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31: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
32: a list of mirror machines.
33: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.7/</font> directory on
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35: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata57.html">the 5.7 errata page</a> for a list
36: of bugs and workarounds.
37: <li>See a <a href="plus57.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
38: 5.6 and 5.7 releases.
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68: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
69: <p>
70: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.7.
71: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus57.html">changelog</a> leading
72: to 5.7.
73: <p>
74:
75: <ul>
76: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
77: <ul>
1.103 tb 78: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/xhci.4?query=xhci&sec=4">xhci(4)</a> driver for USB 3.0 host controllers.
79: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/umcs.4?query=umcs&sec=4">umcs(4)</a> driver for MosChip Semiconductor 78x0 USB multiport serial adapters.
80: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/i386/skgpio.4?query=skgpio&sec=4">skgpio(4)</a> driver for Soekris net6501 GPIO and LEDs.
81: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/uslhcom.4?query=uslhcom&sec=4">uslhcom(4)</a> driver for Silicon Labs CP2110 USB HID based UART.
82: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/nep.4?query=nep&sec=4">nep(4)</a> driver for Sun Neptune 10Gb Ethernet devices.
83: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/iwm.4?query=iwm&sec=4">iwm(4)</a> driver for Intel 7260, 7265, and 3160 wifi cards.
84: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/rtsx.4?query=rtsx&sec=4">rtsx(4)</a> driver now supports RTS5227 and RTL8411B card readers.
85: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/bge.4?query=bge&sec=4">bge(4)</a> driver now supports jumbo frames on various additional BCM57xx chipsets.
86: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ciss.4?query=ciss&sec=4">ciss(4)</a> driver now supports HP Gen9 Smart Array/Smart HBA devices.
87: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/mpi.4?query=mpi&sec=4">mpi(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/mfi.4">mfi(4)</a> drivers now have mpsafe interrupt handlers running without the big lock.
88: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ppb.4?query=ppb&sec=4">ppb(4)</a> driver now supports PCI bridges that support subtractive decoding (fixes PCMCIA behind the ATI SB400 PCI bridge), and devices with 64-bit BARs behind PCI-PCI bridges as seen on SPARC T5-2 systems.
89: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/puc.4?query=puc&sec=4">puc(4)</a> driver now supports Winchiphead CH382 devices.
90: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/sdmmc.4?query=sdmmc&sec=4">sdmmc(4)</a> driver now supports eMMC storage devices larger than 2GB.
91: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/sdhc.4?query=sdhc&sec=4">sdhc(4)</a> driver can properly resume on Ricoh controllers.
92: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/sdhc.4?query=sdhc&sec=4">sdhc(4)</a> driver now supports Ricoh R5U822 and R5U823 card readers.
93: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/mfii.4?query=mfii&sec=4">mfii(4)</a> driver now supports the Megaraid 3008 (Fury) and 3108 (Invader) cards.
94: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/myx.4?query=myx&sec=4">myx(4)</a> driver runs less code under the big lock.
95: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/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.
96: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/umass.4?query=umass&sec=4">umass(4)</a> driver now supports Archos 24y Vision devices.
97: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/athn.4?query=athn&sec=4">athn(4)</a> driver now supports Atheros UB94 devices.
98: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/azalia.4?query=azalia&sec=4">azalia(4)</a> driver now supports Realtek ALC885 codecs and Bay Trail HD Audio devices.
99: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ix.4?query=ix&sec=4">ix(4)</a> driver now supports onboard Ethernet devices in SPARC T5 machines.
100: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/upd.4?query=upd&sec=4">upd(4)</a> driver now handles UPSes with broken report descriptors.
101: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ums.4?query=ums&sec=4">ums(4)</a> driver now supports the USB Tablet device emulated by Qemu.
102: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/umsm.4?query=umsm&sec=4">umsm(4)</a> driver now supports MEDION S4222 devices.
103: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/pciide.4?query=pciide&sec=4">pciide(4)</a> driver now supports Intel C610 chipsets.
104: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ukbd.4?query=ukbd&sec=4">ukbd(4)</a> driver now supports "wellspring" Apple keyboards.
105: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/pms.4?query=pms&sec=4">pms(4)</a> driver now supports click-and-drag with Elantech v4 touchpads.
106: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/umodem.4?query=umodem&sec=4">umodem(4)</a> driver now supports Arduino Leonardo devices.
107: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/sk.4?query=sk&sec=4">sk(4)</a> driver now supports receive ring scaling.
1.71 dlg 108: <li>Replaced custom jumbo allocators in
1.103 tb 109: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/sk.4?query=sk&sec=4">sk(4)</a>,
110: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/nge.4?query=nge&sec=4">nge(4)</a>,
111: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/lge.4?query=lge&sec=4">lge(4)</a>, and
112: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ti.4?query=ti&sec=4">ti(4)</a> with
113: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/MCLGETI.9?query=MCLGETI&sec=9">MCLGETI(9)</a>.
114: <li>Wireless network scanning problems with the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/iwn.4?query=iwn&sec=4">iwn(4)</a> driver have been fixed.
115: <li>Support for RS* IGP Radeon devices in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/radeondrm.4?query=radeondrm&sec=4">radeondrm(4)</a> driver has been fixed.
1.66 deraadt 116: <li>PowerMac7,2 and PowerMac7,3 can now boot with a multiprocessor kernel.
1.4 stsp 117: </ul>
118: <p>
119:
120: <li>Removed hardware support:
121: <ul>
1.103 tb 122: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/lofn.4?query=lofn&sec=4">lofn(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/nofn.4?query=nofn&sec=4">nofn(4)</a> drivers for Hifn crypto accelerator devices have been removed.
123: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/art.4?query=art&sec=4">art(4)</a> driver for Accoom Networks Artery T1/E1 devices has been removed.
124: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/urio.4?query=urio&sec=4">urio(4)</a> driver for Diamond Multimedia Rio MP3 players has been removed.
1.1 deraadt 125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
128: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
129: <ul>
1.66 deraadt 130: <li>The routing table is now used for most of the address lookup operations superseding the RB-tree and IPv4 address list.
1.52 lteo 131: <li>The SipHash algorithm is now used for PCB hashing,
1.103 tb 132: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/trunk.4?query=trunk&sec=4">trunk(4)</a> loadbalancing,
133: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/pf.4?query=pf&sec=4">pf(4)</a> and
134: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/bridge.4?query=bridge&sec=4">bridge(4)</a>.
1.52 lteo 135: <li>Traffic destinated to link-local IPv6 addresses can now be seen with
1.103 tb 136: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man8/tcpdump.8?query=tcpdump&sec=8">tcpdump(8)</a>.
137: <li>A <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a> now needs to be configured with an explicit <em>carpdev</em> parent interface.
1.69 dlg 138: <li>The
1.103 tb 139: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/mbuf.9?query=mbuf&sec=9">mbuf(9)</a>
1.69 dlg 140: layer has been made mpsafe.
141: <li>Introduce mbuf_list and mbuf_queue structures and APIs.
1.71 dlg 142: <li>Support changing the IPv6 input queue length via
1.103 tb 143: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysctl&sektion=1">sysctl(1)</a> and net.inet6.ip6.ifq.
1.1 deraadt 144: </ul>
1.44 deraadt 145: <p>
1.1 deraadt 146:
1.10 rpe 147: <li>Installer improvements:
148: <ul>
149: <li>The <tt>etc</tt> and <tt>xetc</tt> sets are now part of <tt>base</tt> and
1.66 deraadt 150: <tt>xbase</tt> and are not distributed separately anymore. They are extracted
151: from <tt>base</tt> and <tt>xbase</tt> during installation and upgrades.<br>
1.25 tedu 152: <b>Note that this includes the <tt>rc</tt> and <tt>rc.conf</tt> files!</b>
1.10 rpe 153: <li>The installer now supports
1.103 tb 154: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/trunk.4?query=trunk&sec=4">trunk(4)</a>
1.10 rpe 155: interfaces during upgrades.
156: <li>The discovery of the responsefile location for unattended installation and
1.66 deraadt 157: upgrades has been extended to be more flexible.
1.10 rpe 158: <ul>
1.66 deraadt 159: <li>Ask for the location if DHCP discovery fails for location or mode.
160: <li>Provide a default URL if the 'next-server' DHCP option is found.
1.10 rpe 161: <li>Use <tt>/auto_install.conf</tt> or <tt>/auto_upgrade.conf</tt> if present.
1.66 deraadt 162: <li>Automatically start the installer in unattended mode if either one of these
1.10 rpe 163: files is present when the system boots.
164: </ul>
1.29 krw 165: <li>Ignore hostname.if.* files when upgrading.
166: <li>Configure all physical interfaces before any dynamic interface types (e.g. trunks, vlans) when upgrading.
1.35 krw 167: <li>
1.103 tb 168: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?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.
1.36 krw 169: <li>Fixed manipulation of 'ro' and 'rw' fstab options to avoid damage to other options that happen to contain 'ro' or 'rw'.
1.66 deraadt 170: <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.
1.10 rpe 171: </ul>
172: <p>
173:
1.1 deraadt 174: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
175: <ul>
1.68 deraadt 176: <li>nginx has been removed from base -- use the package if you need it.
177: <li>sliplogin has been removed.
1.80 nick 178: <li>Sendmail has been removed from base -- use the package if you need it.
1.37 sthen 179: <li>IPv6 router solicitations are now sent by the kernel ("inet6 autoconf"); rtsol(8) and rtsold(8) are no longer necessary and have been removed.
1.103 tb 180: <li>Enhancements and bugfixes in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ndp&sektion=8">ndp(8)</a>
181: <li>The effects of the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getaddrinfo&sektion=3">getaddrinfo(3)</a> results are limited to DNS queries. This avoids erratic behavior with transient network problems, "raw" addresses and localhost entries in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=hosts&sektion=5">/etc/hosts</a>.
182: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gethostbyname&sektion=3">gethostbyname(3)</a> now no longer fails when more than 16 addresses/aliases are returned. The original pre-asr limit of 35 has been restored, with additional results being truncated.
183: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tftp&sektion=1">tftp(1)</a> now supports sending or receiving files larger than 65536 blocks in size.
184: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tpd&sec=8">ntpd(8)</a> now supports authenticated TLS constraints.
1.1 deraadt 185: </ul>
186: <p>
187:
188: <li>Security improvements:
189: <ul>
1.66 deraadt 190: <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).
1.27 tedu 191: <li>Support for loadable kernel modules has been removed.
1.32 lteo 192: <li>procfs has been removed.
1.103 tb 193: <li>Comprehensive audit of the tree to use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=reallocarray&sektion=3">reallocarray(3)</a> idiom throughout.
194: <li>Many conversions from <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=select&sektion=2">select(2)</a> to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=poll&sektion=2">poll(2)</a>.
1.44 deraadt 195: <li>/var/tmp is now a symbolic link to /tmp, as a first step towards reducing the "fill it up" attack surface against the /var partition.
1.103 tb 196: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=memcpy&sektion=3">memcpy(3)</a> with overlapping arguments now aborts a program (with a syslog report), allowing these problems to be found. Overlapping copies should use <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=memmove&sektion=3">memmove(3)</a>. Sometime after 5.7 release, having learned more about the situation and repairing instances that are discovered by users during release use, we will go back to the optimized version.
1.44 deraadt 197: <li>Change
1.103 tb 198: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rand&sektion=3">rand(3)</a>,
199: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=random&sektion=3">random(3)</a>,
200: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=drand48&sektion=3">drand48(3)</a>,
201: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lrand48&sektion=3">lrand48(3)</a>,
202: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mrand48&sektion=3">mrand48(3)</a>,
203: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=srand48&sektion=3">srand48(3)</a>
1.44 deraadt 204: to return non-deterministic strong random values by default, sourced from
1.103 tb 205: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>.
1.44 deraadt 206: New functions
1.103 tb 207: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=srand_deterministic&sektion=3">srand_deterministic(3)</a>,
208: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=srandom_deterministic&sektion=3">srandom_deterministic(3)</a>,
209: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=seed48_deterministic&sektion=3">seed48_deterministic(3)</a> and
210: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lcong48_deterministic&sektion=3">lcong48_deterministic(3)</a>
1.79 deraadt 211: are added for cases where determinism needs to be requested.
1.66 deraadt 212: <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).
1.57 deraadt 213: <li>All architectures have been transitioned to static PIE, meaning the statically linked binaries in /bin and /sbin now have randomly located text segments.
1.44 deraadt 214: <li>Allow larger .openbsd.randomdata ELF segments.
1.103 tb 215: <li>Sync kernel AES code and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a> AES code to the one shipped with OpenSSL/LibreSSL.
216: <li>Removed <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a> support for all password ciphers except <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=blowfish&sektion=3">blowfish(3)</a>.
217: <li>Use sha512 instead of md5 for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcp&sektion=4">tcp(4)</a> initial sequence number.
1.56 benno 218: <li>Use sha512 instead of md5 in the random number generator.
1.103 tb 219: <li>Delete secret or secret-derived data in many base utilities with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=explicit_bzero&sektion=3">explicit_bzero(3)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 220: </ul>
221: <p>
222:
223: <li>Assorted improvements:
224: <ul>
1.103 tb 225: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rcctl&sektion=8"">rcctl(8)</a> utility to control daemons.
226: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fw_update&sektion=1">fw_update(1)</a> has been rewritten to be faster and smarter.
227: <li>Cleanup <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=event&sektion=3">libevent(3)</a>,
1.19 bluhm 228: the compatibility layer for other operating systems has been removed.
229: The API is still compatible with upstream libevent 1.4.15-stable.
1.103 tb 230: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
1.66 deraadt 231: s_client now supports a -proxy parameter for connecting over an HTTP proxy.
1.27 tedu 232: <li>gzsig has been removed.
1.72 tedu 233: <li>Switch to fast assembly versions of some libc functions on amd64.
1.103 tb 234: <li>Frequency scaling has been moved from <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=apmd&sektion=1">apmd(8)</a> to the kernel with an improved algorithm.
1.66 deraadt 235: <li>Switch last workq API uses to
1.103 tb 236: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=taskq_create&sektion=9">taskq</a> API and remove all traces of workq.
1.31 krw 237: <li>Use
1.103 tb 238: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=services&sektion=5">services(5)</a> names in the default pf rules in force during startup.
1.35 krw 239: <li>
1.103 tb 240: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=what&sektion=1">what(1)</a> now correctly displays $OpenBSD$ expansions.
1.35 krw 241: <li>
1.103 tb 242: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> now removes addresses from its pf table a single time when they expire, rather than at every timeout after the expiry.
1.31 krw 243: <li>
1.103 tb 244: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> now ensures that the pf table process exits when the main process does.
1.31 krw 245: <li>
1.103 tb 246: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> has more informative log entries for DHCPACKs issued in response to DHCPINFORM messages.
1.36 krw 247: <li>Added POSIX types blkcnt_t (int64) and blksize_t (int32), and used them for st_blocks (formerly int64_t) and st_blksize (formerly u_int32_t) in struct stat.
1.38 tedu 248: <li>Improved typography for
1.103 tb 249: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=banner&sektion=6">banner(6)</a>.
250: <li>Allow <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=hangman&sektion=6">hangman</a>
1.91 tedu 251: to play against any ELF file.
1.40 krw 252: <li>
1.103 tb 253: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> adjusts MTU when the interface-mtu DHCP option is provided.
1.40 krw 254: <li>Various memory leaks in
1.103 tb 255: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> plugged, providing more stability for long running (in terms of time or renewals) instances.
1.40 krw 256: <li>The
1.103 tb 257: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
1.40 krw 258: command line options -q (quiet) and -d (don't daemonize) are now mutually exclusive.
1.66 deraadt 259: <li>The communication between the privileged and unprivileged
1.103 tb 260: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> processes was reworked to further minimize information sharing.
1.40 krw 261: <li>
1.103 tb 262: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> ensures lease timeouts (renew, rebind, expire) are sane and uses default values closer to RFC suggestions.
1.40 krw 263: <li>
1.103 tb 264: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> no longer crashes when a lease expires and cannot be renewed or replaced.
1.40 krw 265: <li>
1.103 tb 266: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> improved tracking network interface link states.
1.40 krw 267: <li>Improved network error tracking and accounting in
1.103 tb 268: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>.
1.40 krw 269: <li>Private number conversion functions in
1.103 tb 270: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> eliminated in favour of standard library functions.
1.66 deraadt 271: <li>Further signal race cleanups in
1.103 tb 272: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>.
1.44 deraadt 273: <li>BIND has been retired, encouraging use of
1.103 tb 274: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nsd&sektion=8">nsd(8)</a> and
275: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=unbound&sektion=8">unbound(8)</a>.
1.44 deraadt 276: <li>Significant namespace cleanup in the /usr/include files, especially related to <sys/param.h> and <limits.h>.
1.103 tb 277: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a> RAID1 and CRYPTO volumes are now bootable on the sparc64 platform.
278: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> now uses "TLS" rather than "SSL" terminology to reflect the deprecation of the latter.
279: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> now supports the random and source-hash modes with redirections.
1.106 bentley 280: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> now supports the <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/share/snmp/OPENBSD-RELAYD-MIB.txt?rev=1.1">OPENBSD-RELAYD-MIB</a> via agentx with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=snmpd&sektion=8">snmpd(8)</a>.
1.103 tb 281: <li>Added interfaces for setting the close-on-exec flag and/or non-blocking mode on new file descriptors: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pipe2&sektion=2">pipe2(2)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dup3&sektion=2">dup3(2)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=accept4&sektion=2">accept4(2)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mkostemp&sektion=3">mkostemp(3)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mkostemps&sektion=3">mkostemps(3)</a>, the <tt>SOCK_CLOEXEC</tt> and <tt>SOCK_NONBLOCK</tt> flags for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=socket&sektion=2">socket(2)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=socketpair&sektion=2">socketpair(2)</a>, and the <tt>MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC</tt> flag for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=recvmsg&sektion=2">recvmsg(2)</a>. In addition, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2&sektion=3">posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(3)</a> now always clears the close-on-exec flag.
282: <li>Added interfaces for setting the close-on-exec flag on new FILE handles and for requesting exclusive creation via the the 'e' and 'x' mode letters for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fopen&sektion=3">fopen(3)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdopen&sektion=3">fdopen(3)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=freopen&sektion=3">freopen(3)</a>, and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=popen&sektion=3">popen(3)</a>.
1.50 guenther 283: <li>Many library functions and programs changed to use the above for safety or simplicity.
1.103 tb 284: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=chflagsat&sektion=2">chflagsat(2)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sockatmark&sektion=3">sockatmark(3)</a>, and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=stravis&sektion=3">stravis(3)</a>.
285: <li>Merged performance and safety fixes for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fts&sektion=3">fts(3)</a> from FreeBSD.
286: <li>Merged fixes for file descriptor leaks in various <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rpc&sektion=3">rpc(3)</a> functions from NetBSD.
287: <li>Added a <tt>kern.global_ptrace</tt> <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysctl&sektion=1">sysctl(1)</a> to disable, by default, the ability to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ptrace&sektion=2">ptrace(2)</a> processes that aren't your descendent.
288: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?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.
289: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=chmod&sektion=1">chmod(1)</a>/<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=chgrp&sektion=1">chgrp(1)</a>/<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?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.
290: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dmesg&sektion=8">dmesg(8)</a> utility can now display the console message buffer in addition to the system message buffer.
291: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=inetd&sektion=8">inetd(8)</a> now uses libevent instead of
292: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=select&sektion=3">select(3)</a>.
1.70 dlg 293: <li>Reworking of the kernel
1.103 tb 294: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/pool.9?query=pool&sec=9">pool(9)</a>
1.70 dlg 295: implementation to provide mpsafety and pave the way for performance improvements.
1.71 dlg 296: <li>Removed the
1.103 tb 297: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.6/man9/workq_add_task.9?query=workq_add_task&sec=9">workq API</a>
1.71 dlg 298: after replacing it with the
1.103 tb 299: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/task_add.9?query=task_add&sec=9">task API</a>.
1.71 dlg 300: <li>Add support for creating kernel threads that cannot sleep to
1.103 tb 301: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.6/man9/taskq_create.9?query=taskq_create&sec=9">taskq_create(9)</a>.
1.71 dlg 302: <li>Completed the implementation of the atomic (eg,
1.103 tb 303: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/atomic_cas_uint.9?query=atomic_cas_uint&sec=9">atomic_cas_uint(9)</a>,
304: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/atomic_swap_uint.9?query=atomic_swap_uint&sec=9">atomic_swap_uint(9)</a>,
305: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/atomic_add_int.9?query=atomic_add_int&sec=9">atomic_add_int(9)</a>,
306: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/atomic_sub_int.9?query=atomic_sub_int&sec=9">atomic_sub_int(9)</a>,
307: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/atomic_inc_int.9?query=atomic_inc_int&sec=9">atomic_inc_int(9)</a>, and
308: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/atomic_dec_int.9?query=atomic_inc_int&sec=9">atomic_dec_int(9)</a>)
1.71 dlg 309: and membar
1.103 tb 310: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man9/membar_sync.9?query=membar_sync&sec=9">membar_sync(9)</a>)
1.71 dlg 311: APIs across all supported architectures.
1.46 reyk 312: </ul>
313: <p>
314:
1.103 tb 315: <li>OpenBSD <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a>:
1.46 reyk 316: <ul>
1.66 deraadt 317: <li>SSLv2/3 is not supported anymore; renamed all occurrences of "SSL" to "TLS".
1.46 reyk 318: <li>Various TLS improvements with better support for ECDHE/DHE forward secrecy.
319: <li>Improved support for virtual hosts by supporting name- and IP- based aliases.
1.103 tb 320: <li>Added support for basic authentication by checking against files created with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=htpasswd&sektion=1">htpasswd(1)</a>.
1.46 reyk 321: <li>Added support for custom error codes, blocking and dropping of connections.
322: <li>Added support for redirections and macros in specified target URLs.
323: <li>Added the "root strip" option to sanitize PATH_INFO for some CGI scripts.
324: <li>Added an option to specify an alternative log directory instead of /var/www/logs.
1.103 tb 325: <li>Various FastCGI improvements; <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> is now compatible with many well-known web applications.
1.46 reyk 326: <li>Various other fixes and improvements.
327: </ul>
328: <p>
329:
330: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.4:
331: <ul>
1.66 deraadt 332: <li>SSLv3 is not supported anymore.
1.59 gilles 333: <li>Added support for a new message and headers parser.
334: <li>Added support for append-domain.
335: <li>Restricted address lookups to configured address families.
336: <li>Domain is no longer required when mailing a local user.
337: <li>Various other fixes and improvements.
1.1 deraadt 338: </ul>
339: <p>
340:
1.3 sobrado 341: <li>OpenSSH 6.8
1.1 deraadt 342: <ul>
343: <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
344: <ul>
1.103 tb 345: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 346: <tt>UseDNS</tt> now defaults to 'no'. Configurations that match
347: against the client host name (via
1.103 tb 348: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.3 sobrado 349: or <tt>authorized_keys</tt>) may need to re-enable it or convert to
350: matching against addresses.
1.1 deraadt 351: </ul>
352: <li>New/changed features:
353: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 354: <li>Much of OpenSSH's internal code has been re-factored to be more
355: library-like. These changes are mostly not user-visible, but
356: have greatly improved OpenSSH's testability and internal layout.
357: <li>Add <tt>FingerprintHash</tt> option to
1.103 tb 358: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.3 sobrado 359: and
1.103 tb 360: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>,
1.3 sobrado 361: and equivalent command-line flags to the other tools to control
362: algorithm used for key fingerprints. The default changes from MD5
363: to SHA256 and format from hex to base64. Fingerprints now have the
364: hash algorithm prepended. Please note that visual host keys will also
365: be different.
1.103 tb 366: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
367: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.34 sobrado 368: Experimental host key rotation support. Add a protocol extension
1.28 sobrado 369: for a server to inform a client of all its available host keys after
370: authentication has completed. The client may record the keys in
371: <tt>known_hosts</tt>, allowing it to upgrade to better host key
372: algorithms and a server to gracefully rotate its keys. The client
373: side of this is controlled by a <tt>UpdateHostkeys</tt> config option
374: (default off).
1.103 tb 375: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 376: Add a
1.103 tb 377: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.3 sobrado 378: <tt>HostbasedKeyType</tt> option to control which host public key types
379: are tried during host-based authentication.
1.103 tb 380: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
381: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 382: fix connection-killing host key mismatch errors when
1.103 tb 383: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.3 sobrado 384: offers multiple ECDSA keys of different lengths.
1.103 tb 385: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 386: when host name canonicalisation is enabled, try to parse host names
387: as addresses before looking them up for canonicalisation. Fixes
388: bz#2074 and avoiding needless DNS lookups in some cases.
1.103 tb 389: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>,
390: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 391: <i>Key Revocation Lists</i> (KRLs) no longer require OpenSSH to be
392: compiled with OpenSSL support.
1.103 tb 393: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
394: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keysign&sektion=8">ssh-keysign(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 395: Make ed25519 keys work for host based authentication.
1.103 tb 396: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 397: SSH protocol v.1 workaround for the Meyer, et al., <i>Bleichenbacher
398: Side Channel Attack</i>. Fake up a bignum key before RSA decryption.
1.103 tb 399: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 400: Remember which public keys have been used for authentication and
401: refuse to accept previously-used keys. This allows
402: <tt>AuthenticationMethods=publickey,publickey</tt> to require that
403: users authenticate using two <i>different</i> public keys.
1.103 tb 404: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 405: add
1.103 tb 406: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.3 sobrado 407: <tt>HostbasedAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> and <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt>
408: options to allow
1.103 tb 409: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.3 sobrado 410: to control what public key types will be accepted. Currently defaults
411: to all.
1.103 tb 412: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 413: Don't count partial authentication success as a failure against
414: <tt>MaxAuthTries</tt>.
1.103 tb 415: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 416: Add <tt>RevokedHostKeys</tt> option for the client to allow text-file
417: or KRL-based revocation of host keys.
1.103 tb 418: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>,
419: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 420: Permit KRLs that revoke certificates by serial number or key ID without
421: scoping to a particular CA.
1.103 tb 422: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 423: Add a "Match canonical" criteria that allows
1.103 tb 424: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.3 sobrado 425: <tt>Match</tt> blocks to trigger only in the second config pass.
1.103 tb 426: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 427: Add a <tt>-G</tt> option to
1.103 tb 428: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.3 sobrado 429: that causes it to parse its configuration and dump the result to
430: stdout, similar to "<tt>sshd -T</tt>".
1.103 tb 431: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 432: Allow <tt>Match</tt> criteria to be negated
433: (e.g. "<tt>Match !host</tt>").
434: <li>The regression test suite has been extended to cover more OpenSSH
435: features. The unit tests have been expanded and now cover key
436: exchange.
1.1 deraadt 437: </ul>
438: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
439: <ul>
1.103 tb 440: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
441: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>
1.3 sobrado 442: has been made much more robust again servers that hang or violate
443: the SSH protocol.
1.103 tb 444: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
445: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 446: Fix regression bz#2306: Key path names were being lost as comment
447: fields.
1.103 tb 448: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 449: Allow
1.103 tb 450: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.3 sobrado 451: <tt>Port</tt> options set in the second config parse phase to be
452: applied (they were being ignored). (bz#2286)
1.103 tb 453: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 454: Tweak config re-parsing with host canonicalisation—make the
455: second pass through the config files always run when host name
456: canonicalisation is enabled (and not whenever the host name changes).
457: (bz#2267)
1.103 tb 458: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 459: Fix passing of wildcard forward bind addresses when connection
460: multiplexing is in use. (bz#2324)
1.103 tb 461: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 462: Fix broken private key conversion from non-OpenSSH formats. (bz#2345)
1.103 tb 463: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.3 sobrado 464: Fix KRL generation bug when multiple CAs are in use.
465: <li>Various fixes to manual pages. (bz#2273, bz#2288 and bz#2316)
1.1 deraadt 466: </ul>
467: </ul>
468: <p>
469:
470: <li>LibreSSL
471: <ul>
1.73 sobrado 472: <li>User-visible features:
473: <ul>
474: <li>Reluctantly add server-side support for <tt>TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV</tt>.
475: <li>Import <i>BoringSSL</i>'s crypto bytestring and crypto bytebuilder
476: APIs.
477: <li>Jettison DTLS over SCTP.
478: <li>Move
1.103 tb 479: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
1.73 sobrado 480: from <tt>/usr/sbin/openssl</tt> to <tt>/usr/bin/openssl</tt>.
481: <li>Two important cipher suites, GOST and Camellia, have been reworked
482: or reenabled, providing better interoperability with systems around
483: the world.
484: <li>libtls: New API for loading CA chains directly from memory instead
485: of a file, allowing verification with privilege separation in a
1.103 tb 486: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=chroot&sektion=8">chroot(8)</a>
1.73 sobrado 487: without direct access to CA certificate files.
488: <li>libtls: Ciphers default to TLSv1.2 with AEAD and PFS.
489: <li>libtls: Improved error handling and message generation.
490: <li>Added <tt>X509_STORE_load_mem</tt> API for loading certificates from
491: memory. This facilitates accessing certificates from a chrooted
492: environment.
493: <li>New AEAD "MAC alias" allows configuring TLSv1.2 AEAD ciphers by
494: using 'TLSv1.2+AEAD' as the cipher selection string.
495: <li>New
1.103 tb 496: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
1.73 sobrado 497: command '<tt>certhash</tt>' replaces the <tt>c_rehash</tt> script.
498: <li><i>Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation</i> (ALPN) support.
499: </ul>
500: <li>Code improvements:
501: <ul>
502: <li>Dead and disabled code removal including MD5, Netscape workarounds,
503: non-POSIX IO, SCTP, RFC 3779 support, "#if 0" sections, and more.
504: <li>The ASN1 macros are expanded to aid readability and maintainability.
505: <li>Various NULL pointer asserts removed in favor of letting the
506: OS/signal handler catch them.
507: <li>Dozens of issues found with the <i>Coverity scanner</i> fixed.
508: </ul>
509: <li>Security updates:
510: <ul>
511: <li>Fix a Bleichenbacher style timing oracle with bad PKCS padding.
512: <li>Fix memory leaks.
513: <li>Address POODLE attack by disabling SSLv3 by default.
514: <li>SHA256 Camellia cipher suites for TLS 1.2 from RFC 5932.
515: <li>Earlier libtls support for non-blocking sockets and randomized
516: session ID contexts.
517: <li>Ensure the stack is marked non-executable for assembly sections.
518: <li>Multiple CVEs fixed including CVE-2014-3506, CVE-2014-3507,
519: CVE-2014-3508, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3510, CVE-2014-3511,
520: CVE-2014-3570, CVE-2014-3572, CVE-2014-8275, CVE-2015-0205
521: and CVE-2015-0206.
522: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 523: </ul>
524: <p>
1.33 schwarze 525: <li>mandoc 1.13.3:
1.1 deraadt 526: <ul>
1.103 tb 527: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=man&sektion=1">man(1)</a>,
528: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=apropos&sektion=1">apropos(1)</a>, and
529: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a>
1.33 schwarze 530: now have a unified user interface, all with the same options,
531: and are in fact all implemented by the same binary program.
1.103 tb 532: <li>For <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=man&sektion=1">man(1)</a>,
1.33 schwarze 533: this implies new options -l and -IKOTW,
534: and it now finds manual pages by the names in their NAME sections
535: even if they lack matching file names.
1.103 tb 536: <li>For <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=apropos&sektion=1">apropos(1)</a>,
1.33 schwarze 537: this implies new options -acfhklw and -IKOTW.
1.103 tb 538: <li>For <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a>,
1.33 schwarze 539: this implies new options -acfhkl.
1.103 tb 540: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a>
1.33 schwarze 541: now automatically detects and transparently accepts input encoded
542: in utf-8 and iso-8859-1, and provides a new option -K to explicitly
543: specify the input encoding.
1.103 tb 544: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a>
1.33 schwarze 545: default output mode now is -Tlocale rather than -Tascii.
1.103 tb 546: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=eqn&sektion=7">eqn(7)</a>
1.33 schwarze 547: now supports in-line equations,
548: and terminal rendering of equations is considerably improved.
1.103 tb 549: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a> -Thtml
1.33 schwarze 550: now generates polyglot HTML5 and renders
1.103 tb 551: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=eqn&sektion=7">eqn(7)</a>
1.33 schwarze 552: using MathML.
1.103 tb 553: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a>
1.33 schwarze 554: can no longer fail with fatal errors, no matter how broken the input
555: file may be, and the -Wfatal message level no longer has any effect.
556: A new diagnostic level -Wunsupp is provided. Besides, many
557: diagnostic messages are now more specific.
558: <li>Many crashes were fixed that Jonathan Gray found with the
559: American Fuzzy Lop (afl).
1.1 deraadt 560: </ul>
561:
562: <p>
1.17 bluhm 563: <li>Syslogd:
564: <ul>
1.103 tb 565: <li>OpenBSD <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
1.52 lteo 566: is based on
1.103 tb 567: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=event&sektion=3">libevent</a>
1.52 lteo 568: now.
1.17 bluhm 569: <li>Sending and receiving UDP messages works with both IPv4 and IPv6.
570: <li>Syslog messages can also be sent over TCP or TLS.
1.20 bluhm 571: The syntax to specify the loghost is documented in
1.103 tb 572: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslog.conf&sektion=5">syslog.conf(5)</a>.
1.20 bluhm 573: <li>Sending over TCP and TLS is reliable.
574: If a connection terminates, syslogd tries to reconnect.
575: When the message buffer in memory gets full, the number of dropped
576: messages is counted and logged.
1.66 deraadt 577: <li>With TLS, the x509 certificate of the syslog server is verified.
1.17 bluhm 578: <li>The maximum message size has been increased according to newer RFC.
579: </ul>
580: <p>
1.1 deraadt 581: <li>Ports and packages:
582: <ul>
1.58 sthen 583: <li>Over 9,000 ports.
1.1 deraadt 584: </ul>
585: <p>
586: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
587: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
588: <tr>
589: <td valign="top" width="25%">
590: <ul>
1.58 sthen 591: <li>i386: 8722
1.86 sthen 592: <li>sparc64: 8184
593: <li>alpha: 6811
1.85 sthen 594: <li>sh: 0
1.1 deraadt 595: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.58 sthen 596: <li>amd64: 8745
1.86 sthen 597: <li>powerpc: 8286
598: <li>m88k: 1148
599: <li>sparc: 4026
1.1 deraadt 600: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.85 sthen 601: <li>arm: 0
1.86 sthen 602: <li>hppa: 6718
603: <li>vax: 1550
1.1 deraadt 604: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.82 deraadt 605: <li>mips64: 1595
606: <li>mips64el: 6914
1.1 deraadt 607: </ul></td></tr></table>
608: <p>
609:
610: <li>Some highlights:
1.67 sthen 611: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
612: <tr>
613: <td valign="top" width="33%"><ul>
614: <li>Chromium 40.0.2214.115
615: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.4
616: <li>GCC 4.8.4 and 4.9.2
617: <li>GHC 7.8.4
618: <li>GNOME 3.14.2
619: <li>Go 1.4.1
620: <li>Groff 1.22.3
621: <li>JDK 1.7.0.71
622: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3
623: <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
624: <li>LibreOffice 4.3.5.2
625: <li>MariaDB 10.0.16
626: <li>Mono 3.12.0
627: <li>Mozilla Firefox 31.4.0esr and 35.0.1
628: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4.0
629: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
630: <li>Node.js 0.10.35
631: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.40
632: <li>PHP 5.3.29, 5.4.38, 5.5.22 and 5.6.5
633: <li>Postfix 2.11.4
634: <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.1
635: <li>Python 2.7.9 and 3.4.2
636: <li>R 3.1.2
637: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.551, 2.0.0.598, 2.1.5, and 2.2.0
1.81 nick 638: <li>Sendmail 8.15.1
1.67 sthen 639: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.16 and 8.6.2
640: <li>TeX Live 2013
641: <li>Vim 7.4.475
642: <li>Xfce 4.10
643: </ul></td><td valign=top width="34%">
644: </td></tr></table>
1.1 deraadt 645: <p>
646:
647: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
648: <p>
649:
650: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
651: <ul>
1.2 lteo 652: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.16.4 + patches,
653: freetype 2.5.5, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 10.2.9, xterm 314,
654: xkeyboard-config 2.13 and more)
1.1 deraadt 655: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.2 lteo 656: <li>Perl 5.20.1 (+ patches)
657: <li>SQLite 3.8.6 (+ patches)
658: <li>NSD 4.1.1
1.22 brad 659: <li>Unbound 1.5.2
1.1 deraadt 660: <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
661: <li>Ncurses 5.7
662: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
663: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
664: <li>Less 458 (+ patches)
665: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
666: </ul>
667:
668: </ul>
669:
670: <a name="install"></a>
671: <hr>
672: <p>
673: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
674: <p>
675: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
676: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
1.16 rpe 677: form of install. The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
1.1 deraadt 678: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
679: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
680: purchased a CDROM instead.
681: <p>
682:
683: <hr>
1.16 rpe 684: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
1.1 deraadt 685: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.7 on your machine:
686: <p>
687: <ul>
1.101 tb 688: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 689: .../OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
1.101 tb 690: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.1 deraadt 691: .../OpenBSD/5.7/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.101 tb 692: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.1 deraadt 693: .../OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
694: <p>
1.101 tb 695: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.1 deraadt 696: .../OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.101 tb 697: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 698: .../OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
699: <p>
1.101 tb 700: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.1 deraadt 701: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
1.101 tb 702: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.1 deraadt 703: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
704: <p>
1.101 tb 705: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.95 deraadt 706: .../OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.101 tb 707: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/armish/INSTALL.armish">
1.1 deraadt 708: .../OpenBSD/5.7/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
1.101 tb 709: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/aviion/INSTALL.aviion">
1.1 deraadt 710: .../OpenBSD/5.7/aviion/INSTALL.aviion</a>
1.101 tb 711: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.95 deraadt 712: .../OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.101 tb 713: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 714: .../OpenBSD/5.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.101 tb 715: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.1 deraadt 716: .../OpenBSD/5.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.101 tb 717: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.1 deraadt 718: .../OpenBSD/5.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.101 tb 719: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.95 deraadt 720: .../OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.101 tb 721: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1 deraadt 722: .../OpenBSD/5.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.101 tb 723: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.1 deraadt 724: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.101 tb 725: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.1 deraadt 726: .../OpenBSD/5.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.101 tb 727: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.95 deraadt 728: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
1.101 tb 729: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.1 deraadt 730: .../OpenBSD/5.7/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
1.101 tb 731: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.1 deraadt 732: .../OpenBSD/5.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
733: </ul>
734: <hr>
735:
736: <p>
737: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
738: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
739: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
740: <p>
741:
742: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
743: <ul>
1.26 tedu 744: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
745: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
746: your BIOS options first.
1.1 deraadt 747:
748: <p>
1.49 bcallah 749: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install57.fs</i> or
750: <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
751:
752: <p>
753: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
1.1 deraadt 754: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
755: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
756:
757: <p>
758: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
759: read INSTALL.i386.
760:
761: </ul>
762:
763: <p>
764: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
765: <ul>
1.26 tedu 766: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
1.1 deraadt 767: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
768: your BIOS options first.
769:
770: <p>
1.49 bcallah 771: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install57.fs</i> or
772: <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
773:
774: <p>
775: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
1.1 deraadt 776: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
777: INSTALL.amd64 document.
778:
779: <p>
780: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
781: read INSTALL.amd64.
782: </ul>
783:
784: <p>
785: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
786: <ul>
1.16 rpe 787: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
1.1 deraadt 788: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
789: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
790:
791: <p>
792: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
793: /5.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
794: </ul>
795:
796: <p>
797: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
798: <ul>
1.87 deraadt 799: <b>
800: <a href="errata57.html#001_sparc64_miniroot">5.7 Errata 001</a>:
801: Unfortunately, 5.7 cannot boot from CDROM on some machines due
802: a bootloader bug.
803: </b>
804: <p>
1.1 deraadt 805: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
806:
807: <p>
808: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
809: <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/floppy57.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/floppyB57.fs</i>
810: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
811: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
812:
813: <p>
814: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
815: will most likely fail.
816:
817: <p>
818: You can also write <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/miniroot57.fs</i> to the swap partition on
819: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
820:
821: <p>
822: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
823: </ul>
824:
825: <p>
826: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
827: <ul>
828: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.7/alpha/floppy57.fs</i> or
829: <i>FTP:5.7/alpha/floppyB57.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
830: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
831:
832: <p>
833: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
834: will most likely fail.
835:
836: </ul>
837:
838: <p>
839: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
840: <ul>
841: <p>
842: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
843: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
844: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
845: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
846: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
847: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
848: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
849: </ul>
850:
851: <p>
852: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
853: <ul>
854: <p>
855: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
856: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
857: </ul>
858:
859: <p>
860: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
861: <ul>
862: <p>
863: Write <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to the start of the CF
864: or disk, and boot normally.
865: </ul>
866:
867: <p>
868: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
869: <ul>
870: <p>
871: Write <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
872: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
873: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
874: </ul>
875: <p>
876:
877: <p>
878: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
879: <ul>
880: <p>
881: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
882: from the PROM, and the bsd.rd from the bootloader.
883: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
884: </ul>
885:
886: <p>
887: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
888: <ul>
889: <p>
890: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
891: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
892: </ul>
893:
894: <p>
895: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
896: <ul>
897: <p>
898: To install, burn cd57.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
899: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
900: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
901: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
902: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
903:
904: <p>
905: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
906: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
907: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
908: </ul>
909:
910: <p>
911: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
912: <ul>
913: <p>
914: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
915: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
916: </ul>
917:
918: <p>
919: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
920: <ul>
921: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
922: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
923:
924: <ul><pre>
925: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
926: or
927: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
928: </pre></ul>
929:
930: <p>
931: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
932: To do so you need to write <i>floppy57.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.99 tj 933: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 934: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
935: depending on the version of your ROM.
936:
937: <ul><pre>
938: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
939: or
940: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
941: </pre></ul>
942:
943: <p>
944: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
945: will most likely fail.
946:
947: <p>
948: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
949: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
950: INSTALL.sparc file.
951: </ul>
952:
953: <p>
954: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
955: <ul>
956: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
957: </ul>
958:
959: <p>
960: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
961: <ul>
962: <p>
963: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
964: openbsd57_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
965: for a few important details.
966: </ul>
967:
1.15 rpe 968: <a name="upgrade"></a>
969: <hr>
970: <p>
971: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
972: <p>
973: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
974: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
975: <a href="faq/upgrade57.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
976:
977: <a name="sourcecode"></a>
978: <hr>
979: <p>
980: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 981: <p>
982: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
983: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
984: in a separate archive. To extract:
985: <p>
986: <ul><pre>
987: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
988: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
989: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
990: </pre></ul>
991: <p>
992: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
993: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
994: To extract:
995: <p>
996: <ul><pre>
997: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
998: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
999: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
1000: </pre></ul>
1001: <p>
1002: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
1003: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1004: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1005: Using these files
1006: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
1007: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1008: <p>
1009:
1010: <a name="ports"></a>
1011: <hr>
1012: <p>
1013: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
1014: <p>
1015: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1016: <p>
1017: <ul><pre>
1018: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
1019: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
1020: </pre></ul>
1021: <p>
1.18 rpe 1022: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 1023: if you know nothing about ports
1024: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
1025: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
1026: OpenBSD ports system.
1027: <p>
1028: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.103 tb 1029: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&sektion=1&arch=i386">
1.1 deraadt 1030: cvs(1)</a> if
1031: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1032: source tree, our ports tree is available via
1033: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1.104 tj 1034: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
1.12 rpe 1035: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
1036: with a command like:
1.1 deraadt 1037: <p>
1038: <ul><pre>
1039: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
1040: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_7</strong>
1041: </pre></ul>
1042: <p>
1043: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
1044: server.]
1045: <p>
1.16 rpe 1046: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.9 jca 1047: ports for the 5.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1 deraadt 1048: <p>
1049: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1050: would like to know more, the mailing list
1051: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1052: <p>
1053: </body>
1054: </html>
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