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1.1       deraadt    21: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.7</font></h2>
                     22: <p>
                     23: Released May 1, 2015<br>
                     24: Copyright 1997-2015, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     25: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-5-9</font>
                     26: <br>
                     27: <a href="lyrics.html#57">5.7 Song: "XXX"</a>
                     28: <p>
                     29:
                     30: <ul>
                     31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">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/5.7/</font> directory on
                     35:     one of the mirror sites.
                     36: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata57.html">the 5.7 errata page</a> for a list
                     37:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     38: <li>See a <a href="plus57.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     39:     5.6 and 5.7 releases.
                     40: <p>
                     41: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&amp;sektion=1">signify(1)</a> pubkeys for this release:<br>
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                     48: <br clear=all>
                     49: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
                     50: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     51: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The
                     52: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
                     53: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     54: <p>
                     55:
                     56: <a name="new"></a>
                     57: <hr>
                     58: <p>
                     59: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     60: <p>
                     61: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.7.
                     62: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus57.html">changelog</a> leading
                     63: to 5.7.
                     64: <p>
                     65:
                     66: <ul>
                     67: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     68:     <ul>
1.5       stsp       69:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/xhci.4?query=xhci&sec=4">xhci(4)</a> driver for USB 3.0 host controllers.
                     70:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/umcs.4?query=umcs&sec=4">umcs(4)</a> driver for MosChip Semiconductor 78x0 USB multiport serial adapters.
                     71:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/skgpio.4?query=skgpio&sec=4">skgpio(4)</a> driver for Soekris net6501 GPIO and LEDs.
                     72:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/uslhcom.4?query=uslhcom&sec=4">uslhcom(4)</a> driver for Silicon Labs CP2110 USB HID based UART.
                     73:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/nep.4?query=nep&sec=4">nep(4)</a> driver for Sun Neptune 10Gb Ethernet devices.
1.22      brad       74:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/iwm.4?query=iwm&sec=4">iwm(4)</a> driver for Intel 7260, 7265, and 3160 wifi cards.
1.5       stsp       75:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/rtsx.4?query=rtsx&sec=4">rtsx(4)</a> driver now supports RTS5227 and RTL8411B card readers.
1.22      brad       76:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/bge.4?query=bge&sec=4">bge(4)</a> driver now supports jumbo frames on various additional BCM57xx chipsets.
1.5       stsp       77:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/ciss.4?query=ciss&sec=4">ciss(4)</a> driver now supports HP Gen9 Smart Array/Smart HBA devices.
1.13      sthen      78:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/mpi.4?query=mpi&sec=4">mpi(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/mfi.4">mfi(4)</a> drivers now have mpsafe interrupt handlers running without the big lock.
1.5       stsp       79:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/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.
                     80:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/pucdata.4?query=pucdata&sec=4">pucdata(4)</a> driver now supports Winchiphead CH382 devices.
                     81:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/sdmmc.4?query=sdmmc&sec=4">sdmmc(4)</a> driver now supports eMMC storage devices larger than 2GB.
                     82:     <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.
                     83:     <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.
                     84:     <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.
                     85:     <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 Surpreme chipsets.
1.7       stsp       86:     <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.
1.5       stsp       87:     <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.
1.7       stsp       88:     <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.
1.5       stsp       89:     <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.
                     90:     <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.
                     91:     <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.
                     92:     <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.
                     93:     <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.
                     94:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/ukbd.4?query=ukbd&sec=4">ukbd(4)</a> driver now supports &quot;wellspring&quot; Apple keyboards.
                     95:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/pms.4?query=pms&sec=4">pms(4)</a> driver now supports click-and-drag with Elantech v4 touchpads.
                     96:     <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.
                     97:     <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.
                     98:     <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.
1.4       stsp       99:     </ul>
                    100: <p>
                    101:
                    102: <li>Removed hardware support:
                    103:     <ul>
1.6       stsp      104:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/lofn.4?query=lofn&sec=4">lofn(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/nofn.4?query=nofn&sec=4">nofn(4)</a> drivers for Hifn crypto accelerator devices have been removed.
                    105:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-5.6/man4/art.4?query=art&sec=4">art(4)</a> driver for Accoom Networks Artery T1/E1 drives has been removed.
                    106:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/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   107:     </ul>
                    108: <p>
                    109:
                    110: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
                    111:     <ul>
                    112:     <li>...
                    113:     </ul>
                    114: <p>
                    115:
1.10      rpe       116: <li>Installer improvements:
                    117:     <ul>
                    118:     <li>The <tt>etc</tt> and <tt>xetc</tt> sets are now part of <tt>base</tt> and
                    119:       <tt>xbase</tt> and are not distributed separately anymore. They are extracted
1.25      tedu      120:       from <tt>base</tt> and <tt>xbase</tt> during installation and upgrade.<br>
                    121:       <b>Note that this includes the <tt>rc</tt> and <tt>rc.conf</tt> files!</b>
1.10      rpe       122:     <li>The installer now supports
                    123:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/trunk.4?query=trunk&sec=4">trunk(4)</a>
                    124:       interfaces during upgrades.
                    125:     <li>The discovery of the responsefile location for unattended installation and
                    126:       upgrade has been extended to be more flexible.
                    127:       <ul>
                    128:       <li>Ask for the location if dhcp discovery fails for location or mode.
                    129:       <li>Provide a default url if the 'next-server' dhcp option is found.
                    130:       <li>Use <tt>/auto_install.conf</tt> or <tt>/auto_upgrade.conf</tt> if present.
                    131:       <li>Automatically start installer in unattended mode if either one of these
                    132:         files is present when the system boots.
                    133:       </ul>
                    134:     </ul>
                    135: <p>
                    136:
1.1       deraadt   137: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
                    138:     <ul>
1.27      tedu      139:     <li>nginx, sliplogin, rtsol, and rtsold have been removed.
1.1       deraadt   140:     <li>...
                    141:     </ul>
                    142: <p>
                    143:
1.2       lteo      144: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.4:
1.1       deraadt   145:     <ul>
                    146:     <li>...
                    147:     </ul>
                    148: <p>
                    149:
                    150: <li>Security improvements:
                    151:     <ul>
1.27      tedu      152:     <li>Stricter enforcement of W^X in the kernel address space.
                    153:     <li>Support for loadable kernel modules has been removed.
                    154:     <li>prcofs has been removed.
1.1       deraadt   155:     <li>...
                    156:     </ul>
                    157: <p>
                    158:
                    159: <li>Assorted improvements:
                    160:     <ul>
1.27      tedu      161:     <li>New rcctl utility to control daemons.
                    162:     <li>fw_update has been rewritten to be faster and smarter.
1.19      bluhm     163:     <li>Cleanup <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=event&amp;sektion=3">libevent(3)</a>,
                    164:        the compatibility layer for other operating systems has been removed.
                    165:        The API is still compatible with upstream libevent 1.4.15-stable.
1.21      bluhm     166:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl&amp;sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
                    167:        s_client got a -proxy parameter for connecting over a HTTP proxy.
1.24      tedu      168:     <li>Ground work laid for improved SMP scalability.
                    169:     <li>Improved standards compliance in system header files.
                    170:     <li>Improved portability in many userland components by reducing reliance
                    171:        on historic BSD header files.
1.27      tedu      172:     <li>gzsig has been removed.
1.1       deraadt   173:     <li>...
                    174:     </ul>
                    175: <p>
                    176:
1.3       sobrado   177: <li>OpenSSH 6.8
1.1       deraadt   178:     <ul>
                    179:     <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
                    180:       <ul>
1.3       sobrado   181:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    182:         <tt>UseDNS</tt> now defaults to 'no'.  Configurations that match
                    183:         against the client host name (via
                    184:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    185:         or <tt>authorized_keys</tt>) may need to re-enable it or convert to
                    186:         matching against addresses.
1.1       deraadt   187:       </ul>
                    188:     <li>New/changed features:
                    189:       <ul>
1.3       sobrado   190:       <li>Much of OpenSSH's internal code has been re-factored to be more
                    191:         library-like.  These changes are mostly not user-visible, but
                    192:         have greatly improved OpenSSH's testability and internal layout.
                    193:       <li>Add <tt>FingerprintHash</tt> option to
                    194:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
                    195:         and
                    196:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>,
                    197:         and equivalent command-line flags to the other tools to control
                    198:         algorithm used for key fingerprints.  The default changes from MD5
                    199:         to SHA256 and format from hex to base64.  Fingerprints now have the
                    200:         hash algorithm prepended.  Please note that visual host keys will also
                    201:         be different.
                    202:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    203:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.28    ! sobrado   204:         Experiemental host key rotation support.  Add a protocol extension
        !           205:         for a server to inform a client of all its available host keys after
        !           206:         authentication has completed.  The client may record the keys in
        !           207:         <tt>known_hosts</tt>, allowing it to upgrade to better host key
        !           208:         algorithms and a server to gracefully rotate its keys.  The client
        !           209:         side of this is controlled by a <tt>UpdateHostkeys</tt> config option
        !           210:         (default off).
1.3       sobrado   211:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    212:         Add a
                    213:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    214:         <tt>HostbasedKeyType</tt> option to control which host public key types
                    215:         are tried during host-based authentication.
                    216:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    217:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    218:         fix connection-killing host key mismatch errors when
                    219:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    220:         offers multiple ECDSA keys of different lengths.
                    221:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    222:         when host name canonicalisation is enabled, try to parse host names
                    223:         as addresses before looking them up for canonicalisation.  Fixes
                    224:         bz#2074 and avoiding needless DNS lookups in some cases.
                    225:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>,
                    226:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    227:         <i>Key Revocation Lists</i> (KRLs) no longer require OpenSSH to be
                    228:         compiled with OpenSSL support.
                    229:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    230:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keysign&amp;sektion=8">ssh-keysign(8)</a>:
                    231:         Make ed25519 keys work for host based authentication.
                    232:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    233:         SSH protocol v.1 workaround for the Meyer, et al., <i>Bleichenbacher
                    234:         Side Channel Attack</i>.  Fake up a bignum key before RSA decryption.
                    235:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    236:         Remember which public keys have been used for authentication and
                    237:         refuse to accept previously-used keys.  This allows
                    238:         <tt>AuthenticationMethods=publickey,publickey</tt> to require that
                    239:         users authenticate using two <i>different</i> public keys.
                    240:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    241:         add
                    242:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    243:         <tt>HostbasedAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> and <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt>
                    244:         options to allow
                    245:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    246:         to control what public key types will be accepted.  Currently defaults
                    247:         to all.
                    248:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    249:         Don't count partial authentication success as a failure against
                    250:         <tt>MaxAuthTries</tt>.
                    251:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    252:         Add <tt>RevokedHostKeys</tt> option for the client to allow text-file
                    253:         or KRL-based revocation of host keys.
                    254:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>,
                    255:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    256:         Permit KRLs that revoke certificates by serial number or key ID without
                    257:         scoping to a particular CA.
                    258:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    259:         Add a "Match canonical" criteria that allows
                    260:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    261:         <tt>Match</tt> blocks to trigger only in the second config pass.
                    262:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    263:         Add a <tt>-G</tt> option to
                    264:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
                    265:         that causes it to parse its configuration and dump the result to
                    266:         stdout, similar to "<tt>sshd -T</tt>".
                    267:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    268:         Allow <tt>Match</tt> criteria to be negated
                    269:         (e.g. "<tt>Match !host</tt>").
                    270:       <li>The regression test suite has been extended to cover more OpenSSH
                    271:         features.  The unit tests have been expanded and now cover key
                    272:         exchange.
1.1       deraadt   273:       </ul>
                    274:     <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
                    275:       <ul>
1.3       sobrado   276:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
                    277:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>
                    278:         has been made much more robust again servers that hang or violate
                    279:         the SSH protocol.
                    280:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    281:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    282:         Fix regression bz#2306: Key path names were being lost as comment
                    283:         fields.
                    284:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    285:         Allow
                    286:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
                    287:         <tt>Port</tt> options set in the second config parse phase to be
                    288:         applied (they were being ignored).  (bz#2286)
                    289:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    290:         Tweak config re-parsing with host canonicalisation&#151;make the
                    291:         second pass through the config files always run when host name
                    292:         canonicalisation is enabled (and not whenever the host name changes).
                    293:         (bz#2267)
                    294:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    295:         Fix passing of wildcard forward bind addresses when connection
                    296:         multiplexing is in use.  (bz#2324)
                    297:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    298:         Fix broken private key conversion from non-OpenSSH formats.  (bz#2345)
                    299:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    300:         Fix KRL generation bug when multiple CAs are in use.
                    301:       <li>Various fixes to manual pages.  (bz#2273, bz#2288 and bz#2316)
1.1       deraadt   302:       </ul>
                    303:     </ul>
                    304: <p>
                    305:
                    306: <li>LibreSSL
                    307:     <ul>
1.23      tedu      308:     <li>Fix a Bleichenbacher style timing oracle with bad PKCS padding.
1.27      tedu      309:     <li>Move openssl(1) from /usr/sbin/openssl to /usr/bin/openssl
1.1       deraadt   310:     <li>...
                    311:     </ul>
                    312: <p>
1.2       lteo      313: <li>mandoc 1.13.2:
1.1       deraadt   314:     <ul>
                    315:     <li>...
                    316:     </ul>
                    317:
                    318: <p>
1.17      bluhm     319: <li>Syslogd:
                    320:     <ul>
1.20      bluhm     321:     <li>OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&amp;sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
                    322:        is based on libevent now.
1.17      bluhm     323:     <li>Sending and receiving UDP messages works with both IPv4 and IPv6.
                    324:     <li>Syslog messages can also be sent over TCP or TLS.
1.20      bluhm     325:        The syntax to specify the loghost is documented in
                    326:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslog.conf&amp;sektion=5">syslog.conf(5)</a>.
                    327:     <li>Sending over TCP and TLS is reliable.
                    328:        If a connection terminates, syslogd tries to reconnect.
                    329:        When the message buffer in memory gets full, the number of dropped
                    330:        messages is counted and logged.
1.17      bluhm     331:     <li>With TLS the x509 certificate of the syslog server is verified.
                    332:     <li>The maximum message size has been increased according to newer RFC.
                    333:     </ul>
                    334: <p>
1.1       deraadt   335: <li>Ports and packages:
                    336:     <ul>
                    337:     <li>Over X,XXX ports.
                    338:     </ul>
                    339: <p>
                    340: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    341:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    342:     <tr>
                    343:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
                    344:     <ul>
                    345:       <li>i386:       XXXX
                    346:       <li>sparc64:    XXXX
                    347:       <li>alpha:      XXXX
                    348:       <li>sh:         XXXX
                    349:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    350:       <li>amd64:      XXXX
                    351:       <li>powerpc:    XXXX
                    352:       <li>m88k:       XXXX
                    353:       <li>sparc:      XXXX
                    354:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    355:       <li>arm:        XXXX
                    356:       <li>hppa:       XXXX
                    357:       <li>vax:        XXXX
                    358:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    359:       <li>mips64:     XXXX
                    360:       <li>mips64el:   XXXX
                    361:   </ul></td></tr></table>
                    362: <p>
                    363:
                    364: <li>Some highlights:
                    365:     <ul>
1.2       lteo      366:     <li>GNOME 3.14.2                   <li>KDE 3.5.10
1.8       jca       367:     <li>KDE 4.14.3                     <li>Xfce 4.10
                    368:     <li>MariaDB 10.0.16                        <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.1
                    369:     <li>Postfix 2.11.4                 <li>Sendmail 8.15.1
1.11      jca       370:     <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.40     <li>Mozilla Firefox 31.4.0esr and 35.0.1
1.2       lteo      371:     <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4.0     <li>GHC 7.8.4
                    372:     <li>LibreOffice 4.3.5.2            <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.4
                    373:     <li>Vim 7.4.475                    <li>PHP 5.3.29, 5.4.38, 5.5.22 and 5.6.5
                    374:     <li>Python 2.7.9 and 3.4.2         <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.551, 2.0.0.598, 2.1.5, and 2.2.0
                    375:     <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.16 and 8.6.2                <li>JDK 1.7.0.71
                    376:     <li>Mono 3.12.0                    <li>Chromium 40.0.2214.114
                    377:     <li>Groff 1.22.3                   <li>Go 1.4.1
                    378:     <li>GCC 4.8.4 and 4.9.2            <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
                    379:     <li>Node.js 0.10.35
1.1       deraadt   380:     </ul>
                    381: <p>
                    382:
                    383: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    384: <p>
                    385:
                    386: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    387:     <ul>
1.2       lteo      388:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.16.4 + patches,
                    389:       freetype 2.5.5, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 10.2.9, xterm 314,
                    390:       xkeyboard-config 2.13 and more)
1.1       deraadt   391:     <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.2       lteo      392:     <li>Perl 5.20.1 (+ patches)
                    393:     <li>SQLite 3.8.6 (+ patches)
                    394:     <li>NSD 4.1.1
1.22      brad      395:     <li>Unbound 1.5.2
1.1       deraadt   396:     <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
                    397:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
                    398:     <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    399:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    400:     <li>Less 458 (+ patches)
                    401:     <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
                    402:     </ul>
                    403:
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <a name="install"></a>
                    407: <hr>
                    408: <p>
                    409: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    410: <p>
                    411: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    412: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
1.16      rpe       413: form of install.  The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
1.1       deraadt   414: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    415: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    416: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    417: <p>
                    418:
                    419: <hr>
1.16      rpe       420: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
1.1       deraadt   421: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.7 on your machine:
                    422: <p>
                    423: <ul>
                    424: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.alpha">
                    425:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
                    426: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/i386/INSTALL.i386">
                    427:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
                    428: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    429:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
                    430: <p>
                    431: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
                    432:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
                    433: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    434:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
                    435: <p>
                    436: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
                    437:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
                    438: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
                    439:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
                    440: <p>
                    441: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
                    442:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
                    443: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/armish/INSTALL.armish">
                    444:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
                    445: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/aviion/INSTALL.aviion">
                    446:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/aviion/INSTALL.aviion</a>
                    447: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    448:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
                    449: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
                    450:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
                    451: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
                    452:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
                    453: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
                    454:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
                    455: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    456:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
                    457: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
                    458:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
                    459: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
                    460:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
                    461: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
                    462:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
                    463: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
                    464:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
                    465: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/vax/INSTALL.vax">
                    466:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
                    467: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
                    468:        .../OpenBSD/5.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
                    469: </ul>
                    470: <hr>
                    471:
                    472: <p>
                    473: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    474: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    475: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    476: <p>
                    477:
                    478: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    479: <ul>
1.26      tedu      480: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
                    481: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    482: your BIOS options first.
1.1       deraadt   483:
                    484: <p>
                    485: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    486: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    487: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    488:
                    489: <p>
                    490: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    491: read INSTALL.i386.
                    492:
                    493: </ul>
                    494:
                    495: <p>
                    496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    497: <ul>
1.26      tedu      498: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
1.1       deraadt   499: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    500: your BIOS options first.
                    501:
                    502: <p>
                    503: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    504: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    505: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    506:
                    507: <p>
                    508: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    509: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    510: </ul>
                    511:
                    512: <p>
                    513: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    514: <ul>
1.16      rpe       515: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
1.1       deraadt   516: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
                    517: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    518:
                    519: <p>
                    520: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    521: /5.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    522: </ul>
                    523:
                    524: <p>
                    525: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    526: <ul>
                    527: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    528:
                    529: <p>
                    530: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    531: <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/floppy57.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/floppyB57.fs</i>
                    532: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    533: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    534:
                    535: <p>
                    536: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    537: will most likely fail.
                    538:
                    539: <p>
                    540: You can also write <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/miniroot57.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    541: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    542:
                    543: <p>
                    544: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    545: </ul>
                    546:
                    547: <p>
                    548: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    549: <ul>
                    550: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.7/alpha/floppy57.fs</i> or
                    551: <i>FTP:5.7/alpha/floppyB57.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    552: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    553:
                    554: <p>
                    555: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    556: will most likely fail.
                    557:
                    558: </ul>
                    559:
                    560: <p>
                    561: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    562: <ul>
                    563: <p>
                    564: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    565: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    566: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    567: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    568: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    569: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    570: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    571: </ul>
                    572:
                    573: <p>
                    574: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    575: <ul>
                    576: <p>
                    577: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    578: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    579: </ul>
                    580:
                    581: <p>
                    582: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    583: <ul>
                    584: <p>
                    585: Write <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    586: or disk, and boot normally.
                    587: </ul>
                    588:
                    589: <p>
                    590: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
                    591: <ul>
                    592: <p>
                    593: Write <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    594: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    595: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    596: </ul>
                    597: <p>
                    598:
                    599: <p>
                    600: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    601: <ul>
                    602: <p>
                    603: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
                    604: from the PROM, and the bsd.rd from the bootloader.
                    605: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    606: </ul>
                    607:
                    608: <p>
                    609: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
                    610: <ul>
                    611: <p>
                    612: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    613: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
                    614: </ul>
                    615:
                    616: <p>
                    617: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    618: <ul>
                    619: <p>
                    620: To install, burn cd57.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
                    621: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    622: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
                    623: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
                    624: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    625:
                    626: <p>
                    627: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
                    628: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
                    629: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    630: </ul>
                    631:
                    632: <p>
                    633: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
                    634: <ul>
                    635: <p>
                    636: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    637: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
                    638: </ul>
                    639:
                    640: <p>
                    641: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    642: <ul>
                    643: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    644: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    645:
                    646: <ul><pre>
                    647: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    648: or
                    649: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    650: </pre></ul>
                    651:
                    652: <p>
                    653: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    654: To do so you need to write <i>floppy57.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    655: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
                    656: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    657: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    658:
                    659: <ul><pre>
                    660: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    661: or
                    662: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    663: </pre></ul>
                    664:
                    665: <p>
                    666: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    667: will most likely fail.
                    668:
                    669: <p>
                    670: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    671: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    672: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    673: </ul>
                    674:
                    675: <p>
                    676: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    677: <ul>
                    678: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    679: </ul>
                    680:
                    681: <p>
                    682: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    683: <ul>
                    684: <p>
                    685: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    686: openbsd57_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    687: for a few important details.
                    688: </ul>
                    689:
1.15      rpe       690: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    691: <hr>
                    692: <p>
                    693: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    694: <p>
                    695: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    696: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    697: <a href="faq/upgrade57.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    698:
                    699: <a name="sourcecode"></a>
                    700: <hr>
                    701: <p>
                    702: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   703: <p>
                    704: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    705: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    706: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    707: <p>
                    708: <ul><pre>
                    709: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    710: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    711: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    712: </pre></ul>
                    713: <p>
                    714: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    715: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    716: To extract:
                    717: <p>
                    718: <ul><pre>
                    719: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    720: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    721: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    722: </pre></ul>
                    723: <p>
                    724: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    725: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    726: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    727: Using these files
                    728: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    729: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    730: <p>
                    731:
                    732: <a name="ports"></a>
                    733: <hr>
                    734: <p>
                    735: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    736: <p>
                    737: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    738: <p>
                    739: <ul><pre>
                    740: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    741: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    742: </pre></ul>
                    743: <p>
1.18      rpe       744: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1.1       deraadt   745: if you know nothing about ports
                    746: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    747: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    748: OpenBSD ports system.
                    749: <p>
                    750: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    751: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&amp;sektion=1&amp;arch=i386">
                    752: cvs(1)</a> if
                    753: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    754: source tree, our ports tree is available via
                    755: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1.12      rpe       756: So, in order to keep up to date with the <i>-stable</i> branch, you must make
                    757: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
                    758: with a command like:
1.1       deraadt   759: <p>
                    760: <ul><pre>
                    761: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
                    762: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_7</strong>
                    763: </pre></ul>
                    764: <p>
                    765: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
                    766: server.]
                    767: <p>
1.16      rpe       768: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.9       jca       769: ports for the 5.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1       deraadt   770: <p>
                    771: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    772: would like to know more, the mailing list
                    773: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
                    774: <p>
                    775: </body>
                    776: </html>