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38: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata58.html">the 5.8 errata page</a> for a list
39: of bugs and workarounds.
40: <li>See a <a href="plus58.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
41: 5.7 and 5.8 releases.
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69: <a href="errata58.html#006_src">5.8 errata 006</a>.</b>
1.1 deraadt 70: <p>
71:
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73: <hr>
74: <p>
75: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
76: <p>
77: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.8.
78: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus58.html">changelog</a> leading
79: to 5.8.
80: <p>
81:
82: <ul>
83: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
84: <ul>
1.84 tb 85: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rtwn&sec=4">rtwn(4)</a> driver for Realtek RTL8188CE wifi cards.
86: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=hpb&sec=4&arch=macppc">hpb(4)</a> driver for HyperTransport bridges as found in the IBM CPC945.
87: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ugold&sec=4">ugold(4)</a> driver now supports TEMPerHUMV1.x temperature and humidity sensors.
88: <li>Improved sensor support for the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=upd&sec=4">upd(4)</a> driver for USB Power Devices (UPS).
89: <li>Support for jumbo frames on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sec=4">re(4)</a> devices using RTL8168C/D/E/F/G and RTL8411, including PC Engines APU.
90: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sec=4">re(4)</a> now works with newer devices e.g. RTL8111GU.
91: <li>Partial support has been added for full-speed isochronous devices in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ehci&sec=4">ehci(4)</a>, allowing USB 1.1 audio devices to be used on EHCI-only systems in some cases.
1.51 sobrado 92: <li>Improved macppc stability and G5 performances with MP kernels.
1.84 tb 93: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpicpu&sec=4">acpicpu(4)</a> uses ACPI C-state information to reduce power consumption of idle CPUs.
1.23 guenther 94: <li>Kernel supports x86 AVX instructions on CPUs that have them.
1.31 krw 95: <li>Avoid assigning low address to PCI BARs, fixing various issues on machines whose BIOSes neglect to claim low memory.
1.84 tb 96: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wscons&sec=4">wscons(4)</a> works with even more odd trackpads.
97: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pvbus&sec=4">pvbus(4)</a> paravirtual device tree root on virtual machines that are running on hypervisors.
1.39 jasper 98: <li>New octdwctwo(4) driver for USB support on OpenBSD/octeon.
1.84 tb 99: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=amdcf&sec=4">amdcf(4)</a> driver for embedded flash on OpenBSD/octeon.
100: <li>Support for RTL8188EU devices was added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=urtwn&sec=4">urtwn(4)</a> driver.
1.1 deraadt 101: </ul>
102: <p>
103:
104: <li>Removed hardware support:
105: <ul>
1.84 tb 106: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.7/man4/lmc.4?query=lmc&sec=4">lmc(4)</a> driver for Lan Media Corporation SSI/T1/DS1/HSSI/DS3 devices has been removed.
107: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.7/man4/san.4?query=san&sec=4">san(4)</a> driver for Sangoma Technologies AFT T1/E1 devices has been removed.
1.1 deraadt 108: </ul>
109: <p>
110:
111: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
112: <ul>
1.84 tb 113: <li>MTU of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vlan&sektion=4">vlan(4)</a> devices can now be set independently from the parent interface's MTU.
1.13 sthen 114: <li>The same network range can now be assigned to multiple interfaces, using interface priorities to choose between them.
1.84 tb 115: <li>New MPLS pseudowire driver <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mpw&sektion=4">mpw(4)</a>.
1.68 deraadt 116: <li>Much preparatory work for MP unlocking of the network stack.
1.1 deraadt 117: </ul>
118: <p>
119:
120: <li>Installer improvements:
121: <ul>
1.33 rpe 122: <li>The logic of the 'Allow root ssh login?' question has been changed.
1.29 rpe 123: <ul>
124: <li>The default answer is now 'no'.
125: <li>'prohibit-password' has been added to the list of possible answers.
126: </ul>
1.84 tb 127: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=autoinstall&sec=8">autoinstall(8)</a>
1.29 rpe 128: has been extended to allow
129: <ul>
130: <li><tt>hostname-mode.conf</tt> response file names.
131: <li>response files to be placed in a subdir of the webserver's document root.
132: <li>passing a template file to
1.84 tb 133: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sec=8">disklabel(8)</a>
1.29 rpe 134: to automatically partition the disk.
135: </ul>
1.84 tb 136: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ntpd&sec=8">ntpd(8)</a>
1.29 rpe 137: is now enabled by default at install time.
1.21 guenther 138: <li>DUID support has improved enough that new installs now use them unconditionally.
1.29 rpe 139: <li>Installing sets from CD-ROM has been fixed if more than one CD-ROM drive is present.
140: <li>The 'Which CD-ROM contains the install media?' question has been removed.
141: Available cdrom devices are now shown directly in the 'Location of sets?' prompt.
1.1 deraadt 142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
145: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
146: <ul>
1.84 tb 147: <li>Many improvements and simplifications in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldpd&sektion=8">ldpd(8)</a>, including configuration reload and support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mpw&sektion=4">mpw(4)</a> pseudowire interfaces.
148: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> now allows rules to match on the peer AS number.
149: <li>For terminated BGP sessions, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpctl&sektion=8">bgpctl(8)</a> now displays the number of prefixes received on the last session.
150: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> now correctly handles <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a> interfaces in "backup" mode at startup.
151: <li>Log messages in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> have been made more specific.
152: <li>The default Diffie-Hellman group for VPNs configured by <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsec.conf&sektion=5">ipsec.conf(5)</a> has been changed to modp3072.
153: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=radiusd&sektion=8">radiusd(8)</a>,
1.41 yasuoka 154: Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) daemon.
1.6 deraadt 155: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 156: <p>
157:
158: <li>Security improvements:
159: <ul>
1.84 tb 160: <li>sudo in base has been replaced with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=doas&sektion=1">doas(1)</a>, sudo is available as a package.
161: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=file&sektion=1">file(1)</a> has been replaced with a new modern implementation, including sandbox and privilege separation.
162: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pax&sektion=1">pax(1)</a> (and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tar&sektion=1">tar(1)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cpio&sektion=1">cpio(1)</a>) now prevent archive extraction from escaping the current directory via symlinks; <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tar&sektion=1">tar(1)</a> without <tt>-P</tt> option now strips up through any "<tt>..</tt>" path components.
1.69 deraadt 163: <li>Static PIE support for sparc.
164: <li>Alpha switched to secure PLT.
1.23 guenther 165: <li>Improved kernel checks of ELF headers.
1.70 kettenis 166: <li>Support for the NX (No-eXecute) bit on i386, resulting in much better W^X enforcement in userland for hardware that has this feature.
167: <li>Enforcement of W^X in the kernel address space on i386 when using processors with the NX bit.
1.84 tb 168: <li>Work started on a new process-containment facility called <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tame&sektion=2&manpath=OpenBSD-5.8">tame(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 169: </ul>
170: <p>
171:
172: <li>Assorted improvements:
173: <ul>
1.84 tb 174: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=worm&sektion=6">worm(6)</a>
1.11 tedu 175: now grows at a rate proportional to terminal size.
1.84 tb 176: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dlfcn&sektion=3">dlclose(3)</a> now unregisters handlers registered by a <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthread_atfork&sektion=3">pthread_atfork(3)</a> call from the unloaded libraries.
177: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cp&sektion=1">cp(1)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mv&sektion=1">mv(1)</a>, and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pax&sektion=1">pax(1)</a> with the <tt>-rw</tt> option now preserve timestamps with full nanosecond precision.
178: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pax&sektion=1">pax(1)</a> now detects failure to decompress an archive when reading it and errors out immediately.
179: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nm&sektion=1">nm(1)</a> now supports the <tt>-D</tt> option for displaying the dynamic symbol table.
180: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dump&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.
181: <li>Corrected <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=kdump&sektion=1">kdump(1)</a> reporting of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lseek&sektion=2">lseek(2)</a> return value on ILP32 archs and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getsockopt&sektion=2">getsockopt/setsockopt(2)</a> level and optname arguments. <tt>iovec</tt>, <tt>msghdr</tt>, and <tt>cmsghdr</tt> structures are now dumped.
182: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sed&sektion=1">sed(1)</a> <tt>-i</tt> option added.
183: <li>New, much simpler <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=man.conf&sektion=5">man.conf(5)</a> configuration file format
184: for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=man&sektion=1">man(1)</a>,
185: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=apropos&sektion=1">apropos(1)</a>,
186: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=makewhatis&sektion=8">makewhatis(8)</a>.
187: <li>When using <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=man&sektion=1">man(1)</a>
188: with the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a> pager,
1.44 schwarze 189: support the <tt>:t</tt> internal command
190: to search for definitions of keywords similar to what
1.84 tb 191: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ctags&sektion=1">ctags(1)</a> provides.
1.21 guenther 192: <li>Improvements in checking of numeric option values in <b>many</b> utilities.
1.22 guenther 193: <li>Upgraded to binutils version 2.17 with additional fixes.
1.84 tb 194: <li>Improved correctness of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=poll&sektion=2">poll(2)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=poll&sektion=2">poll(2)</a> of <tt>O_RDONLY</tt> FIFO fds.
195: <li>Restored reporting of closed sockets by <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=netstat&sektion=1">netstat(1)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>.
196: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now zeros correct GPT sector at end of disk.
197: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now accepts 'T' sizes for terabytes.
198: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> repaired to work on 4K sector disks again.
199: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> now logs correct giaddr and ciaddr information even when DHCP relays are present.
200: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&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.
201: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> now accept hostnames beginning with a digit.
202: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> no longer rejects leases with addresses overlapping existing subnets on other interfaces. Kernel routing logic now just works.
203: <li>Improvements to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=realloc&sektion=3">realloc(3)</a> decrease system calls and increase efficiency.
1.66 kettenis 204: <li>The reaper now tears down dead processes without holding on to
205: the kernel lock. This greatly reduces latency and increases
206: performance on multi-processor systems.
1.1 deraadt 207: </ul>
208: <p>
209:
1.84 tb 210: <li>OpenBSD <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a>:
1.1 deraadt 211: <ul>
1.34 reyk 212: <li>New features:
213: <ul>
1.84 tb 214: <li>Added support for matching and redirections with Lua <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man7/patterns.7">patterns(7)</a>.
1.34 reyk 215: <li>Implemented If-Modified-Since for conditional GET or HEAD requests (RFC 7232).
216: <li>Added byte-range support for range requests (RFC 7233).
217: <li>Allowing to specify a global or per-location default media type instead of <tt>application/octet-stream</tt>.
218: <li>Added support for HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS; RFC 6797).
1.84 tb 219: <li>Added initial regression test suite based on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man8/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a>'s implementation.
1.34 reyk 220: </ul>
221: <li>Fixes and improvements:
222: <ul>
1.84 tb 223: <li>TLS in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man8/httpd.8">httpd(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man8/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a> now defaults to TLSv1.2-only.
1.34 reyk 224: <li>Fixed support for large TLS keys or certificate bundles with up to 16KB each.
225: <li>Fixed the Content-Length header for files larger than 2 GB on 32-bit architectures.
226: <li>Fixed translation of CGI environment variables in accordance with RFCs 7230 and 3875.
227: <li>Improved memory usage and fixed possible memory exhaustion on large file transfers.
228: <li>Added URL-encoding of specific CGI variables before using them in the Location header.
229: <li>Prepend files or directories containing ":" with "./" in directory indexes as per RFC 3986.
230: <li>Allowing to specify characters like "?" in the Location URI.
231: <li>Various other bug fixes and improvements.
232: </ul>
1.73 deraadt 233: </ul>
234: <p>
235:
236: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.4
237: <ul>
1.84 tb 238: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd&sektion=8">smtpd(8)</a> reliability and bug fixes.
1.73 deraadt 239: <li><b>NOTE: Some security risks were discovered and fixed after the
240: OpenBSD 5.8 release.
241: See <a href="errata58.html#004_smtpd">5.8 errata 004</a>.</b>
1.1 deraadt 242: </ul>
243: <p>
244:
1.15 sobrado 245: <li>OpenSSH 7.0
1.1 deraadt 246: <ul>
1.15 sobrado 247: <li>Security:
248: <ul>
1.84 tb 249: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 250: when forwarding X11 connections with <tt>ForwardX11Trusted=no</tt>,
251: connections made after <tt>ForwardX11Timeout</tt> expired could be
252: permitted and no longer subject to XSECURITY restrictions because of
253: an ineffective timeout check in
1.84 tb 254: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.27 sobrado 255: coupled with "fail open" behaviour in the X11 server when clients
256: attempted connections with expired credentials.
257: This problem was reported by Jann Horn.
1.84 tb 258: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 259: fix weakness of agent locking (<tt>ssh-add -x</tt>) to
260: password guessing by implementing an increasing failure delay,
261: storing a salted hash of the password rather than the password
262: itself and using a timing-safe comparison function for verifying
263: unlock attempts. This problem was reported by Ryan Castellucci.
1.84 tb 264: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 265: OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 incorrectly set TTYs to be world-writable.
266: Local attackers may be able to write arbitrary messages to logged-in
267: users, including terminal escape sequences.
1.84 tb 268: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 269: fix circumvention of <tt>MaxAuthTries</tt> using keyboard-interactive
270: authentication. By specifying a long, repeating keyboard-interactive
271: "devices" string, an attacker could request the same authentication
272: method be tried thousands of times in a single pass. The
273: <tt>LoginGraceTime</tt> timeout in
1.84 tb 274: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.15 sobrado 275: and any authentication failure delays implemented by the authentication
276: mechanism itself were still applied.
277: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 278: <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
279: <ul>
1.15 sobrado 280: <li>Support for the legacy <i>SSH version 1 protocol</i> is disabled by
281: default at compile time.
282: <li>Support for the 1024-bit diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 key exchange
283: is disabled by default at run-time. It may be re-enabled using
1.83 tb 284: the instructions at <tt>https://www.openssh.com/legacy.html</tt>.
1.15 sobrado 285: <li>Support for <tt>ssh-dss</tt>, <tt>ssh-dss-cert-*</tt> <i>host</i>
286: and <i>user</i> keys is disabled by default at run-time. These may
287: be re-enabled using the instructions at
1.83 tb 288: <tt>https://www.openssh.com/legacy.html</tt>.
1.15 sobrado 289: <li>Support for the legacy <i>v00 cert format</i> has been removed.
290: <li>The default for the
1.84 tb 291: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.15 sobrado 292: <tt>PermitRootLogin</tt> option has changed from "yes" to
1.51 sobrado 293: "prohibit-password" (but the OpenBSD installer defaults to "no").
1.47 deraadt 294: <li><b>NOTE: 'PermitRootLogin prohibit-password' is subtly broken
1.76 deraadt 295: in the OpenBSD 5.8 / OpenSSH 7.0. See
1.47 deraadt 296: <a href="errata58.html#001_sshd">5.8 errata 001</a>.</b>
1.1 deraadt 297: </ul>
298: <li>New/changed features:
299: <ul>
1.84 tb 300: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
301: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 302: promote <tt>chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com</tt> to be the default
303: cipher.
1.84 tb 304: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 305: support admin-specified arguments to <tt>AuthorizedKeysCommand</tt>.
306: (bz#2081)
1.84 tb 307: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 308: add <tt>AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand</tt> that allows retrieving
309: authorized principals information from a subprocess rather than a
310: file.
1.84 tb 311: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
312: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-add&sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 313: support PKCS#11 devices with external PIN entry devices. (bz#2240)
1.84 tb 314: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 315: allow GSSAPI host credential check to be relaxed for multihomed
316: hosts via <tt>GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck</tt> option. (bz#928)
1.84 tb 317: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 318: support <tt>ssh-keygen -lF hostname</tt> to search <tt>known_hosts</tt>
319: and print key hashes rather than full keys.
1.84 tb 320: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 321: add <tt>-D</tt> flag to leave
1.84 tb 322: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>
1.27 sobrado 323: in foreground without enabling debug mode. (bz#2381)
1.84 tb 324: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 325: add <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> option to control which public
326: key types are available for user authentication.
1.84 tb 327: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 328: add <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms</tt> option to control which public key
329: types are offered for host authentications.
1.84 tb 330: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
331: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 332: extend <tt>Ciphers</tt>, <tt>MACs</tt>, <tt>KexAlgorithms</tt>,
333: <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms</tt>, <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> and
334: <tt>HostbasedKeyTypes</tt> options to allow appending to the default
335: set of algorithms instead of replacing it. Options may now be
336: prefixed with a <tt>+</tt> to append to the default, e.g.
337: "<tt>HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss</tt>".
1.1 deraadt 338: </ul>
339: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
340: <ul>
1.84 tb 341: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
342: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 343: deprecate legacy <tt>SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST_OLD</tt> message and
344: do not try to use it against some 3rd-party SSH implementations that
345: use it (older PuTTY, WinSCP).
346: <li>Many fixes for problems caused by compile-time deactivation of
347: SSH1 support. (including bz#2369)
1.84 tb 348: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
349: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 350: cap DH-GEX group size at 4Kbits for Cisco implementations as some
351: would fail when attempting to use group sizes greater than 4K.
352: (bz#2209)
1.84 tb 353: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 354: fix out-of-bound read in <tt>EscapeChar</tt> configuration option
355: parsing. (bz#2396)
1.84 tb 356: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 357: fix application of <tt>PermitTunnel</tt>, <tt>LoginGraceTime</tt>,
358: <tt>AuthenticationMethods</tt> and <tt>StreamLocalBindMask</tt>
359: options in <tt>Match</tt> blocks.
1.84 tb 360: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
361: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 362: improve disconnection message on TCP reset. (bz#2257)
1.84 tb 363: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 364: remove failed remote forwards established by multiplexing from the
365: list of active forwards. (bz#2363)
1.84 tb 366: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 367: make parsing of <tt>authorized_keys</tt> "<tt>environment=</tt>"
368: options independent of <tt>PermitUserEnv</tt> being enabled. (bz#2329)
1.84 tb 369: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 370: fix post-auth crash with <tt>permitopen=none</tt>. (bz#2355)
1.84 tb 371: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
372: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-add&sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>,
373: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 374: allow new-format private keys to be encrypted with AEAD ciphers.
375: (bz#2366)
1.84 tb 376: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 377: allow <tt>ListenAddress</tt>, <tt>Port</tt> and <tt>AddressFamily</tt>
378: configuration options to appear in any order. (bz#86)
1.84 tb 379: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 380: check for and reject missing arguments for <tt>VersionAddendum</tt>
381: and <tt>ForceCommand</tt>. (bz#2281)
1.84 tb 382: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
383: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 384: don't treat unknown certificate extensions as fatal. (bz#2387)
1.84 tb 385: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 386: make <tt>stdout</tt> and <tt>stderr</tt> output consistent. (bz#2325)
1.84 tb 387: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 388: mention missing <tt>DISPLAY</tt> environment in debug log when X11
389: forwarding requested. (bz#1682)
1.84 tb 390: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 391: correctly record login when <tt>UseLogin</tt> is set. (bz#378)
1.84 tb 392: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 393: add some missing options to <tt>sshd -T</tt> output and fix output
394: of <tt>VersionAddendum</tt> and <tt>HostCertificate</tt>. (bz#2346)
395: <li>Document and improve consistency of options that accept a
396: "<tt>none</tt>" argument: <tt>TrustedUserCAKeys</tt>,
397: <tt>RevokedKeys</tt> (bz#2382), <tt>AuthorizedPrincipalsFile</tt>
398: (bz#2288).
1.84 tb 399: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 400: include remote username in debug output. (bz#2368)
1.84 tb 401: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 402: avoid compatibility problem with some versions of Tera Term, which
403: would crash when they received the hostkeys notification message
404: (<tt>hostkeys-00@openssh.com</tt>).
1.84 tb 405: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 406: mention <tt>ssh-keygen -E</tt> as useful when comparing legacy
407: <i>MD5 host key fingerprints</i>. (bz#2332)
1.84 tb 408: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 409: clarify pseudo-terminal request behaviour and use make manual language
410: consistent. (bz#1716)
1.84 tb 411: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.27 sobrado 412: document that the <tt>TERM</tt> environment variable is not subject
413: to <tt>SendEnv</tt> and <tt>AcceptEnv</tt>. (bz#2386)
1.84 tb 414: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
415: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 416: add compatability workarounds for Cisco and more PuTTY versions.
417: (bz#2424)
418: <li>Fix some omissions and errors in the <tt>PROTOCOL</tt> and
419: <tt>PROTCOL.mux</tt> documentation relating to <i>Unix domain
420: socket</i> forwarding. (bz#2421, bz#2422)
1.84 tb 421: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 422: Improve the
1.84 tb 423: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.15 sobrado 424: manual page to include a better desciption of Unix domain socket
425: forwarding. (bz#2423)
1.84 tb 426: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
427: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 428: skip uninitialised PKCS#11 slots, fixing failures to load keys when
429: they are present. (bz#2427)
1.84 tb 430: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
431: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 432: do not ignore PKCS#11 hosted keys that wth empty <tt>CKA_ID</tt>.
433: (bz#2429)
1.84 tb 434: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.15 sobrado 435: clarify documentation for <tt>UseDNS</tt> option. (bz#2045)
1.1 deraadt 436: </ul>
437: </ul>
438: <p>
439:
440: <li>LibreSSL
441: <ul>
442: <li>User-visible features:
443: <ul>
1.27 sobrado 444: <li>Reject all <i>server DH keys</i> smaller than 1024 bits.
445: <li>Multiple CVEs fixed including CVE-2015-0207, CVE-2015-0209,
446: CVE-2015-0286, CVE-2015-0287, CVE-2015-0288, CVE-2015-0289,
447: CVE-2015-1788, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1792.
448: <li>Protocol parsing conversions to BoringSSL's <i>CRYPTO ByteString</i>
449: (CBS) API.
450: <li>Added <tt>EC_curve_nid2nist</tt> and <tt>EC_curve_nist2nid</tt>
451: from OpenSSL.
452: <li>Removed Dynamic Engine support.
453: <li>Removed MDC-2DES support.
1.14 sobrado 454: <li>Switched <tt>openssl dhparam</tt> default from 512 to 2048 bits.
455: <li>Fixed <tt>openssl pkeyutl -verify</tt> to exit with a 0 on success.
456: <li>Fixed dozens of Coverity issues including dead code, memory leaks,
457: logic errors and more.
458: <li>Ensure that
1.84 tb 459: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
1.14 sobrado 460: restores terminal echo state after reading a password.
1.28 sobrado 461: <li>Incorporated fix for OpenSSL issue #3683.
1.14 sobrado 462: <li>Removed SSLv3 support from
1.84 tb 463: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>.
1.14 sobrado 464: <li>Modified <tt>tls_write</tt> in <tt>libtls</tt> to allow partial
465: writes, clarified with examples in the documentation.
466: <li>Removed RSAX engine.
1.16 sobrado 467: <li>Tested SSLv3 removal with the OpenBSD ports tree and found several
468: applications that were not ready to build without SSLv3 yet.
469: For now, building a program that intentionally uses SSLv3 will
470: result in a linker warning.
1.14 sobrado 471: <li>Added <tt>TLS_method</tt>, <tt>TLS_client_method</tt> and
472: <tt>TLS_server_method</tt> as a replacement for the
473: <tt>SSLv23_*method</tt> calls.
474: <li>Default <tt>cert.pem</tt>, <tt>openssl.cnf</tt>, and
475: <tt>x509v3.cnf</tt> files are now installed under
476: <tt>$sysconfdir/ssl</tt> or the directory specified by
477: <tt>--with-openssldir</tt>. Previous versions of LibreSSL left
478: these empty.
1.49 deraadt 479: <li><b>NOTE: LibreSSL 2.2.2 in OpenBSD 5.8 incorrectly handles
480: ClientHello messages that do not include TLS extensions, resulting
1.76 deraadt 481: in such handshakes being aborted. See
1.49 deraadt 482: <a href="errata58.html#002_sslhello">5.8 errata 002</a>.</b>
1.76 deraadt 483: <li><b>NOTE: An issue (likely denial of service) was found in LibreSSL;
484: See <a href="errata58.html#007_obj2txt">5.8 errata 007</a>.</b>
1.1 deraadt 485: </ul>
486: <li>Code improvements:
487: <ul>
1.84 tb 488: <li>Fix incorrect comparison function in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a> certhash command.
1.27 sobrado 489: Thanks to Christian Neukirchen / Void Linux.
490: <li>Removal of <tt>OPENSSL_issetugid</tt> and all library getenv calls.
491: Applications can and should no longer rely on environment variables
492: for changing library behavior.
1.57 sthen 493: <tt>OPENSSL_CONF</tt> and <tt>SSLEAY_CONF</tt> are still supported with the
1.84 tb 494: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
1.57 sthen 495: command, but note that $ENV:: is no longer supported in .cnf files.
1.27 sobrado 496: <li><tt>libtls</tt> API and documentation additions.
1.28 sobrado 497: <li>Various bug fixes and simplifications to <tt>libssl</tt> and
1.27 sobrado 498: <tt>libcrypto</tt>.
1.14 sobrado 499: <li>Reworked
1.84 tb 500: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl&sektion=1">openssl(1)</a>
1.14 sobrado 501: option handling.
502: <li>LibreSSL version define <tt>LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt> will now
503: be bumped for each portable release.
504: <li>Removed workarounds for TLS client padding bugs.
505: <li>Removed IE 6 SSLv3 workarounds.
506: <li><tt>--with-enginesdir</tt> is removed as a configuration parameter.
1.1 deraadt 507: </ul>
508: </ul>
509: <p>
510: <li>Syslogd:
511: <ul>
1.4 bluhm 512: <li>OpenBSD
1.84 tb 513: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
1.4 bluhm 514: can bind to explicitly given UDP or TCP sockets to receive messages.
515: TCP streams are accepted with the octet counting or the non
516: transparent framing method.
517: <li>Blocks in
1.84 tb 518: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslog.conf&se
1.4 bluhm 519: ktion=5">syslog.conf(5)</a>
520: started with <code>+host</code> process messages created by
521: certain hosts specifically.
522: <li>Handle situations when the file descriptor limit is exhausted
523: gracefully.
1.84 tb 524: <li>Since libtls handles short writes smarter, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a> can use the
1.12 tedu 525: complete output buffer to save messages, coping with
526: longer TLS server down times without losing messages.
1.1 deraadt 527: </ul>
528: <p>
529: <li>Ports and packages:
1.61 sthen 530: <dl>
531: <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.1 deraadt 532: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
533: <tr>
534: <td valign="top" width="25%">
535: <ul>
1.55 sthen 536: <li>alpha: 7093
1.32 sthen 537: <li>amd64: 8866
1.60 deraadt 538: <li>hppa: 5813
1.25 deraadt 539: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.13 sthen 540: <li>i386: 8839
1.55 sthen 541: <li>mips64: 4267
1.60 deraadt 542: <li>mips64el: 5922
1.25 deraadt 543: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.42 sthen 544: <li>powerpc: 8114
1.71 pirofti 545: <li>sh: 133
1.60 deraadt 546: <li>sparc64: 7851
1.1 deraadt 547: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.55 sthen 548: <li>sparc: 3655
549: <li>vax: 1959
1.45 schwarze 550: </ul></td></tr></table>
1.61 sthen 551: <p>
1.1 deraadt 552:
1.61 sthen 553: <dt>Some highlights:
1.1 deraadt 554: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
555: <tr>
556: <td valign="top" width="33%"><ul>
1.10 lteo 557: <li>Chromium 44.0.2403.125
558: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.5
559: <li>GCC 4.8.4 and 4.9.3
1.1 deraadt 560: <li>GHC 7.8.4
1.10 lteo 561: <li>GNOME 3.16.2
562: <li>Go 1.4.2
1.1 deraadt 563: <li>Groff 1.22.3
1.10 lteo 564: <li>JDK 1.7.0.80 and 1.8.0.45
1.30 zhuk 565: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
1.1 deraadt 566: <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
1.10 lteo 567: <li>LibreOffice 4.4.4.3
568: <li>MariaDB 10.0.20
569: <li>Mono 3.12.1
1.18 landry 570: <li>Mozilla Firefox 38.1.1esr and 39.0.3
1.10 lteo 571: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 38.1.0
1.1 deraadt 572: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
573: <li>Node.js 0.10.35
1.10 lteo 574: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.41
575: <li>PHP 5.4.43, 5.5.27 and 5.6.11
576: <li>Postfix 3.0.2
577: <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.4
578: <li>Python 2.7.10 and 3.4.3
579: <li>R 3.2.1
580: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.551, 2.0.0.645, 2.1.6, and 2.2.2
581: <li>Sendmail 8.15.2
582: <li>Sudo 1.8.14.3
1.9 stu 583: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.18 and 8.6.4
1.10 lteo 584: <li>TeX Live 2014
585: <li>Vim 7.4.769
586: <li>Xfce 4.12
1.1 deraadt 587: </ul></td><td valign=top width="34%">
588: </td></tr></table>
589: <p>
590:
591: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
592: <p>
593:
594: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
595: <ul>
596: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.16.4 + patches,
1.8 matthieu 597: freetype 2.6, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 10.2.9, xterm 314,
598: xkeyboard-config 2.14 and more)
1.1 deraadt 599: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.8 matthieu 600: <li>Perl 5.20.2 (+ patches)
601: <li>SQLite 3.8.9 (+ patches)
602: <li>NSD 4.1.3
603: <li>Unbound 1.5.4
1.1 deraadt 604: <li>Ncurses 5.7
1.8 matthieu 605: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 606: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
607: <li>Less 458 (+ patches)
608: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
609: </ul>
610:
611: </ul>
612:
613: <a name="install"></a>
614: <hr>
615: <p>
616: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
617: <p>
618: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
619: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
620: form of install. The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
621: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
622: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
623: purchased a CDROM instead.
624: <p>
625:
626: <hr>
627: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
628: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.8 on your machine:
629: <p>
630: <ul>
1.83 tb 631: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 632: .../OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
1.83 tb 633: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.1 deraadt 634: .../OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.83 tb 635: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.1 deraadt 636: .../OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
637: <p>
1.83 tb 638: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.1 deraadt 639: .../OpenBSD/5.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.83 tb 640: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 641: .../OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
642: <p>
1.83 tb 643: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.1 deraadt 644: .../OpenBSD/5.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
1.83 tb 645: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.1 deraadt 646: .../OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
647: <p>
1.83 tb 648: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 649: .../OpenBSD/5.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.83 tb 650: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/armish/INSTALL.armish">
1.1 deraadt 651: .../OpenBSD/5.8/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
1.83 tb 652: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.1 deraadt 653: .../OpenBSD/5.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.83 tb 654: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 655: .../OpenBSD/5.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.83 tb 656: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.1 deraadt 657: .../OpenBSD/5.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.83 tb 658: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.1 deraadt 659: .../OpenBSD/5.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.83 tb 660: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 661: .../OpenBSD/5.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.83 tb 662: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1 deraadt 663: .../OpenBSD/5.8/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.83 tb 664: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.1 deraadt 665: .../OpenBSD/5.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.83 tb 666: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.1 deraadt 667: .../OpenBSD/5.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.83 tb 668: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.1 deraadt 669: .../OpenBSD/5.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
1.83 tb 670: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.1 deraadt 671: .../OpenBSD/5.8/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
1.83 tb 672: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.1 deraadt 673: .../OpenBSD/5.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
674: </ul>
675: <hr>
676:
677: <p>
678: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
679: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
680: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
681: <p>
682:
683: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
684: <ul>
685: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
686: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
687: your BIOS options first.
688:
689: <p>
690: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install58.fs</i> or
691: <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
692:
693: <p>
694: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
695: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
696: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
697:
698: <p>
699: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
700: read INSTALL.i386.
701:
702: </ul>
703:
704: <p>
705: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
706: <ul>
707: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
708: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
709: your BIOS options first.
710:
711: <p>
712: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install58.fs</i> or
713: <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
714:
715: <p>
716: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
717: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
718: INSTALL.amd64 document.
719:
720: <p>
721: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
722: read INSTALL.amd64.
723: </ul>
724:
725: <p>
726: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
727: <ul>
728: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
729: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
730: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
731:
732: <p>
733: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
734: /5.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
735: </ul>
736:
737: <p>
738: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
739: <ul>
740: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
741:
742: <p>
743: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
744: <i>CD3:5.8/sparc64/floppy58.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.8/sparc64/floppyB58.fs</i>
745: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
746: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
747:
748: <p>
749: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
750: will most likely fail.
751:
752: <p>
753: You can also write <i>CD3:5.8/sparc64/miniroot58.fs</i> to the swap partition on
754: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
755:
756: <p>
757: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
758: </ul>
759:
760: <p>
761: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
762: <ul>
763: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.8/alpha/floppy58.fs</i> or
764: <i>FTP:5.8/alpha/floppyB58.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
765: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
766:
767: <p>
768: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
769: will most likely fail.
770:
771: </ul>
772:
773: <p>
774: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
775: <ul>
776: <p>
777: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
778: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
779: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
780: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
781: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
782: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
783: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
784: </ul>
785:
786: <p>
787: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
788: <ul>
789: <p>
790: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
791: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
792: </ul>
793:
794: <p>
795: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
796: <ul>
797: <p>
798: Write <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to the start of the CF
799: or disk, and boot normally.
800: </ul>
801:
802: <p>
803: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
804: <ul>
805: <p>
806: Write <i>miniroot58.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
807: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
808: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
809: </ul>
810: <p>
811:
812: <p>
813: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
814: <ul>
815: <p>
816: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1.24 miod 817: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
1.1 deraadt 818: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
819: </ul>
820:
821: <p>
822: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
823: <ul>
824: <p>
825: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
826: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
827: </ul>
828:
829: <p>
830: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
831: <ul>
832: <p>
833: To install, burn cd58.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
834: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
835: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
836: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
837: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
838:
839: <p>
840: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
841: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
842: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
843: </ul>
844:
845: <p>
846: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
847: <ul>
848: <p>
849: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
850: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
851: </ul>
852:
853: <p>
854: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
855: <ul>
856: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
857: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
858:
859: <ul><pre>
860: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
861: or
862: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
863: </pre></ul>
864:
865: <p>
866: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
867: To do so you need to write <i>floppy58.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.81 tj 868: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 869: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
870: depending on the version of your ROM.
871:
872: <ul><pre>
873: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
874: or
875: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
876: </pre></ul>
877:
878: <p>
879: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
880: will most likely fail.
881:
882: <p>
883: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
884: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
885: INSTALL.sparc file.
886: </ul>
887:
888: <p>
889: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
890: <ul>
891: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
892: </ul>
893:
894: <p>
895: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
896: <ul>
897: <p>
898: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
899: openbsd58_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
900: for a few important details.
901: </ul>
902:
903: <a name="upgrade"></a>
904: <hr>
905: <p>
906: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
907: <p>
1.2 deraadt 908: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 909: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
910: <a href="faq/upgrade58.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
911:
912: <a name="sourcecode"></a>
913: <hr>
914: <p>
915: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
916: <p>
917: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
918: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
919: in a separate archive. To extract:
920: <p>
921: <ul><pre>
922: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
923: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
924: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
925: </pre></ul>
926: <p>
927: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
928: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
929: To extract:
930: <p>
931: <ul><pre>
932: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
933: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
934: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
935: </pre></ul>
936: <p>
937: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
938: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
939: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
940: Using these files
941: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
942: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
943: <p>
944:
945: <a name="ports"></a>
946: <hr>
947: <p>
948: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
949: <p>
950: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
951: <p>
952: <ul><pre>
953: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
954: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
955: </pre></ul>
956: <p>
957: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
958: if you know nothing about ports
959: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
960: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
961: OpenBSD ports system.
962: <p>
963: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.84 tb 964: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&sektion=1&arch=i386">
1.1 deraadt 965: cvs(1)</a> if
966: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
967: source tree, our ports tree is available via
968: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1.85 tj 969: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
1.1 deraadt 970: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
971: with a command like:
972: <p>
973: <ul><pre>
974: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
1.2 deraadt 975: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_8</strong>
1.1 deraadt 976: </pre></ul>
977: <p>
978: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
979: server.]
980: <p>
981: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
982: ports for the 5.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
983: <p>
984: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
985: would like to know more, the mailing list
986: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
987: <p>
988: </body>
989: </html>