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1.1       deraadt    19: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.8</font></h2>
                     20: <p>
1.7       deraadt    21: To be released Oct 18, 2015<br>
1.1       deraadt    22: Copyright 1997-2015, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     23: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-6-6</font>
                     24: <br>
1.46      deraadt    25: 5.8 Songs: <a href="lyrics.html#58b">"Fanza"</a>,
1.50      deraadt    26:     <a href="lyrics.html#58c">"So much better"</a>,
                     27:     <a href="lyrics.html#58d">"A Year in the Life"</a>
1.1       deraadt    28: <ul>
                     29: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
                     30: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
                     31:     a list of mirror machines.
                     32: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.8/</font> directory on
                     33:     one of the mirror sites.
                     34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata58.html">the 5.8 errata page</a> for a list
                     35:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     36: <li>See a <a href="plus58.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     37:     5.7 and 5.8 releases.
                     38: <p>
                     39: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&amp;sektion=1">signify(1)</a> pubkeys for this release:<br>
                     40: <pre>
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                     47: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
                     48: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     49: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The
                     50: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
                     51: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
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                     53:
                     54: <a name="new"></a>
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                     56: <p>
                     57: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     58: <p>
                     59: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.8.
                     60: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus58.html">changelog</a> leading
                     61: to 5.8.
                     62: <p>
                     63:
                     64: <ul>
                     65: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     66:     <ul>
1.36      mpi        67:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtwn&amp;sec=4">rtwn(4)</a> driver for Realtek RTL8188CE wifi cards.
1.51      sobrado    68:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hpb&amp;sec=4&amp;arch=macppc">hpb(4)</a> driver for HyperTransport bridges as found in the IBM CPC945.
1.23      guenther   69:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugold&amp;sec=4">ugold(4)</a> driver now supports TEMPerHUMV1.x temperature and humidity sensors.
                     70:     <li>Improved sensor support for the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=upd&amp;sec=4">upd(4)</a> driver for USB Power Devices (UPS).
                     71:     <li>Support for jumbo frames on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&amp;sec=4">re(4)</a> devices using RTL8168C/D/E/F/G and RTL8411, including PC Engines APU.
                     72:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&amp;sec=4">re(4)</a> now works with newer devices e.g. RTL8111GU.
                     73:     <li>Partial support has been added for full-speed isochronous devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&amp;sec=4">ehci(4)</a>, allowing USB 1.1 audio devices to be used on EHCI-only systems in some cases.
1.51      sobrado    74:     <li>Improved macppc stability and G5 performances with MP kernels.
1.23      guenther   75:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpicpu&amp;sec=4">acpicpu(4)</a> uses ACPI C-state information to reduce power consumption of idle CPUs.
                     76:     <li>Kernel supports x86 AVX instructions on CPUs that have them.
1.31      krw        77:     <li>Avoid assigning low address to PCI BARs, fixing various issues on machines whose BIOSes neglect to claim low memory.
1.43      bentley    78:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&amp;sec=4">wscons(4)</a> works with even more odd trackpads.
                     79:     <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pvbus&amp;sec=4">pvbus(4)</a> paravirtual device tree root on virtual machines that are running on hypervisors.
1.39      jasper     80:     <li>New octdwctwo(4) driver for USB support on OpenBSD/octeon.
1.52      lteo       81:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=amdcf&amp;sec=4">amdcf(4)</a> driver for embedded flash on OpenBSD/octeon.
1.1       deraadt    82:     <li>...
                     83:     </ul>
                     84: <p>
                     85:
                     86: <li>Removed hardware support:
                     87:     <ul>
1.45      schwarze   88:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-5.7/man4/lmc.4?query=lmc&amp;sec=4">lmc(4)</a> driver for Lan Media Corporation SSI/T1/DS1/HSSI/DS3 devices has been removed.
                     89:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-5.7/man4/san.4?query=san&amp;sec=4">san(4)</a> driver for Sangoma Technologies AFT T1/E1 devices has been removed.
1.1       deraadt    90:     <li>...
                     91:     </ul>
                     92: <p>
                     93:
                     94: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
                     95:     <ul>
1.13      sthen      96:     <li>MTU of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&amp;sektion=4">vlan(4)</a> devices can now be set independently from the parent interface's MTU.
                     97:     <li>The same network range can now be assigned to multiple interfaces, using interface priorities to choose between them.
1.23      guenther   98:     <li>New <!-- experimental? --> MPLS pseudowire driver <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpw&amp;sektion=4">mpw(4)</a>.
1.1       deraadt    99:     <li>...
                    100:     </ul>
                    101: <p>
                    102:
                    103: <li>Installer improvements:
                    104:     <ul>
1.33      rpe       105:     <li>The logic of the 'Allow root ssh login?' question has been changed.
1.29      rpe       106:       <ul>
                    107:       <li>The default answer is now 'no'.
                    108:       <li>'prohibit-password' has been added to the list of possible answers.
                    109:       </ul>
1.45      schwarze  110:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autoinstall&amp;sec=8">autoinstall(8)</a>
1.29      rpe       111:       has been extended to allow
                    112:       <ul>
                    113:       <li><tt>hostname-mode.conf</tt> response file names.
                    114:       <li>response files to be placed in a subdir of the webserver's document root.
                    115:       <li>passing a template file to
1.45      schwarze  116:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&amp;sec=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.29      rpe       117:         to automatically partition the disk.
                    118:       </ul>
1.45      schwarze  119:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&amp;sec=8">ntpd(8)</a>
1.29      rpe       120:       is now enabled by default at install time.
1.21      guenther  121:     <li>DUID support has improved enough that new installs now use them unconditionally.
1.29      rpe       122:     <li>Installing sets from CD-ROM has been fixed if more than one CD-ROM drive is present.
                    123:     <li>The 'Which CD-ROM contains the install media?' question has been removed.
                    124:       Available cdrom devices are now shown directly in the 'Location of sets?' prompt.
1.1       deraadt   125:     </ul>
                    126: <p>
                    127:
                    128: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
                    129:     <ul>
1.13      sthen     130:     <li>Many improvements and simplifications in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldpd&amp;sektion=8">ldpd(8)</a>, including configuration reload and support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpw&amp;sektion=4">mpw(4)</a> pseudowire interfaces.
                    131:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&amp;sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> now allows rules to match on the peer AS number.
                    132:     <li>For terminated BGP sessions, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpctl&amp;sektion=8">bgpctl(8)</a> now displays the number of prefixes received on the last session.
                    133:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&amp;sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> now correctly handles <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&amp;sektion=4">carp(4)</a> interfaces in "backup" mode at startup.
                    134:     <li>Log messages in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&amp;sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&amp;sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> have been made more specific.
                    135:     <li>The default Diffie-Hellman group for VPNs configured by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec.conf&amp;sektion=5">ipsec.conf(5)</a> has been changed to modp3072.
1.41      yasuoka   136:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radiusd&amp;sektion=8">radiusd(8)</a>,
                    137:       Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) daemon.
1.1       deraadt   138:     <li>...
1.6       deraadt   139:     </ul>
1.1       deraadt   140: <p>
                    141:
                    142: <li>Security improvements:
                    143:     <ul>
1.38      jsg       144:     <li>sudo in base has been replaced with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=doas&amp;sektion=1">doas(1)</a>, sudo is available as a package.
1.13      sthen     145:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=file&amp;sektion=1">file(1)</a> has been replaced with a new modern implementation, including sandbox and privilege separation.
1.52      lteo      146:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pax&amp;sektion=1">pax(1)</a> (and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tar&amp;sektion=1">tar(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cpio&amp;sektion=1">cpio(1)</a>) now prevent archive extraction from escaping the current directory via symlinks; <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tar&amp;sektion=1">tar(1)</a> without <tt>-P</tt> option now strips up through any "<tt>..</tt>" path components.
1.23      guenther  147:     <li>Improved kernel checks of ELF headers.
1.13      sthen     148:     <li>...  <!-- talk about improved W^X / i386 PAE -->
1.1       deraadt   149:     </ul>
                    150: <p>
                    151:
                    152: <li>Assorted improvements:
                    153:     <ul>
1.11      tedu      154:     <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=worm&amp;sektion=6">worm(6)</a>
                    155:     now grows at a rate proportional to terminal size.
1.21      guenther  156:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dlfcn&amp;sektion=3">dlclose(3)</a> now unregisters handlers registered by a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthread_atfork&amp;sektion=3">pthread_atfork(3)</a> call from the unloaded libraries.
                    157:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cp&amp;sektion=1">cp(1)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mv&amp;sektion=1">mv(1)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pax&amp;sektion=1">pax(1)</a> with the <tt>-rw</tt> option now preserve timestamps with full nanosecond precision.
                    158:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pax&amp;sektion=1">pax(1)</a> now detects failure to decompress an archive when reading it and errors out immediately.
                    159:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nm&amp;sektion=1">nm(1)</a> now supports the <tt>-D</tt> option for displaying the dynamic symbol table.
                    160:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dump&amp;sektion=8">dump(8)</a> now uses DUIDs in <tt>/etc/dumpdates</tt> when present and the <tt>-U</tt> option has thus been removed.
                    161:     <li>Corrected <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kdump&amp;sektion=1">kdump(1)</a> reporting of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lseek&amp;sektion=2">lseek(2)</a> return value on ILP32 archs and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getsockopt&amp;sektion=2">getsockopt/setsockopt(2)</a> level and optname arguments.  <tt>iovec</tt>, <tt>msghdr</tt>, and <tt>cmsghdr</tt> structures are now dumped.
                    162:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sed&amp;sektion=1">sed(1)</a> <tt>-i</tt> option added.
1.44      schwarze  163:     <li>New, much simpler <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man.conf&amp;sektion=5">man.conf(5)</a> configuration file format
                    164:        for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man&amp;sektion=1">man(1)</a>,
                    165:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apropos&amp;sektion=1">apropos(1)</a>,
                    166:        and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=makewhatis&amp;sektion=8">makewhatis(8)</a>.
                    167:     <li>When using <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man&amp;sektion=1">man(1)</a>
                    168:        with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&amp;sektion=1">less(1)</a> pager,
                    169:        support the <tt>:t</tt> internal command
                    170:        to search for definitions of keywords similar to what
                    171:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ctags&amp;sektion=1">ctags(1)</a> provides.
1.21      guenther  172:     <li>Improvements in checking of numeric option values in <b>many</b> utilities.
1.22      guenther  173:     <li>Upgraded to binutils version 2.17 with additional fixes.
                    174:     <li>Static PIE support for sparc.
                    175:     <li>Alpha switched to secure PLT.
1.23      guenther  176:     <li>Improved correctness of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&amp;sektion=2">poll(2)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&amp;sektion=2">poll(2)</a> of <tt>O_RDONLY</tt> FIFO fds.
                    177:     <li>Restored reporting of closed sockets by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=netstat&amp;sektion=1">netstat(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&amp;sektion=1">systat(1)</a>.
1.31      krw       178:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&amp;sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now zeros correct GPT sector at end of disk.
                    179:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&amp;sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now accepts 'T' sizes for terabytes.
                    180:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&amp;sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> repaired to work on 4K sector disks again.
                    181:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> now logs correct giaddr and ciaddr information even when DHCP relays are present.
                    182:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> now accommodates Linux and MS clients by not sending routers or static routes info when classless static routes are sent.
                    183:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&amp;sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> now accept hostnames beginning with a digit.
                    184:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&amp;sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> no longer rejects leases with addresses overlapping existing subnets on other interfaces. Kernel routing logic now just works.
1.48      tedu      185:     <li>Improvements to realloc decrease system calls and increase efficiency.
1.23      guenther  186:     <li>... <!-- talk about reaper -->
1.1       deraadt   187:     </ul>
                    188: <p>
                    189:
                    190: <li>OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&amp;sektion=8">httpd(8)</a>:
                    191:     <ul>
1.34      reyk      192:     <li>New features:
                    193:       <ul>
                    194:       <li>Added support for matching and redirections with Lua <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man7/patterns.7">patterns(7)</a>.
                    195:       <li>Implemented If-Modified-Since for conditional GET or HEAD requests (RFC 7232).
                    196:       <li>Added byte-range support for range requests (RFC 7233).
                    197:       <li>Allowing to specify a global or per-location default media type instead of <tt>application/octet-stream</tt>.
                    198:       <li>Added support for HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS; RFC 6797).
                    199:       <li>Added initial regression test suite based on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man8/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a>'s implementation.
                    200:       </ul>
                    201:     <li>Fixes and improvements:
                    202:       <ul>
                    203:       <li>TLS in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man8/httpd.8">httpd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man8/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a> now defaults to TLSv1.2-only.
                    204:       <li>Fixed support for large TLS keys or certificate bundles with up to 16KB each.
                    205:       <li>Fixed the Content-Length header for files larger than 2 GB on 32-bit architectures.
                    206:       <li>Fixed translation of CGI environment variables in accordance with RFCs 7230 and 3875.
                    207:       <li>Improved memory usage and fixed possible memory exhaustion on large file transfers.
                    208:       <li>Added URL-encoding of specific CGI variables before using them in the Location header.
                    209:       <li>Prepend files or directories containing ":" with "./" in directory indexes as per RFC 3986.
                    210:       <li>Allowing to specify characters like "?" in the Location URI.
                    211:       <li>Various other bug fixes and improvements.
                    212:       </ul>
1.1       deraadt   213:     </ul>
                    214: <p>
                    215:
                    216: <li>OpenSMTPD X.X.X
                    217:     <ul>
                    218:     <li>...
                    219:     </ul>
                    220: <p>
                    221:
1.15      sobrado   222: <li>OpenSSH 7.0
1.1       deraadt   223:     <ul>
1.15      sobrado   224:     <li>Security:
                    225:       <ul>
1.27      sobrado   226:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    227:         when forwarding X11 connections with <tt>ForwardX11Trusted=no</tt>,
                    228:         connections made after <tt>ForwardX11Timeout</tt> expired could be
                    229:         permitted and no longer subject to XSECURITY restrictions because of
                    230:         an ineffective timeout check in
                    231:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
                    232:         coupled with "fail open" behaviour in the X11 server when clients
                    233:         attempted connections with expired credentials.
                    234:         This problem was reported by Jann Horn.
                    235:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
                    236:         fix weakness of agent locking (<tt>ssh-add -x</tt>) to
                    237:         password guessing by implementing an increasing failure delay,
                    238:         storing a salted hash of the password rather than the password
                    239:         itself and using a timing-safe comparison function for verifying
                    240:         unlock attempts.  This problem was reported by Ryan Castellucci.
1.15      sobrado   241:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    242:         OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 incorrectly set TTYs to be world-writable.
                    243:         Local attackers may be able to write arbitrary messages to logged-in
                    244:         users, including terminal escape sequences.
                    245:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    246:         fix circumvention of <tt>MaxAuthTries</tt> using keyboard-interactive
                    247:         authentication.  By specifying a long, repeating keyboard-interactive
                    248:         "devices" string, an attacker could request the same authentication
                    249:         method be tried thousands of times in a single pass.  The
                    250:         <tt>LoginGraceTime</tt> timeout in
                    251:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    252:         and any authentication failure delays implemented by the authentication
                    253:         mechanism itself were still applied.
                    254:       </ul>
1.1       deraadt   255:     <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
                    256:       <ul>
1.15      sobrado   257:       <li>Support for the legacy <i>SSH version 1 protocol</i> is disabled by
                    258:         default at compile time.
                    259:       <li>Support for the 1024-bit diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 key exchange
                    260:         is disabled by default at run-time.  It may be re-enabled using
                    261:         the instructions at <tt>http://www.openssh.com/legacy.html</tt>.
                    262:       <li>Support for <tt>ssh-dss</tt>, <tt>ssh-dss-cert-*</tt> <i>host</i>
                    263:         and <i>user</i> keys is disabled by default at run-time.  These may
                    264:         be re-enabled using the instructions at
                    265:         <tt>http://www.openssh.com/legacy.html</tt>.
                    266:       <li>Support for the legacy <i>v00 cert format</i> has been removed.
                    267:       <li>The default for the
                    268:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    269:         <tt>PermitRootLogin</tt> option has changed from "yes" to
1.51      sobrado   270:         "prohibit-password" (but the OpenBSD installer defaults to "no").
1.47      deraadt   271:       <li><b>NOTE:  'PermitRootLogin prohibit-password' is subtly broken
                    272:        in the OpenBSD 5.8 / OpenSSH 7.0; see
                    273:        <a href="errata58.html#001_sshd">5.8 errata 001</a>.</b>
1.1       deraadt   274:       </ul>
                    275:     <li>New/changed features:
                    276:       <ul>
1.27      sobrado   277:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    278:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    279:         promote <tt>chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com</tt> to be the default
                    280:         cipher.
                    281:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    282:         support admin-specified arguments to <tt>AuthorizedKeysCommand</tt>.
                    283:         (bz#2081)
                    284:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    285:         add <tt>AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand</tt> that allows retrieving
                    286:         authorized principals information from a subprocess rather than a
                    287:         file.
                    288:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    289:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-add&amp;sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>:
                    290:         support PKCS#11 devices with external PIN entry devices.  (bz#2240)
                    291:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    292:         allow GSSAPI host credential check to be relaxed for multihomed
                    293:         hosts via <tt>GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck</tt> option.  (bz#928)
                    294:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    295:         support <tt>ssh-keygen -lF hostname</tt> to search <tt>known_hosts</tt>
                    296:         and print key hashes rather than full keys.
                    297:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
                    298:         add <tt>-D</tt> flag to leave
                    299:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>
                    300:         in foreground without enabling debug mode.  (bz#2381)
1.16      sobrado   301:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&amp;sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>:
1.15      sobrado   302:         add <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> option to control which public
                    303:         key types are available for user authentication.
                    304:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>:
                    305:         add <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms</tt> option to control which public key
                    306:         types are offered for host authentications.
                    307:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    308:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    309:         extend <tt>Ciphers</tt>, <tt>MACs</tt>, <tt>KexAlgorithms</tt>,
                    310:         <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms</tt>, <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> and
                    311:         <tt>HostbasedKeyTypes</tt> options to allow appending to the default
                    312:         set of algorithms instead of replacing it.  Options may now be
                    313:         prefixed with a <tt>+</tt> to append to the default, e.g.
                    314:         "<tt>HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss</tt>".
1.1       deraadt   315:       </ul>
                    316:     <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
                    317:       <ul>
1.15      sobrado   318:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    319:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27      sobrado   320:         deprecate legacy <tt>SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST_OLD</tt> message and
                    321:         do not try to use it against some 3rd-party SSH implementations that
                    322:         use it (older PuTTY, WinSCP).
                    323:       <li>Many fixes for problems caused by compile-time deactivation of
                    324:         SSH1 support.  (including bz#2369)
                    325:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    326:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    327:         cap DH-GEX group size at 4Kbits for Cisco implementations as some
                    328:         would fail when attempting to use group sizes greater than 4K.
                    329:         (bz#2209)
                    330:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    331:         fix out-of-bound read in <tt>EscapeChar</tt> configuration option
                    332:         parsing.  (bz#2396)
                    333:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    334:         fix application of <tt>PermitTunnel</tt>, <tt>LoginGraceTime</tt>,
                    335:         <tt>AuthenticationMethods</tt> and <tt>StreamLocalBindMask</tt>
                    336:         options in <tt>Match</tt> blocks.
                    337:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    338:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    339:         improve disconnection message on TCP reset.  (bz#2257)
                    340:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    341:         remove failed remote forwards established by multiplexing from the
                    342:         list of active forwards.  (bz#2363)
                    343:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    344:         make parsing of <tt>authorized_keys</tt> "<tt>environment=</tt>"
                    345:         options independent of <tt>PermitUserEnv</tt> being enabled.  (bz#2329)
                    346:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    347:         fix post-auth crash with <tt>permitopen=none</tt>.  (bz#2355)
                    348:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    349:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-add&amp;sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>,
                    350:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    351:         allow new-format private keys to be encrypted with AEAD ciphers.
                    352:         (bz#2366)
                    353:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    354:         allow <tt>ListenAddress</tt>, <tt>Port</tt> and <tt>AddressFamily</tt>
                    355:         configuration options to appear in any order.  (bz#86)
                    356:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    357:         check for and reject missing arguments for <tt>VersionAddendum</tt>
                    358:         and <tt>ForceCommand</tt>.  (bz#2281)
                    359:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    360:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    361:         don't treat unknown certificate extensions as fatal.  (bz#2387)
                    362:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
                    363:         make <tt>stdout</tt> and <tt>stderr</tt> output consistent.  (bz#2325)
                    364:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    365:         mention missing <tt>DISPLAY</tt> environment in debug log when X11
                    366:         forwarding requested.  (bz#1682)
                    367:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    368:         correctly record login when <tt>UseLogin</tt> is set.  (bz#378)
                    369:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    370:         add some missing options to <tt>sshd -T</tt> output and fix output
                    371:         of <tt>VersionAddendum</tt> and <tt>HostCertificate</tt>.  (bz#2346)
                    372:       <li>Document and improve consistency of options that accept a
                    373:         "<tt>none</tt>" argument: <tt>TrustedUserCAKeys</tt>,
                    374:         <tt>RevokedKeys</tt> (bz#2382), <tt>AuthorizedPrincipalsFile</tt>
                    375:         (bz#2288).
                    376:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    377:         include remote username in debug output.  (bz#2368)
                    378:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    379:         avoid compatibility problem with some versions of Tera Term, which
                    380:         would crash when they received the hostkeys notification message
                    381:         (<tt>hostkeys-00@openssh.com</tt>).
                    382:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    383:         mention <tt>ssh-keygen -E</tt> as useful when comparing legacy
                    384:         <i>MD5 host key fingerprints</i>.  (bz#2332)
                    385:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    386:         clarify pseudo-terminal request behaviour and use make manual language
                    387:         consistent.  (bz#1716)
                    388:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    389:         document that the <tt>TERM</tt> environment variable is not subject
                    390:         to <tt>SendEnv</tt> and <tt>AcceptEnv</tt>.  (bz#2386)
                    391:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    392:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.15      sobrado   393:         add compatability workarounds for Cisco and more PuTTY versions.
                    394:         (bz#2424)
                    395:       <li>Fix some omissions and errors in the <tt>PROTOCOL</tt> and
                    396:         <tt>PROTCOL.mux</tt> documentation relating to <i>Unix domain
                    397:         socket</i> forwarding.  (bz#2421, bz#2422)
                    398:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
                    399:         Improve the
                    400:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
                    401:         manual page to include a better desciption of Unix domain socket
                    402:         forwarding.  (bz#2423)
                    403:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    404:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
                    405:         skip uninitialised PKCS#11 slots, fixing failures to load keys when
                    406:         they are present.  (bz#2427)
                    407:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
                    408:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
                    409:         do not ignore PKCS#11 hosted keys that wth empty <tt>CKA_ID</tt>.
                    410:         (bz#2429)
                    411:       <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
                    412:         clarify documentation for <tt>UseDNS</tt> option.  (bz#2045)
1.1       deraadt   413:       </ul>
                    414:     </ul>
                    415: <p>
                    416:
                    417: <li>LibreSSL
                    418:     <ul>
                    419:     <li>User-visible features:
                    420:       <ul>
1.27      sobrado   421:       <li>Reject all <i>server DH keys</i> smaller than 1024 bits.
                    422:       <li>Multiple CVEs fixed including CVE-2015-0207, CVE-2015-0209,
                    423:         CVE-2015-0286, CVE-2015-0287, CVE-2015-0288, CVE-2015-0289,
                    424:         CVE-2015-1788, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1792.
                    425:       <li>Protocol parsing conversions to BoringSSL's <i>CRYPTO ByteString</i>
                    426:         (CBS) API.
                    427:       <li>Added <tt>EC_curve_nid2nist</tt> and <tt>EC_curve_nist2nid</tt>
                    428:         from OpenSSL.
                    429:       <li>Removed Dynamic Engine support.
                    430:       <li>Removed MDC-2DES support.
1.14      sobrado   431:       <li>Switched <tt>openssl dhparam</tt> default from 512 to 2048 bits.
                    432:       <li>Fixed <tt>openssl pkeyutl -verify</tt> to exit with a 0 on success.
                    433:       <li>Fixed dozens of Coverity issues including dead code, memory leaks,
                    434:         logic errors and more.
                    435:       <li>Ensure that
                    436:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl&amp;sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
                    437:         restores terminal echo state after reading a password.
1.28      sobrado   438:       <li>Incorporated fix for OpenSSL issue #3683.
1.14      sobrado   439:       <li>Removed SSLv3 support from
                    440:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl&amp;sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>.
                    441:       <li>Modified <tt>tls_write</tt> in <tt>libtls</tt> to allow partial
                    442:         writes, clarified with examples in the documentation.
                    443:       <li>Removed RSAX engine.
1.16      sobrado   444:       <li>Tested SSLv3 removal with the OpenBSD ports tree and found several
                    445:         applications that were not ready to build without SSLv3 yet.
                    446:         For now, building a program that intentionally uses SSLv3 will
                    447:         result in a linker warning.
1.14      sobrado   448:       <li>Added <tt>TLS_method</tt>, <tt>TLS_client_method</tt> and
                    449:         <tt>TLS_server_method</tt> as a replacement for the
                    450:         <tt>SSLv23_*method</tt> calls.
                    451:       <li>Default <tt>cert.pem</tt>, <tt>openssl.cnf</tt>, and
                    452:         <tt>x509v3.cnf</tt> files are now installed under
                    453:         <tt>$sysconfdir/ssl</tt> or the directory specified by
                    454:         <tt>--with-openssldir</tt>.  Previous versions of LibreSSL left
                    455:         these empty.
1.49      deraadt   456:       <li><b>NOTE:  LibreSSL 2.2.2 in OpenBSD 5.8 incorrectly handles
                    457:        ClientHello messages that do not include TLS extensions, resulting
                    458:        in such handshakes being aborted. see
                    459:        <a href="errata58.html#002_sslhello">5.8 errata 002</a>.</b>
1.1       deraadt   460:       </ul>
                    461:     <li>Code improvements:
                    462:       <ul>
1.27      sobrado   463:       <li>Fix incorrect comparison function in openssl(1) certhash command.
                    464:         Thanks to Christian Neukirchen / Void Linux.
                    465:       <li>Removal of <tt>OPENSSL_issetugid</tt> and all library getenv calls.
                    466:         Applications can and should no longer rely on environment variables
                    467:         for changing library behavior.
                    468:         <tt>OPENSSL_CONF</tt>/<tt>SSLEAY_CONF</tt> is still supported with the
                    469:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl&amp;sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
                    470:         command.
                    471:       <li><tt>libtls</tt> API and documentation additions.
1.28      sobrado   472:       <li>Various bug fixes and simplifications to <tt>libssl</tt> and
1.27      sobrado   473:         <tt>libcrypto</tt>.
1.14      sobrado   474:       <li>Reworked
                    475:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl&amp;sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
                    476:         option handling.
                    477:       <li>LibreSSL version define <tt>LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt> will now
                    478:         be bumped for each portable release.
                    479:       <li>Removed workarounds for TLS client padding bugs.
                    480:       <li>Removed IE 6 SSLv3 workarounds.
                    481:       <li><tt>--with-enginesdir</tt> is removed as a configuration parameter.
1.1       deraadt   482:       </ul>
                    483:     </ul>
                    484: <p>
                    485: <li>Syslogd:
                    486:     <ul>
1.4       bluhm     487:     <li>OpenBSD
                    488:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&amp;sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
                    489:        can bind to explicitly given UDP or TCP sockets to receive messages.
                    490:        TCP streams are accepted with the octet counting or the non
                    491:        transparent framing method.
                    492:     <li>Blocks in
                    493:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslog.conf&amp;se
                    494: ktion=5">syslog.conf(5)</a>
                    495:         started with <code>+host</code> process messages created by
                    496:         certain hosts specifically.
                    497:     <li>Handle situations when the file descriptor limit is exhausted
                    498:        gracefully.
1.53    ! lteo      499:     <li>Since libtls handles short writes smarter, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&amp;sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a> can use the
1.12      tedu      500:        complete output buffer to save messages, coping with
                    501:         longer TLS server down times without losing messages.
1.1       deraadt   502:     </ul>
                    503: <p>
                    504: <li>Ports and packages:
                    505:     <ul>
                    506:     <li>Over X,XXX ports.
                    507:     </ul>
                    508: <p>
                    509: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    510:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    511:     <tr>
                    512:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
                    513:     <ul>
1.25      deraadt   514:       <li>alpha:      XXXX
1.32      sthen     515:       <li>amd64:      8866
1.25      deraadt   516:       <li>arm:        XXXX
                    517:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.42      sthen     518:       <li>hppa:       5813
1.13      sthen     519:       <li>i386:       8839
1.25      deraadt   520:       <li>mips64:     XXXX
                    521:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    522:       <li>mips64el:   XXXX
1.42      sthen     523:       <li>powerpc:    8114
1.1       deraadt   524:       <li>sh:         XXXX
                    525:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.25      deraadt   526:       <li>sparc64:    XXXX
1.1       deraadt   527:       <li>sparc:      XXXX
                    528:       <li>vax:        XXXX
1.45      schwarze  529:     </ul></td></tr></table>
1.1       deraadt   530: <p>
                    531:
                    532: <li>Some highlights:
                    533:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    534:     <tr>
                    535:     <td valign="top" width="33%"><ul>
1.10      lteo      536:        <li>Chromium 44.0.2403.125
                    537:        <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.5
                    538:        <li>GCC 4.8.4 and 4.9.3
1.1       deraadt   539:        <li>GHC 7.8.4
1.10      lteo      540:        <li>GNOME 3.16.2
                    541:        <li>Go 1.4.2
1.1       deraadt   542:        <li>Groff 1.22.3
1.10      lteo      543:        <li>JDK 1.7.0.80 and 1.8.0.45
1.30      zhuk      544:        <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
1.1       deraadt   545:        <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
1.10      lteo      546:        <li>LibreOffice 4.4.4.3
                    547:        <li>MariaDB 10.0.20
                    548:        <li>Mono 3.12.1
1.18      landry    549:        <li>Mozilla Firefox 38.1.1esr and 39.0.3
1.10      lteo      550:        <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 38.1.0
1.1       deraadt   551:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
                    552:        <li>Node.js 0.10.35
1.10      lteo      553:        <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.41
                    554:        <li>PHP 5.4.43, 5.5.27 and 5.6.11
                    555:        <li>Postfix 3.0.2
                    556:        <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.4
                    557:        <li>Python 2.7.10 and 3.4.3
                    558:        <li>R 3.2.1
                    559:        <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.551, 2.0.0.645, 2.1.6, and 2.2.2
                    560:        <li>Sendmail 8.15.2
                    561:        <li>Sudo 1.8.14.3
1.9       stu       562:        <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.18 and 8.6.4
1.10      lteo      563:        <li>TeX Live 2014
                    564:        <li>Vim 7.4.769
                    565:        <li>Xfce 4.12
1.1       deraadt   566:     </ul></td><td valign=top width="34%">
                    567:     </td></tr></table>
                    568: <p>
                    569:
                    570: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    571: <p>
                    572:
                    573: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    574:     <ul>
                    575:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.16.4 + patches,
1.8       matthieu  576:       freetype 2.6, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 10.2.9, xterm 314,
                    577:       xkeyboard-config 2.14 and more)
1.1       deraadt   578:     <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.8       matthieu  579:     <li>Perl 5.20.2 (+ patches)
                    580:     <li>SQLite 3.8.9 (+ patches)
                    581:     <li>NSD 4.1.3
                    582:     <li>Unbound 1.5.4
1.1       deraadt   583:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
1.8       matthieu  584:     <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   585:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    586:     <li>Less 458 (+ patches)
                    587:     <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
                    588:     </ul>
                    589:
                    590: </ul>
                    591:
                    592: <a name="install"></a>
                    593: <hr>
                    594: <p>
                    595: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    596: <p>
                    597: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    598: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    599: form of install.  The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
                    600: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    601: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    602: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    603: <p>
                    604:
                    605: <hr>
                    606: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
                    607: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.8 on your machine:
                    608: <p>
                    609: <ul>
                    610: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.alpha">
                    611:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
                    612: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386">
                    613:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
                    614: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    615:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
                    616: <p>
                    617: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
                    618:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
                    619: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    620:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
                    621: <p>
                    622: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
                    623:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
                    624: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
                    625:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
                    626: <p>
                    627: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
                    628:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
                    629: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/armish/INSTALL.armish">
                    630:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
                    631: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    632:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
                    633: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
                    634:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
                    635: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
                    636:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
                    637: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
                    638:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
                    639: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    640:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
                    641: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
                    642:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
                    643: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
                    644:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
                    645: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
                    646:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
                    647: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
                    648:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
                    649: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/vax/INSTALL.vax">
                    650:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
                    651: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
                    652:        .../OpenBSD/5.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
                    653: </ul>
                    654: <hr>
                    655:
                    656: <p>
                    657: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    658: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    659: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    660: <p>
                    661:
                    662: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    663: <ul>
                    664: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
                    665: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    666: your BIOS options first.
                    667:
                    668: <p>
                    669: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install58.fs</i> or
                    670: <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
                    671:
                    672: <p>
                    673: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    674: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    675: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    676:
                    677: <p>
                    678: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    679: read INSTALL.i386.
                    680:
                    681: </ul>
                    682:
                    683: <p>
                    684: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    685: <ul>
                    686: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
                    687: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    688: your BIOS options first.
                    689:
                    690: <p>
                    691: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install58.fs</i> or
                    692: <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
                    693:
                    694: <p>
                    695: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    696: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    697: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    698:
                    699: <p>
                    700: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    701: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    702: </ul>
                    703:
                    704: <p>
                    705: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    706: <ul>
                    707: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
                    708: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
                    709: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    710:
                    711: <p>
                    712: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    713: /5.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    714: </ul>
                    715:
                    716: <p>
                    717: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    718: <ul>
                    719: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    720:
                    721: <p>
                    722: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    723: <i>CD3:5.8/sparc64/floppy58.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.8/sparc64/floppyB58.fs</i>
                    724: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    725: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    726:
                    727: <p>
                    728: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    729: will most likely fail.
                    730:
                    731: <p>
                    732: You can also write <i>CD3:5.8/sparc64/miniroot58.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    733: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    734:
                    735: <p>
                    736: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    737: </ul>
                    738:
                    739: <p>
                    740: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    741: <ul>
                    742: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.8/alpha/floppy58.fs</i> or
                    743: <i>FTP:5.8/alpha/floppyB58.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    744: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    745:
                    746: <p>
                    747: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    748: will most likely fail.
                    749:
                    750: </ul>
                    751:
                    752: <p>
                    753: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    754: <ul>
                    755: <p>
                    756: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    757: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    758: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    759: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    760: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    761: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    762: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    763: </ul>
                    764:
                    765: <p>
                    766: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    767: <ul>
                    768: <p>
                    769: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    770: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    771: </ul>
                    772:
                    773: <p>
                    774: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    775: <ul>
                    776: <p>
                    777: Write <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    778: or disk, and boot normally.
                    779: </ul>
                    780:
                    781: <p>
                    782: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
                    783: <ul>
                    784: <p>
                    785: Write <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    786: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    787: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    788: </ul>
                    789: <p>
                    790:
                    791: <p>
                    792: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    793: <ul>
                    794: <p>
                    795: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1.24      miod      796: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
1.1       deraadt   797: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    798: </ul>
                    799:
                    800: <p>
                    801: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
                    802: <ul>
                    803: <p>
                    804: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    805: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
                    806: </ul>
                    807:
                    808: <p>
                    809: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    810: <ul>
                    811: <p>
                    812: To install, burn cd58.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
                    813: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    814: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
                    815: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
                    816: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    817:
                    818: <p>
                    819: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
                    820: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
                    821: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    822: </ul>
                    823:
                    824: <p>
                    825: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
                    826: <ul>
                    827: <p>
                    828: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    829: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
                    830: </ul>
                    831:
                    832: <p>
                    833: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    834: <ul>
                    835: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    836: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    837:
                    838: <ul><pre>
                    839: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    840: or
                    841: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    842: </pre></ul>
                    843:
                    844: <p>
                    845: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    846: To do so you need to write <i>floppy58.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    847: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
                    848: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    849: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    850:
                    851: <ul><pre>
                    852: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    853: or
                    854: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    855: </pre></ul>
                    856:
                    857: <p>
                    858: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    859: will most likely fail.
                    860:
                    861: <p>
                    862: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    863: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    864: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    865: </ul>
                    866:
                    867: <p>
                    868: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    869: <ul>
                    870: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    871: </ul>
                    872:
                    873: <p>
                    874: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    875: <ul>
                    876: <p>
                    877: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    878: openbsd58_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    879: for a few important details.
                    880: </ul>
                    881:
                    882: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    883: <hr>
                    884: <p>
                    885: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    886: <p>
1.2       deraadt   887: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1       deraadt   888: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    889: <a href="faq/upgrade58.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    890:
                    891: <a name="sourcecode"></a>
                    892: <hr>
                    893: <p>
                    894: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
                    895: <p>
                    896: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    897: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    898: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    899: <p>
                    900: <ul><pre>
                    901: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    902: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    903: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    904: </pre></ul>
                    905: <p>
                    906: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    907: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    908: To extract:
                    909: <p>
                    910: <ul><pre>
                    911: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    912: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    913: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    914: </pre></ul>
                    915: <p>
                    916: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    917: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    918: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    919: Using these files
                    920: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    921: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    922: <p>
                    923:
                    924: <a name="ports"></a>
                    925: <hr>
                    926: <p>
                    927: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    928: <p>
                    929: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    930: <p>
                    931: <ul><pre>
                    932: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    933: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    934: </pre></ul>
                    935: <p>
                    936: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
                    937: if you know nothing about ports
                    938: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    939: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    940: OpenBSD ports system.
                    941: <p>
                    942: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    943: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&amp;sektion=1&amp;arch=i386">
                    944: cvs(1)</a> if
                    945: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    946: source tree, our ports tree is available via
                    947: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
                    948: So, in order to keep up to date with the <i>-stable</i> branch, you must make
                    949: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
                    950: with a command like:
                    951: <p>
                    952: <ul><pre>
                    953: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
1.2       deraadt   954: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_8</strong>
1.1       deraadt   955: </pre></ul>
                    956: <p>
                    957: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
                    958: server.]
                    959: <p>
                    960: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
                    961: ports for the 5.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    962: <p>
                    963: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    964: would like to know more, the mailing list
                    965: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
                    966: <p>
                    967: </body>
                    968: </html>