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<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/sdhc.4?query=sdhc&sec=4">sdhc(4)</a> driver can properly resume on Ricoh controllers.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/sdhc.4?query=sdhc&sec=4">sdhc(4)</a> driver now supports Ricoh R5U822 and R5U823 card readers.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/mfii.4?query=mfii&sec=4">mfii(4)</a> driver now supports the Megaraid 3008 (Fury) and 3108 (Invader) cards.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/myx.4?query=myx&sec=4">myx(4)</a> driver runs less code under big lock.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/myx.4?query=myx&sec=4">myx(4)</a> driver runs less code under the big lock.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/msk.4?query=msk&sec=4">msk(4)</a> driver now supports Yukon Prime, Yukon Optima 2, Yukon 88E8079, and various EC U and Supreme chipsets.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/umass.4?query=umass&sec=4">umass(4)</a> driver now supports Archos 24y Vision devices.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/athn.4?query=athn&sec=4">athn(4)</a> driver now supports Atheros UB94 devices.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/azalia.4?query=azalia&sec=4">azalia(4)</a> driver now supports Realtek ALC885 codecs and Bay Trail HD Audio devices.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/ix.4?query=ix&sec=4">ix(4)</a> driver now supports onboard Ethernet devices in SPARC T5 machines.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/upd.4?query=upd&sec=4">upd(4)</a> driver how handles UPSes with broken report descriptors.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/upd.4?query=upd&sec=4">upd(4)</a> driver now handles UPSes with broken report descriptors.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/ums.4?query=ums&sec=4">ums(4)</a> driver now supports the USB Tablet device emulated by Qemu.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/umsm.4?query=umsm&sec=4">umsm(4)</a> driver now supports MEDION S4222 devices.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/pciide.4?query=pciide&sec=4">pciide(4)</a> driver now supports Intel C610 chipsets.

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<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/umodem.4?query=umodem&sec=4">umodem(4)</a> driver now supports Arduino Leonardo devices.

<li>Wireless network scanning problems with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/iwn.4?query=iwn&sec=4">iwn(4)</a> driver have been fixed.

<li>Support for RS* IGP Radeon devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/radeondrm.4?query=radeondrm&sec=4">radeondrm(4)</a> driver has been fixed.

<li>PowerMac7,2 and PowerMac7,3 can now boot multiprocessor kernel

<li>PowerMac7,2 and PowerMac7,3 can now boot with a multiprocessor kernel.

</ul>

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<li>Generic network stack improvements:

<ul>

<li>The routing table is now used for most of the address lookups operations superseding the RB-tree and IPv4 address list.

<li>The routing table is now used for most of the address lookup operations superseding the RB-tree and IPv4 address list.

<li>The SipHash algorithm is now used for PCB hashing,

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/trunk.4?query=trunk&sec=4">trunk(4)</a> loadbalancing,

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/pf.4?query=pf&sec=4">pf(4)</a> and

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<li>Installer improvements:

<ul>

<li>The <tt>etc</tt> and <tt>xetc</tt> sets are now part of <tt>base</tt> and

<tt>xbase</tt> and are not distributed separately any more. They are extracted

<tt>xbase</tt> and are not distributed separately anymore. They are extracted

from <tt>base</tt> and <tt>xbase</tt> during installation and upgrade.

from <tt>base</tt> and <tt>xbase</tt> during installation and upgrades.

Note that this includes the <tt>rc</tt> and <tt>rc.conf</tt> files!

<li>The installer now supports

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/trunk.4?query=trunk&sec=4">trunk(4)</a>

interfaces during upgrades.

<li>The discovery of the responsefile location for unattended installation and

upgrade has been extended to be more flexible.

upgrades has been extended to be more flexible.

<ul>

<li>Ask for the location if dhcp discovery fails for location or mode.

<li>Ask for the location if DHCP discovery fails for location or mode.

<li>Provide a default url if the 'next-server' dhcp option is found.

<li>Provide a default URL if the 'next-server' DHCP option is found.

<li>Use <tt>/auto_install.conf</tt> or <tt>/auto_upgrade.conf</tt> if present.

<li>Automatically start installer in unattended mode if either one of these

<li>Automatically start the installer in unattended mode if either one of these

files is present when the system boots.

</ul>

<li>Ignore hostname.if.* files when upgrading.

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<li>

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now zeros out GPT signatures found when writing out an MBR that has been re-initialized and has no EFI or EFISYS partition.

<li>Fixed manipulation of 'ro' and 'rw' fstab options to avoid damage to other options that happen to contain 'ro' or 'rw'.

<li>The ramdisk binary (one binary contains all the commands) is now compiled without optimization and security features. The benefit is a substantial savings in space, allowing more features in the future.

<li>The ramdisk binary (one binary contains all the commands) is now compiled without optimization and security features. The benefit is a substantial saving in space, allowing more features in the future.

</ul>

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<li>Security improvements:

<ul>

<li>Stricter enforcement of W^X in the kernel address space, especially on architectures with the right featureset (amd64, in particular has seen substantial improvements).

<li>Stricter enforcement of W^X in the kernel address space, especially on architectures with the right featureset (amd64, in particular, has seen substantial improvements).

<li>Support for loadable kernel modules has been removed.

<li>procfs has been removed.

<li>Comprehensive audit of the tree to use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=reallocarray&sektion=3">reallocarray(3)</a> idiom throughout.

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New functions

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=srand_deterministic&sektion=3">srand_deterministic(3)</a>,

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=srandom_deterministic&sektion=3">srandom_deterministic(3)</a>,

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=seed48_deterministic&sektion=3">seed48_deterministic(3)</a>,

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=seed48_deterministic&sektion=3">seed48_deterministic(3)</a> and

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lcong48_deterministic&sektion=3">lcong48_deterministic(3)</a>,

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lcong48_deterministic&sektion=3">lcong48_deterministic(3)</a>

are added for cases where determinism must be requested.

<li>At resume (or unhibernate) time, use a variety of methods to reseed the random number generator. This also works on VM's which wake up (if a wakeup event is seen).

<li>At resume (or unhibernate) time, use a variety of methods to reseed the random number generator. This also works on VMs which wake up (if a wakeup event is seen).

<li>All architectures have been transitioned to static PIE, meaning the statically linked binaries in /bin and /sbin now have randomly located text segments.

<li>Allow larger .openbsd.randomdata ELF segments.

<li>Sync kernel AES code and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a> AES code to the one shipped with OpenSSL/LibreSSL.

<li>removed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a> support for all password ciphers except <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=blowfish&sektion=3">blowfish(3)</a>

<li>Removed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a> support for all password ciphers except <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=blowfish&sektion=3">blowfish(3)</a>.

<li>Use sha512 instead of md5 for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcp&sektion=4">tcp(4)</a> initial sequence number.

<li>Use sha512 instead of md5 in the random number generator.

<li>Delete secret or secret-derived data in many base utilities with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=explicit_bzero&sektion=3">explicit_bzero(3)</a>.

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the compatibility layer for other operating systems has been removed.

The API is still compatible with upstream libevent 1.4.15-stable.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>

s_client now supports a -proxy parameter for connecting over a HTTP proxy.

s_client now supports a -proxy parameter for connecting over an HTTP proxy.

<li>Ground work laid for improved SMP scalability.

<li>gzsig has been removed.

<li>switch last workq API uses to

<li>Switch last workq API uses to

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=taskq_create&sektion=9">taskq</a> API and remove all traces of workq.

<li>Use

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=services&sektion=5">services(5)</a> names in the default pf rules in force during startup.

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<li>Various memory leaks in

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> plugged, providing more stability for long running (in terms of time or renewals) instances.

<li>The

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>

command line options -q (quiet) and -d (don't daemonize) are now mutually exclusive.

<li>The communications between the privileged and unprivileged

<li>The communication between the privileged and unprivileged

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> processes was reworked to further minimize information sharing.

<li>

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> ensures lease timeouts (renew, rebind, expire) are sane and uses default values closer to RFC suggestions.

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<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>.

<li>Private number conversion functions in

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> eliminated in favour of standard library functions.

<li>Further signal race cleanups in

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>.

<li>BIND has been retired, encouraging use of

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nsd&sektion=8">nsd(8)</a> and

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=unbound&sektion=8">unbound(8)</a>.

<li>Significant namespace cleanup in the /usr/include files, especially related to <sys/param.h> and <limits.h>.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a> RAID1 and CRYPTO volumes are now bootable on the sparc64 platform.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> now uses "TLS" rather than "SSL" terminology to reflect the deprecation of the latter.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> now supports the random and source-hash modes with redirections.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> now supports the <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/~checkout~/src/share/snmp/OPENBSD-RELAYD-MIB.txt?rev=1.1">OPENBSD-RELAYD-MIB</a> via agentx with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpd&sektion=8">snmpd(8)</a>.

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<li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chflagsat&sektion=2">chflagsat(2)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sockatmark&sektion=3">sockatmark(3)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stravis&sektion=3">stravis(3)</a>.

<li>Merged performance and safety fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3">fts(3)</a> from FreeBSD.

<li>Merged fixes for file descriptor leaks in various <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc&sektion=3">rpc(3)</a> functions from NetBSD.

<li>Added <tt>kern.global_ptrace</tt> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=1">sysctl(1)</a> to disable by default the ability to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2">ptrace(2)</a> processes that aren't your descendent.

<li>Added a <tt>kern.global_ptrace</tt> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=1">sysctl(1)</a> to disable, by default, the ability to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2">ptrace(2)</a> processes that aren't your descendent.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kdump&sektion=1">kdump(1)</a> now always displays both the numeric and the textual forms for users, groups, timestamps, and sysctl ids, eliminating the <tt>-r</tt> option. It also auto-selects between decimal and hex format for arguments, renders more types of flags, and is more robust when parsing corrupt ktrace files.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chmod&sektion=1">chmod(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chgrp&sektion=1">chgrp(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chown&sektion=8">chown(8)</a> now comply with POSIX's requirements when they encounter symlinks when the <tt>-R</tt> option is used, and are safe from race conditions when doing so.

<li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dmesg&sektion=8">dmesg(8)</a> utility can now display the console message buffer in addition to the system message buffer.

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<li>OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a>:

<ul>

<li>SSLv2/3 is not supported any more; renamed all occurrences of "SSL" to "TLS".

<li>SSLv2/3 is not supported anymore; renamed all occurrences of "SSL" to "TLS".

<li>Various TLS improvements with better support for ECDHE/DHE forward secrecy.

<li>Improved support for virtual hosts by supporting name- and IP- based aliases.

<li>Added support for basic authentication by checking against files created with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=htpasswd&sektion=1">htpasswd(1)</a>.

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<li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.4:

<ul>

<li>SSLv3 is not supported any more.

<li>SSLv3 is not supported anymore.

<li>Added support for a new message and headers parser.

<li>Added support for append-domain.

<li>Restricted address lookups to configured address families.

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If a connection terminates, syslogd tries to reconnect.

When the message buffer in memory gets full, the number of dropped

messages is counted and logged.

<li>With TLS the x509 certificate of the syslog server is verified.

<li>With TLS, the x509 certificate of the syslog server is verified.

<li>The maximum message size has been increased according to newer RFC.

</ul>