
1.1 deraadt 643: <li>amd64: 8534
644: <li>powerpc: 8057
1.55 miod 645: <li>m88k: 1258
1.1 deraadt 646: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.49 sthen 647: <li>sparc: 4681
1.54 sthen 648: <li>arm: 5660
1.1 deraadt 649: <li>hppa: 6549
650: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.59 sthen 651: <li>vax: 1007
1.21 sthen 652: <li>mips64: 4726
653: <li>mips64el: 6730
1.1 deraadt 654: </ul></td></tr></table>
655: <p>
656:
657: <li>Some highlights:
658: <ul>
1.4 jsg 659: <li>GNOME 3.10.2 <li>KDE 3.5.10
1.2 espie 660: <li>KDE 4.11.5
1.4 jsg 661: <li>Xfce 4.10 <li>MySQL 5.1.73
662: <li>PostgreSQL 9.3.2 <li>Postfix 2.11.0
663: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.38 <li>Mozilla Firefox 24.3 and 26.0
664: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3.0 <li>GHC 7.6.3
665: <li>LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.3
666: <li>Vim 7.4.135 <li>PHP 5.3.28 and 5.4.24
667: <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
668: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.15 and 8.6.1 <li>JDK 1.6.0.32 and 1.7.0.21
1.2 espie 669: <li>Mono 2.10.9 <li>Chromium 32.0.1700.102
1.4 jsg 670: <li>Groff 1.22.2 <li>Go 1.2
671: <li>GCC 4.6.4 and 4.8.2 <li>LLVM/Clang 3.3
672: <li>Node.js 0.10.24
1.1 deraadt 673: </ul>
674: <p>
675:
676: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
677: <p>
678:
679: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
680: <ul>
1.4 jsg 681: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.14.5 + patches,
682: freetype 2.5.2, fontconfig 2.10.91, Mesa 9.2.5, xterm 301,
683: xkeyboard-config 2.10.1 and more)
1.32 miod 684: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 685: <li>Perl 5.16.3 (+ patches)
686: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with
687: SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.4 jsg 688: <li>Nginx 1.4.4 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 689: <li>OpenSSL 1.0.1c (+ patches)
1.4 jsg 690: <li>SQLite 3.8.0.2 (+ patches)
691: <li>Sendmail 8.14.8, with libmilter
1.1 deraadt 692: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.4 jsg 693: <li>NSD 4.0.1
1.1 deraadt 694: <li>Lynx 2.8.7rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
695: <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
696: <li>Ncurses 5.7
697: <li>Heimdal 1.5.2 (+ patches)
698: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
699: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
700: <li>Less 444 (+ patches)
701: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
702: </ul>
703:
704: </ul>
705:
706: <a name="install"></a>
707: <hr>
708: <p>
709: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
710: <p>
711: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
712: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
713: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
714: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
715: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
716: purchased a CDROM instead.
717: <p>
718:
719: <hr>
720: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
721: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.5 on your machine:
722: <p>
723: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 724: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.7 deraadt 725: .../OpenBSD/5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.9 deraadt 726: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.7 deraadt 727: .../OpenBSD/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
728: <p>
1.9 deraadt 729: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.7 deraadt 730: .../OpenBSD/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.9 deraadt 731: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.7 deraadt 732: .../OpenBSD/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD2)</a>
1.9 deraadt 733: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.7 deraadt 734: .../OpenBSD/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
735: <p>
1.9 deraadt 736: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.7 deraadt 737: .../OpenBSD/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
1.9 deraadt 738: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.7 deraadt 739: .../OpenBSD/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
740: <p>
1.9 deraadt 741: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.7 deraadt 742: .../OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.9 deraadt 743: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish">
1.7 deraadt 744: .../OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
1.9 deraadt 745: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
1.7 deraadt 746: .../OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
1.32 miod 747: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/aviion/INSTALL.aviion">
748: .../OpenBSD/5.5/aviion/INSTALL.aviion</a>
1.9 deraadt 749: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
1.7 deraadt 750: .../OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
1.9 deraadt 751: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.7 deraadt 752: .../OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.9 deraadt 753: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.7 deraadt 754: .../OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.9 deraadt 755: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.7 deraadt 756: .../OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.9 deraadt 757: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.7 deraadt 758: .../OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.9 deraadt 759: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.7 deraadt 760: .../OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.9 deraadt 761: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
1.7 deraadt 762: .../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
1.9 deraadt 763: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
1.7 deraadt 764: .../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
1.9 deraadt 765: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.7 deraadt 766: .../OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.9 deraadt 767: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.7 deraadt 768: .../OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.9 deraadt 769: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.7 deraadt 770: .../OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.9 deraadt 771: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.7 deraadt 772: .../OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
1.9 deraadt 773: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.7 deraadt 774: .../OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
1.9 deraadt 775: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.7 deraadt 776: .../OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
1.1 deraadt 777: </ul>
778: <hr>
779:
780: <p>
781: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
782: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
783: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
784: <p>
785:
786: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
787: <ul>
788: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
789: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
790: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
791: <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
792:
793: <p>
794: Use <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyB55.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
795: support, or <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyC55.fs</i> for better laptop support.
796:
797: <p>
798: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
799: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
800: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
801:
802: <p>
803: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
804: read INSTALL.i386.
805:
806: <p>
807: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
808: at <i>CD1:5.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
809: use the
810: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
811: utility. The following is an example usage of
812: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
813: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
814: "rfd0a".
815:
816: <ul><pre>
817: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
818: </pre></ul>
819:
820: <p>
821: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
822: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
823: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
824: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
825: </ul>
826:
827: <p>
828: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
829: <ul>
830: The 5.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
831: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
832: your BIOS options first.
833: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
834: To do this, write <i>CD2:5.5/amd64/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy, then
835: boot from the floppy drive.
836:
837: <p>
838: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
839: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
840: INSTALL.amd64 document.
841:
842: <p>
843: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
844: read INSTALL.amd64.
845: </ul>
846:
847: <p>
848: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
849: <ul>
850: Burn the image from the FTP site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
851: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
852: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
853:
854: <p>
855: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
856: /5.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
857: </ul>
858:
859: <p>
860: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
861: <ul>
862: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
863:
864: <p>
865: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
866: <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppy55.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppyB55.fs</i>
867: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
868: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
869:
870: <p>
871: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
872: will most likely fail.
873:
874: <p>
875: You can also write <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/miniroot55.fs</i> to the swap partition on
876: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
877:
878: <p>
879: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
880: </ul>
881:
882: <p>
883: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
884: <ul>
885: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppy55.fs</i> or
886: <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppyB55.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
887: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
888:
889: <p>
890: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
891: will most likely fail.
892:
893: </ul>
894:
895: <p>
896: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
897: <ul>
898: <p>
899: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
900: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
901: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
902: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
903: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
904: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
905: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
906: </ul>
907:
908: <p>
909: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
910: <ul>
911: <p>
912: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
913: </ul>
914:
915: <p>
916: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
917: <ul>
918: <p>
919: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
920: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
921: </ul>
922:
923: <p>
924: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
925: <ul>
926: <p>
927: Write <i>miniroot55.fs</i> to the start of the CF
928: or disk, and boot normally.
929: </ul>
930:
931: <p>
932: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
933: <ul>
934: <p>
935: Write <i>miniroot55.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
936: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
937: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
938: </ul>
939: <p>
940:
941: <p>
942: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
943: <ul>
944: <p>
1.32 miod 945: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
946: from the PROM, and the bsd.rd from the bootloader.
947: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1.1 deraadt 948: </ul>
949:
950: <p>
951: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
952: <ul>
953: <p>
954: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
955: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
956: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
957: for more details.
958: </ul>
959:
960: <p>
961: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
962: <ul>
963: <p>
964: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
965: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
966: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
967: for more details.
968: </ul>
969:
970: <p>
971: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
972: <ul>
973: <p>
974: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
975: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
976: </ul>
977:
978: <p>
979: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
980: <ul>
981: <p>
1.32 miod 982: To install, burn cd55.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
1.1 deraadt 983: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
1.32 miod 984: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
985: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
986: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1.1 deraadt 987:
988: <p>
1.32 miod 989: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
990: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
991: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1.1 deraadt 992: </ul>
993:
994: <p>
995: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
996: <ul>
997: <p>
998: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
999: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
1000: </ul>
1001:
1002: <p>
1003: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
1004: <ul>
1005: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
1006: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1007:
1008: <ul><pre>
1009: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1010: or
1011: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1012: </pre></ul>
1013:
1014: <p>
1015: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1016: To do so you need to write <i>floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy.
1017: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
1018: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
1019: depending on the version of your ROM.
1020:
1021: <ul><pre>
1022: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
1023: or
1024: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
1025: </pre></ul>
1026:
1027: <p>
1028: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1029: will most likely fail.
1030:
1031: <p>
1032: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
1033: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
1034: INSTALL.sparc file.
1035: </ul>
1036:
1037: <p>
1038: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
1039: <ul>
1040: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1041: </ul>
1042:
1043: <p>
1044: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
1045: <ul>
1046: <p>
1047: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
1048: openbsd55_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
1049: for a few important details.
1050: </ul>
1051:
1052: <p>
1053: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
1054: <ul>
1055: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
1056: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1057: in a separate archive. To extract:
1058: <p>
1059: <ul><pre>
1060: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
1061: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
1062: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
1063: </pre></ul>
1064: <p>
1065: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
1066: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
1067: To extract:
1068: <p>
1069: <ul><pre>
1070: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
1071: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
1072: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
1073: </pre></ul>
1074: <p>
1075: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
1076: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1077: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1078: Using these files
1079: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
1080: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1081: <p>
1082: </ul>
1083:
1084: <a name="upgrade"></a>
1085: <hr>
1086: <p>
1087: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
1088: <p>
1089: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1090: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1091: <a href="faq/upgrade55.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1092:
1093: <a name="ports"></a>
1094: <hr>
1095: <p>
1096: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
1097: <p>
1098: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1099: <p>
1100: <ul><pre>
1101: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
1102: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
1103: </pre></ul>
1104: <p>
1105: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1106: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1107: if you know nothing about ports
1108: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
1109: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
1110: OpenBSD ports system.
1111: <p>
1112: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1113: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&arch=i386">
1114: cvs(1)</a> if
1115: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1116: source tree, our ports tree is available via
1117: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1118: So, in order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1119: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
1120: like:
1121: <p>
1122: <ul><pre>
1123: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
1124: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_5</strong>
1125: </pre></ul>
1126: <p>
1127: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
1128: server.]
1129: <p>
1130: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
1131: packages for the 5.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
1132: <p>
1133: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1134: would like to know more, the mailing list
1135: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1136: <p>
1137: </body>
1138: </html>