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1.1 deraadt 19: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.9</font></h2>
20: <p>
1.11 tedu 21: To be released May 1, 2016<br>
1.1 deraadt 22: Copyright 1997-2016, Theo de Raadt.<br>
23: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-7-3</font>
24: <br>
25: 5.9 Songs: <a href="lyrics.html#59a">"xxx"</a>,
26: <a href="lyrics.html#59b">"xxx"</a>
27: <ul>
28: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
29: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
30: a list of mirror machines.
31: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.9/</font> directory on
32: one of the mirror sites.
33: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata59.html">the 5.9 errata page</a> for a list
34: of bugs and workarounds.
35: <li>See a <a href="plus59.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
36: 5.8 and 5.9 releases.
37: <p>
1.57 tb 38: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify">signify(1)</a>
39: pubkeys for this release:<br>
1.1 deraadt 40: <pre>
1.4 jsg 41: base: RWQJVNompF3pwfIqbg+5sxfpxmZMa3tTBaW4qbUhWje/H/M7glrA6oVn
42: fw: RWSdmaNkytzh6BApmPSNSDLNg26ZaXlY8g/879UvLdo3rjbsby76Eda1
43: pkg: RWSLRYDCTJeWLIScncqwGuXK6JVXDcIyRT0q+0m30MXXG4W2xWS4NZBP
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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 5.9.
60: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus59.html">changelog</a> leading
61: to 5.9.
62: <p>
63:
64: <ul>
1.51 deraadt 65: <li>Processor support, including:
66: <ul>
67: <li>W^X policy enforced in the i386 kernel address space.
68: </ul>
69: <p>
1.1 deraadt 70: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
71: <ul>
1.33 jsg 72: <li>amd64 can now boot from 32 bit and 64 bit EFI.
73: <li>Initial support for hardware reduced ACPI added to
1.57 tb 74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpi">acpi(4)</a>.
75: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=efifb">efifb(4)</a>
76: driver for EFI frame buffer.
1.33 jsg 77: <li>Support for ACPI configured SD host controllers has been added to
1.57 tb 78: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdhc">sdhc(4)</a>.
79: <li>Xen domU support
80: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xen">xen(4)</a>,
81: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xspd">xspd(4)</a>.
82: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xnf">xnf(4)</a>
83: driver for Xen Netfront network interfaces.
84: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=puc">puc(4)</a>
85: driver now supports Moxa CP-168U, Perle Speed8 LE and QEMU PCI serial devices.
1.33 jsg 86: <li>Intel 100 Series PCH Ethernet MAC with i219 PHY support has been added to the
1.57 tb 87: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em">em(4)</a> driver.
88: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge">bge(4)</a>
89: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em">em(4)</a>
90: drivers now process packets without the kernel lock held.
91: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=oce">oce(4)</a>
92: driver now processes received packets without the kernel lock held.
1.33 jsg 93: <li>RTL8168H/RTL8111H support has been added to
1.58 tb 94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sec=4">re(4)</a>.
1.57 tb 95: <li>Initial IEEE 802.11n support in the
96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwm">iwm(4)</a>
97: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn">iwn(4)</a>
98: drivers.
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=asmc">asmc(4)</a>
100: driver for the Apple System Management Controller.
101: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchtemp">pchtemp(4)</a>
102: driver for the thermal sensor found on Intel X99, C610 series, 9 series
103: and 100 series PCH.
104: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uonerng">uonerng(4)</a>
105: driver for the Moonbase Otago OneRNG.
106: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dwiic">dwiic(4)</a>
107: driver for the Synopsys DesignWare I2C controller.
108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ikbd">ikbd(4)</a>,
109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ims">ims(4)</a>, and
110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=imt">imt(4)</a>
1.33 jsg 111: drivers for HID-over-i2c keyboards, mice and multitouch touchpads.
1.57 tb 112: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inteldrm">inteldrm(4)</a>
113: has been updated to Linux 3.14.52 adding initial support for Bay Trail
114: and Broadwell graphics.
115: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viocon">viocon(4)</a>
116: driver for the
117: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=virtio">virtio(4)</a>
118: console interface provided by KVM, QEMU, and others.
119: <li>Support for audio in Thinkpad docks has been added to the
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=azalia">azalia(4)</a>
121: driver.
122: <li>Support for Synaptic touchpads without W mode has been added to the
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms">pms(4)</a>
124: driver.
125: <li>Support for tap-and-drag detection with ALPS touchpads in the
126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms">pms(4)</a>
127: driver has been improved.
128: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdmmc">sdmmc(4)</a>
129: driver now supports sector mode for eMMC devices, such as those found on
130: some BeagleBone Black boards.
131: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cnmac">cnmac(4)</a>
132: driver now supports checksum offloading and receives packets without the
133: kernel lock held.
134: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xhci">xhci(4)</a>
135: driver is now enabled for macppc machines.
136: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipmi">ipmi(4)</a>
137: driver now supports OpenIPMI compatible character device.
1.1 deraadt 138: <li>...
139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li>Removed hardware support:
143: <ul>
1.24 krw 144: <li>ST-506 disks are no longer supported.
1.1 deraadt 145: <li>...
146: </ul>
147: <p>
148:
1.57 tb 149: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
150: support integrated:
1.34 deraadt 151: <ul>
1.59 ! tb 152: <li>The tame(2) system call was renamed to pledge(2).
! 153: Behavior and semantics were extended and refined.
! 154: <li>453 out of 707 base system binaries were adapted to use pledge.
! 155: <li>14 ports now use pledge(2): some decompression tools, mutt,
! 156: some pdf tools, chromium/iridium, and the i3 window manager.
! 157: <li>Various bugs exposed by pledge(2) were corrected.
! 158: For example in
1.57 tb 159: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.c?rev=1.181&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
160: bgpd(8)</a>,
161: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/iked/config.c?rev=1.40&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
162: iked(8)</a>,
163: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/ldapd/control.c?rev=1.13&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
164: ldapd(8)</a>,
165: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/constraint.c?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
166: ntpd(8)</a>,
167: and <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c?rev=1.200&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
168: syslogd(8)</a>.
1.59 ! tb 169: <li>Several misfeatures were removed, such as:
! 170: <ul>
! 171: <li><a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c?rev=1.50&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
! 172: support for HOSTALIASES</a>
! 173: in the
! 174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=asr_run">
! 175: resolver</a>.
! 176: <li><a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c?rev=1.49&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
! 177: support for <tt>lookup yp</tt></a>
! 178: in
! 179: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf">
! 180: resolv.conf(5)</a>.
! 181: <li><a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils-2.17/binutils/rename.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
! 182: setuid-preserving code</a>
! 183: in tools from binutils.
! 184: <li>handling of
! 185: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/patch/ed.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
! 186: ed-style diffs</a> via proc/exec in
! 187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=patch">patch(1)</a>.
! 188: </ul>
! 189: <li>Userland programs were audited so that they could be properly annotated
! 190: with pledge(2).
! 191: This resulted in design changes such as in
1.57 tb 192: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/rdate/rdate.c?rev=1.33&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
193: rdate(1)</a>,
194: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.c?rev=1.18&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
195: sndiod(8)</a>
1.59 ! tb 196: or the introduction of the <tt>SOCK_DNS</tt>
1.57 tb 197: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=socket">
198: socket(2)</a>
199: flag that makes an <tt>SS_DNS</tt> tagged socket conceptually different
200: from a plain socket.
1.59 ! tb 201: <li>pledge(2) is also used to constrain programs that handle untrusted data
! 202: to a very limited subset of POSIX.
! 203: For example,
! 204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strings">strings(1)</a>
! 205: or
! 206: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=objdump">objdump(1)</a>
! 207: from the
1.57 tb 208: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils-2.17/binutils/objdump.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
209: binutils</a>
210: or the RSA-privsep process in
211: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/ca.c?rev=1.15&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
212: smtpd(1)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 213: </ul>
214: <p>
215:
1.1 deraadt 216: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
217: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 218: <li>Remove support for obsolete IPv6 socket options.
1.57 tb 219: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=etherip">etherip(4)</a>
220: pseudo-device for tunnelling Ethernet frames across IP[46] networks
221: using RFC 3378 EtherIP encapsulation.
222: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pair">pair(4)</a>
223: pseudo-device for creating paired virtual Ethernet interfaces.
224: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bpf">bpf(4)</a>
225: now runs without the kernel lock.
226: <li>Split up the
227: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun">tun(4)</a>
228: pseudo-device into
229: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun">tun(4)</a>
230: (for layer 3) and
231: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tap">tap(4)</a>
232: (for layer 2) pseudo-devices.
233: As a result, the link0 flag has no effect on
234: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun">tun(4)</a>
235: interfaces anymore.
236: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn">iwn(4)</a>
237: driver now passes IEEE 802.11 control frames in monitor mode, allowing
238: full capture of traffic on a particular wireless channel.
239: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflow">pflow(4)</a>
240: now supports IPv6 for transport.
241: <li>Several interoperability issues in
242: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iked">iked(4)</a>
243: have been fixed, including EAP auth with OS X El Capitan.
1.1 deraadt 244: <li>...
245: </ul>
246: <p>
247:
248: <li>Installer improvements:
249: <ul>
1.24 krw 250: <li>Inappropriate user choices from a list of options are more reliably rejected.
251: <li>Installing to a disk partitioned with a GPT is now supported (amd64 only).
252: <li>When initializing a GPT the required EFI System partition is automatically created.
1.57 tb 253: <li>When installing to a GPT disk
254: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=installboot">
255: installboot(8)</a>
256: now formats the EFI System partition, creates the appropriate directory
257: structure and copies the required UEFI boot files into place.
1.1 deraadt 258: <li>...
259: </ul>
260: <p>
261:
262: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
263: <ul>
1.57 tb 264: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=eigrpd">eigrpd(8)</a>
265: routing daemon for the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
266: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
267: now supports multiple domain names provided via DHCP option 15 (Domain Name).
268: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
269: now supports search domains provided via DHCP option 119 (Domain Search).
270: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
271: no longer continually checks for a change to the routing domain of the
272: interface it controls. It now relies on the appropriate routing socket
273: messages.
274: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
275: now issues DHCP DECLINE responses to lease offers found to be inadequate,
276: and restarts the DISCOVER/RENEW process rather than waiting indefinitely
277: for a better lease to appear.
278: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
279: no longer exits if a desired route cannot be added. It now just reports
280: the fact.
281: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
282: now takes a much more careful approach to received packets to ensure
283: only received data is used to process the packet.
284: Packets with incorrect length information or lacking appropriate header
285: information are now dropped.
286: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
287: again disables pending timeouts if the interface link is lost,
288: preventing endless retries at obtaining a lease.
289: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
290: was pledged.
291: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd">dhcpd(8)</a>
292: again properly utilizes default-lease-time, max-lease-time and
293: bootp-lease-time options.
294: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd">dhcpd(8)</a>
295: was pledged.
296: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump">tcpdump(1)</a>
297: now displays more information about IEEE 802.11 frames when run with
298: the -y IEEE802_11_RADIO and -v options.
1.1 deraadt 299: <li>...
300: </ul>
301: <p>
302:
303: <li>Security improvements:
304: <ul>
305: <li>...
1.10 tedu 306: <li>Support for looking up hosts via YP has been removed from libc.
1.57 tb 307: The 'yp' lookup method in
308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf">
309: resolv.conf</a>
310: is no longer available.
1.10 tedu 311: <li>Support for the HOSTALIASES environment variable has been removed from libc.
1.1 deraadt 312: </ul>
313: <p>
314:
315: <li>Assorted improvements:
316: <ul>
1.57 tb 317: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=doas">doas(1)</a>
318: is a little friendlier to use.
1.28 sobrado 319: <li>Updated
1.57 tb 320: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=flex">flex(1)</a>.
321: <li>Forked <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less">less(1)</a>
322: from upstream, then proceeded to clean it up substantially.
323: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pdisk">pdisk(8)</a>
324: was largely rewritten and pledged.
1.24 krw 325: <li>Renaming files in the root directory of a MSDOS filesystem was fixed.
1.57 tb 326: <li>Many obsolete
327: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disktab">disktab(5)</a>
328: attributes and entries were removed.
329: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid">softraid(4)</a>
330: volumes now correctly look for the disklabel in the first OpenBSD disk
331: partition, not the last.
332: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid">softraid(4)</a>
333: volumes can now be partitioned with a GPT.
334: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
335: now creates a default GPT as well as the protective MBR when the '-g'
336: flag is used.
337: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
338: now has a '-b' flag that specifies the size of the EFI System partition
339: to create.
340: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
341: now has a '-v' flag that causes a verbose display of both MBR and GPT
342: information.
343: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
344: now provides full interactive GPT editing.
345: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
346: was pledged.
347: <li>Disks with sector sizes other than 512 bytes can now be partitioned with
348: a GPT.
349: <li>The GPT kernel option was removed and GPT support is part of all GENERIC
350: and GENERIC derived kernels.
351: <li>Many improvements were made to the GPT kernel support to ensure safe and
352: reliable operation of GPT and MBR processing.
353: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel">disklabel(8)</a>
354: no longer supports boot code installation, with the -B and -b flags
355: being removed.
356: The associated fields in the disklabel were also removed.
357: These functions are now all performed by
358: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=installboot">
359: installboot(8)</a>.
1.43 guenther 360: <li>PowerPC converted to secure-PLT ABI variant.
1.57 tb 361: <li>Perform lazy binding updates in
362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld.so">ld.so(1)</a>
363: using
364: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kbind">kbind(2)</a>
365: to improve security and reduce overhead in threaded processes.
366: <li>Over 100 internal or obsolete interfaces have been deleted or are no
367: longer exported by libc, reducing symbol conflicts and process size.
368: <!-- List stuff? YP and XDR APIs, mpool_*, bcrypt_autorounds, link_addr -->
369: <li>libc now uses local references for most of its own functions to avoid
370: symbol overriding, improve standards compliance, increase speed,
371: and reduce dynamic linking overhead.
372: <li>Handle intra-thread kills via new
373: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=thrkill">thrkill(2)</a>
374: system call to tighten pledge(2) restrictions and improve pthread_kill(3)
375: and pthread_cancel(3) compliance.
376: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getpwnam_shadow">
377: getpwnam_shadow(3)</a>
378: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getpwuid_shadow">
379: getpwuid_shadow(3)</a>
380: to permit tighter pledge(2) restrictions.
381: <li>Added support to
382: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ktrace">ktrace(1)</a>
383: the arguments to
384: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=execve">execve(2)</a>
385: and
386: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>.
387: Removed support for tracing context switch points.
388: <tt>kevent</tt> structures are now dumped.
1.46 stsp 389: <li>Disabled support for loading locales other than UTF-8.
390: <li>UTF-8 character locale data has been updated to Unicode 7.0.0.
1.57 tb 391: <li>Added UTF-8 support to several utilities, including
392: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=calendar">calendar(1)</a>,
393: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=colrm">colrm(1)</a>,
394: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cut">cut(1)</a>,
395: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fmt">fmt(1)</a>,
396: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ls">ls(1)</a>,
397: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ps">ps(1)</a>,
398: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rs">rs(1)</a>,
399: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ul">ul(1)</a>,
400: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uniq">uniq(1)</a>,
401: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wc">wc(1)</a>.
1.46 stsp 402: <li>Native language support (NLS) has been removed from libc.
1.57 tb 403: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb">ddb(4)</a>
404: now automatically shows a stack trace upon panic.
1.1 deraadt 405: <li>...
406: </ul>
407: <p>
408:
1.57 tb 409: <li>OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd">httpd(8)</a>:
1.1 deraadt 410: <ul>
411: <li>...
412: </ul>
413: <p>
414:
1.38 gilles 415: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.9.1
416: <ul>
417: <li>Security:
418: <ul>
419: <li>Both
1.57 tb 420: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpd">smtpd(8)</a>
1.38 gilles 421: and
1.57 tb 422: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpctl">smtpctl(8)</a>
1.38 gilles 423: have been pledged.
1.57 tb 424: <li>The offline enqueue mode of
425: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpctl">smtpctl(8)</a>
426: has been redesigned to remove the need for a publicly writable directory
427: which was a vector of multiple attacks in the Qualys Security audit.
1.38 gilles 428: </ul>
429: <li>The following improvements were brought in this release:
430: <ul>
1.57 tb 431: <li>Experimental support for filters API is now available with several
432: filters available in ports.
1.38 gilles 433: <li>Add Message-Id header if necessary.
434: <li>Removed the kick mechanism which was misbehaving.
1.39 tj 435: <li>Increased the length of acceptable headers lines.
1.38 gilles 436: <li>Assume messages are 8-bit bytes by default.
437: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 438: </ul>
439: <p>
440:
1.41 jsg 441: <li>OpenSSH 7.2
1.1 deraadt 442: <ul>
443: <li>Security:
444: <ul>
1.16 sobrado 445: <li>Qualys Security identified vulnerabilities in the
1.57 tb 446: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.18 sobrado 447: client experimental support for resuming SSH-connections (roaming).
1.16 sobrado 448: In the default configuration, this could potentially leak client keys
449: to a hostile server. The authentication of the server host key
450: prevents exploitation by a man-in-the-middle, so this information leak
451: is restricted to connections to malicious or compromised servers.
452: This feature has been disabled in the
1.57 tb 453: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 sobrado 454: client, and it has been removed from the source tree. The matching
455: server code has never been shipped.
1.57 tb 456: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.16 sobrado 457: OpenSSH 7.0 contained a logic error in
458: <tt>PermitRootLogin=prohibit-password/without-password</tt> that could,
459: depending on compile-time configuration, permit password authentication
460: to root while preventing other forms of authentication.
461: <li>Fix an out of-bound read access in the packet handling code.
1.18 sobrado 462: <li>Further use of
1.57 tb 463: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bzero">explicit_bzero(3)</a>
1.18 sobrado 464: has been added in various buffer handling code paths to guard against
465: compilers aggressively doing dead-store removal.
1.57 tb 466: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
467: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 468: remove unfinished and unused roaming code.
1.57 tb 469: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 470: eliminate fallback from untrusted X11 forwarding to trusted forwarding
471: when the X server disables the <tt>SECURITY</tt> extension.
1.57 tb 472: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
473: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 474: increase the minimum modulus size supported for
475: <tt>diffie-hellman-group-exchange</tt> to 2048 bits.
476: </ul>
477: <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
478: <ul>
479: <li>This release disables a number of legacy cryptographic algorithms
480: by default in
1.57 tb 481: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 482: <ul>
483: <li>Several ciphers: <tt>blowfish-cbc</tt>, <tt>cast128-cbc</tt>,
484: all <tt>arcfour</tt> variants and the <tt>rijndael-cbc</tt> aliases
485: for AES.
486: <li>MD5-based and truncated HMAC algorithms.
487: </ul>
488: </ul>
489: <li>New/changed features:
490: <ul>
491: <li>all: add support for RSA signatures using SHA-256/512 hash algorithms
492: based on <tt>draft-rsa-dsa-sha2-256-03.txt</tt> and
493: <tt>draft-ssh-ext-info-04.txt</tt>.
1.57 tb 494: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 495: Add an <tt>AddKeysToAgent</tt> client option which can be set to
496: <tt>yes</tt>, <tt>no</tt>, <tt>ask</tt>, or <tt>confirm</tt>, and
497: defaults to <tt>no</tt>. When enabled, a private key that is used
498: during authentication will be added to
1.57 tb 499: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>
1.45 sobrado 500: if it is running (with confirmation enabled if set to <tt>confirm</tt>).
1.57 tb 501: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 502: add a new <tt>authorized_keys</tt> option <tt>restrict</tt> that
503: includes all current and future key restrictions
504: (<tt>no-*-forwarding</tt>, etc.).
505: Also add permissive versions of the existing restrictions, e.g.
506: <tt>no-pty</tt> -> <tt>pty</tt>. This simplifies the task of setting up
507: restricted keys and ensures they are maximally-restricted,
508: regardless of any permissions we might implement in the future.
1.57 tb 509: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 510: add
1.57 tb 511: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.45 sobrado 512: CertificateFile option to explicitly list certificates. (bz#2436)
1.57 tb 513: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 514: allow
1.57 tb 515: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
1.45 sobrado 516: to change the key comment for all supported formats.
1.57 tb 517: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 518: allow fingerprinting from standard input, e.g. "ssh-keygen -lf -".
1.57 tb 519: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 520: allow fingerprinting multiple public keys in a file, e.g.
521: <tt>ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/authorized_keys</tt>. (bz#1319)
1.57 tb 522: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 523: support <tt>none</tt> as an argument for
1.57 tb 524: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.45 sobrado 525: <tt>Foreground</tt> and <tt>ChrootDirectory</tt>. Useful inside
526: <tt>Match</tt> blocks to override a global default. (bz#2486)
1.57 tb 527: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 528: support multiple certificates (one per line) and reading from standard
529: input (using "<tt>-f -</tt>") for <tt>ssh-keygen -L</tt>.
1.57 tb 530: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 531: add <tt>ssh-keyscan -c ...</tt> flag to allow fetching certificates
532: instead of plain keys.
1.57 tb 533: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 534: better handle anchored FQDNs (e.g. <tt>cvs.openbsd.org.</tt>) in
535: hostname canonicalisation - treat them as already canonical and
536: trailing '<tt>.</tt>' before matching
1.57 tb 537: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 538: </ul>
539: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
540: <ul>
1.57 tb 541: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
542: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.18 sobrado 543: add compatibility workarounds for FuTTY.
1.57 tb 544: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
545: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.18 sobrado 546: refine compatibility workarounds for WinSCP.
1.16 sobrado 547: <li>Fix a number of memory faults (double-free, free of uninitialised
548: memory, etc) in
1.57 tb 549: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 sobrado 550: and
1.57 tb 551: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>.
1.18 sobrado 552: <li>Correctly interpret the <tt>first_kex_follows</tt> option during the
553: initial key exchange.
1.57 tb 554: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp">sftp(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 555: existing destination directories should not terminate recursive uploads
556: (regression in openssh 6.8). (bz#2528)
1.57 tb 557: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
558: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 559: correctly send back <tt>SSH2_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED</tt> replies to
560: unexpected messages during key exchange. (bz#2949)
1.57 tb 561: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 562: refuse attempts to set <tt>ConnectionAttempts=0</tt>, which does not
563: make sense and would cause ssh to print an uninitialised stack
564: variable. (bz#2500)
1.57 tb 565: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 566: fix errors when attempting to connect to scoped IPv6 addresses with
567: hostname canonicalisation enabled.
1.57 tb 568: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config">sshd_config(5)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 569: list a couple more options usable in <tt>Match</tt> blocks. (bz#2489)
1.57 tb 570: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 571: fix <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +...</tt> inside a <tt>Match</tt> block.
1.57 tb 572: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 573: expand tilde characters in filenames passed to <tt>-i</tt> options
574: before checking whether or not the identity file exists. Avoids
575: confusion for cases where shell doesn't expand (e.g.
576: <tt>-i ~/file</tt> vs. <tt>-i~/file</tt>). (bz#2481)
1.57 tb 577: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 578: do not prepend "exec" to the shell command run by <tt>Match exec</tt>
579: in a config file, which could cause some commands to fail in certain
580: environments. (bz#2471)
1.57 tb 581: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 582: fix output for multiple hosts/addrs on one line when host hashing or
583: a non standard port is in use. (bz#2479)
1.57 tb 584: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 585: skip "Could not chdir to home directory" message when
586: <tt>ChrootDirectory</tt> is active. (bz#2485)
1.57 tb 587: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 588: include <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> in <tt>ssh -G</tt> config dump.
1.57 tb 589: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 590: avoid changing <tt>TunnelForwarding</tt> device flags if they are
591: already what is needed; makes it possible to use
1.57 tb 592: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun">tun(4)</a>/
593: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tap">tap(4)</a>
1.45 sobrado 594: networking as non-root user if device permissions and interface flags
595: are pre-established.
1.57 tb 596: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
597: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 598: <tt>RekeyLimits</tt> could be exceeded by one packet. (bz#2521)
1.57 tb 599: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 600: fix multiplexing master failure to notice client exit.
1.57 tb 601: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
602: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 603: avoid <tt>fatal()</tt> for PKCS11 tokens that present empty key IDs.
604: (bz#1773)
1.57 tb 605: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 606: avoid
1.57 tb 607: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=printf&sec=3">printf(3)</a>
1.45 sobrado 608: of NULL argument. (bz#2535)
1.57 tb 609: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
610: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 611: allow <tt>RekeyLimits</tt> larger than 4GB. (bz#2521)
1.57 tb 612: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>,
613: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 614: fix several bugs in (unused) KRL signature support.
1.57 tb 615: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
616: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 617: fix connections with peers that use the key exchange guess feature of
618: the protocol. (bz#2515)
1.57 tb 619: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 620: include remote port number in log messages. (bz#2503)
1.57 tb 621: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 622: don't try to load SSHv1 private key when compiled without SSHv1
623: support. (bz#2505)
1.57 tb 624: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>,
625: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 626: fix incorrect error messages during key loading and signing errors.
627: (bz#2507)
1.57 tb 628: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 629: don't leave empty temporary files when performing <tt>known_hosts</tt>
630: file edits when <tt>known_hosts</tt> doesn't exist.
1.57 tb 631: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 632: correct packet format for tcpip-forward replies for requests that
633: don't allocate a port. (bz#2509)
1.57 tb 634: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
635: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 636: fix possible hang on closed output. (bz#2469)
1.57 tb 637: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 638: expand <tt>%i</tt> in <tt>ControlPath</tt> to UID. (bz#2449)
1.57 tb 639: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
640: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 641: fix return type of <tt>openssh_RSA_verify</tt>. (bz#2460)
1.57 tb 642: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
643: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 644: fix some option parsing memory leaks. (bz#2182)
1.57 tb 645: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 646: add a some debug output before DNS resolution; it's a place where
647: ssh could previously silently stall in cases of unresponsive DNS
648: servers. (bz#2433)
1.57 tb 649: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 650: remove spurious newline in visual hostkey. (bz#2686)
1.57 tb 651: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 652: fix printing (<tt>ssh -G ...</tt>) of <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms=+...</tt>
1.57 tb 653: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 654: fix expansion of <tt>HostkeyAlgorithms=+...</tt>
1.1 deraadt 655: </ul>
656: </ul>
657: <p>
1.17 sobrado 658: <li>LibreSSL 2.3.2
1.1 deraadt 659: <ul>
660: <li>User-visible features:
661: <ul>
1.17 sobrado 662: <li>This release corrects the handling of <tt>ClientHello</tt> messages
663: that do not include TLS extensions, resulting in such handshakes being
664: aborted.
1.39 tj 665: <li>When loading a DSA key from a raw (without DH parameters) ASN.1
1.17 sobrado 666: serialization, perform some consistency checks on its `p' and `q'
667: values, and return an error if the checks failed.
668: <li>Fixed a bug in <tt>ECDH_compute_key</tt> that can lead to silent
669: truncation of the result key without error. A coding error could cause
670: software to use much shorter keys than intended.
671: <li>Removed support for <tt>DTLS_BAD_VER</tt>. Pre-DTLSv1 implementations
672: are no longer supported.
673: <li>The engine command and parameters are removed from
1.57 tb 674: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openssl">
675: openssl(1)</a>.
1.39 tj 676: Previous releases removed dynamic and built-in engine support already.
1.17 sobrado 677: <li>SHA-0 is removed, which was withdrawn shortly after publication
678: twenty years ago.
679: <li>Added <tt>Certplus CA</tt> root certificate to the default
680: <tt>cert.pem</tt> file.
1.19 sobrado 681: <li>Fixed a leak in
1.57 tb 682: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=SSL_new">
683: SSL_new(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 684: in the error path.
1.28 sobrado 685: <li>Fixed a memory leak and out-of-bounds access in
1.57 tb 686: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=OBJ_nid2obj">
687: OBJ_obj2txt(3)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 688: <li>Fixed an up-to 7 byte overflow in RC4 when len is not a multiple of
689: <tt>sizeof(RC4_CHUNK)</tt>.
1.19 sobrado 690: <li>Added
1.57 tb 691: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=EVP_AEAD_CTX_init">
692: EVP_aead_chacha20_poly1305_ietf(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 693: which matches the
1.18 sobrado 694: <tt>AEAD</tt> construction introduced in RFC 7539, which is different
695: than that already used in TLS with
1.57 tb 696: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=EVP_AEAD_CTX_init">
697: EVP_aead_chacha20_poly1305(3)</a>.
1.18 sobrado 698: <li>More man pages converted from pod to
1.57 tb 699: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mdoc">mdoc(7)</a>
1.18 sobrado 700: format.
1.17 sobrado 701: <li>Added <tt>COMODO RSA Certification Authority</tt> and
702: <tt>QuoVadis</tt> root certificates to <tt>cert.pem</tt>.
703: <li>Removed Remhve "<tt>C=US, O=VeriSign, Inc., OU=Class 3 Public Primary
704: Certification Authority</tt>"
705: (serial 3c:91:31:cb:1f:f6:d0:1b:0e:9a:b8:d0:44:bf:12:be)
706: root certificate from <tt>cert.pem</tt>.
707: <li>Fixed incorrect TLS certificate loading by
1.57 tb 708: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc">nc(1)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 709: <li>The following CVEs had been fixed:
710: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 711: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3194</tt>—NULL pointer dereference in client
712: side certificate validation.
713: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3195</tt>—memory leak in PKCS7, not reachable
714: from TLS/SSL.
1.17 sobrado 715: </ul>
716: <li>Note: The following OpenSSL CVEs did not apply to LibreSSL:
717: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 718: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3193</tt>—carry propagating bug in the x86_64
719: Montgomery squaring procedure.
720: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3196</tt>—double free race condition of the
721: identify hint data.
1.17 sobrado 722: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 723: </ul>
724: <li>Code improvements:
725: <ul>
1.17 sobrado 726: <li>Added install target for <tt>cmake</tt> builds.
727: <li>Updated <tt>pkgconfig</tt> files to correctly report the release
728: version number, not the individual library ABI version numbers.
729: <li>SSLv3 is now permanently removed from the tree.
730: <li>The <tt>libtls</tt> API is changed from the 2.2.x series:
731: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 732: <li>The
1.57 tb 733: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
734: tls_read(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 735: and
1.57 tb 736: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
737: tls_write(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 738: functions now work better with external event libraries.
739: <li>Client-side verification is now supported, with the client
740: supplying the certificate to the server.
741: <li>Also, when using
1.57 tb 742: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
743: tls_connect_fds(3)</a>,
744: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
745: tls_connect_socket(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 746: or
1.57 tb 747: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
748: tls_accept_fds(3)</a>,
1.28 sobrado 749: <tt>libtls</tt> no longer implicitly closes the passed in sockets.
750: The caller is responsible for closing them in this case.
1.17 sobrado 751: </ul>
752: <li>New interface <tt>OPENSSL_cpu_caps</tt> is provided that does not
753: allow software to inadvertently modify cpu capability flags.
754: <tt>OPENSSL_ia32cap</tt> and <tt>OPENSSL_ia32cap_loc</tt> are removed.
1.18 sobrado 755: <li>The <tt>out_len</tt> argument of <tt>AEAD</tt> changed from
756: <tt>ssize_t</tt> to <tt>size_t</tt>.
1.17 sobrado 757: <li>Deduplicated DTLS code, sharing bugfixes and improvements with TLS.
758: <li>Converted
1.57 tb 759: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc">nc(1)</a>
1.17 sobrado 760: to use <tt>libtls</tt> for client and server operations; it is
761: included in the libressl-portable distribution as an example of how
762: to use the <tt>libtls</tt> library. This is intended to be a simpler
763: and more robust replacement for <tt>openssl s_client</tt> and
764: <tt>openssl s_server</tt> for day-to-day operations.
765: <li>ASN.1 cleanups and RFC5280 compliance fixes.
766: <li>Time representations switched from <tt>unsigned long</tt> to
767: <tt>time_t</tt>. LibreSSL now checks if the host OS supports 64-bit
768: <tt>time_t</tt>.
769: <li>Support always extracting the peer cipher and version with
770: <tt>libtls</tt>.
771: <li>Added ability to check certificate validity times with
1.19 sobrado 772: <tt>libtls</tt>,
1.57 tb 773: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
774: tls_peer_cert_notbefore(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 775: and
1.57 tb 776: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
777: tls_peer_cert_notafter(3)</a>.
1.19 sobrado 778: <li>Changed
1.57 tb 779: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tls_init">
780: tls_connect_servername(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 781: to use the first address that resolves with
1.57 tb 782: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getaddrinfo">
783: getaddrinfo(3)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 784: <li>Remove broken conditional <tt>EVP_CHECK_DES_KEY</tt> code
785: (non-functional since initial commit in 2004).
1.19 sobrado 786: <li>Reject too small bits value in
1.57 tb 787: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=BN_generate_prime">
788: BN_generate_prime_ex(3)</a>,
1.17 sobrado 789: so that it does not risk becoming negative in
790: <tt>probable_prime_dh_safe()</tt>.
1.18 sobrado 791: <li>Changed format of <tt>LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt> to match that of
1.17 sobrado 792: <tt>OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt>.
793: <li>Avoid a potential undefined C99+ behavior due to shift overflow in
794: <tt>AES_decrypt</tt>.
795: <li>Deprecated the <tt>SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE</tt> flag.
1.1 deraadt 796: </ul>
797: </ul>
798: <p>
799: <li>Syslogd:
800: <ul>
801: <li>...
802: </ul>
803: <p>
804: <li>Ports and packages:
805: <dl>
806: <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.57 tb 807: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 808: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
809: <tr>
810: <td valign="top" width="25%">
811: <ul>
812: <li>alpha: xxxx
1.54 deraadt 813: <li>amd64: 9295
1.1 deraadt 814: <li>hppa: xxxx
815: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.54 deraadt 816: <li>i386: 9290
1.1 deraadt 817: <li>mips64: xxxx
818: <li>mips64el: xxxx
819: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
820: <li>powerpc: xxxx
821: <li>sh: xxxx
822: <li>sparc64: xxxx
823: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
824: <li>vax: xxxx
825: </ul></td></tr></table>
826: <p>
827:
1.57 tb 828: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 829: <dt>Some highlights:
1.57 tb 830: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 831: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
832: <tr>
833: <td valign="top" width="33%"><ul>
1.40 sthen 834: <li>Chromium 48.0.2564.116
1.1 deraadt 835: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.5
1.3 jsg 836: <li>GCC 4.9.3
837: <li>GHC 7.10.3
838: <li>GNOME 3.18.2
1.5 sthen 839: <li>Go 1.5.3
1.1 deraadt 840: <li>Groff 1.22.3
1.40 sthen 841: <li>JDK 7u80 and 8u72
1.1 deraadt 842: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
843: <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
1.3 jsg 844: <li>LibreOffice 5.0.4.2
845: <li>MariaDB 10.0.23
846: <li>Mono 4.2.1.102
1.26 lteo 847: <li>Mozilla Firefox 38.6.1esr and 44.0.2
848: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 38.6.0
1.1 deraadt 849: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
1.22 abieber 850: <li>Node.js 4.3.0
1.3 jsg 851: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.43
1.26 lteo 852: <li>PHP 5.4.45, 5.5.32 and 5.6.18
1.3 jsg 853: <li>Postfix 3.0.3
1.26 lteo 854: <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.6
1.3 jsg 855: <li>Python 2.7.11, 3.4.4 and 3.5.1
856: <li>R 3.2.3
857: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 2.0.0.648, 2.1.8, 2.2.4 and 2.3.0
1.15 lteo 858: <li>Rust 1.6.0
1.1 deraadt 859: <li>Sendmail 8.15.2
1.3 jsg 860: <li>Sudo 1.8.15
1.1 deraadt 861: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.18 and 8.6.4
862: <li>TeX Live 2014
1.3 jsg 863: <li>Vim 7.4.900
1.1 deraadt 864: <li>Xfce 4.12
865: </ul></td><td valign=top width="34%">
866: </td></tr></table>
867: <p>
868:
869: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
870: <p>
871:
872: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
873: <ul>
1.3 jsg 874: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.17.4 + patches,
1.8 jsg 875: freetype 2.6.2, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 11.0.9, xterm 322,
1.21 matthieu 876: xkeyboard-config 2.17 and more)
1.1 deraadt 877: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
878: <li>Perl 5.20.2 (+ patches)
1.3 jsg 879: <li>SQLite 3.9.2 (+ patches)
880: <li>NSD 4.1.7
881: <li>Unbound 1.5.7
1.1 deraadt 882: <li>Ncurses 5.7
883: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
884: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
885: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
886: </ul>
887:
888: </ul>
889:
890: <a name="install"></a>
891: <hr>
892: <p>
893: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
894: <p>
895: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
896: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
897: form of install. The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
898: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
899: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
900: purchased a CDROM instead.
901: <p>
902:
903: <hr>
904: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
905: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.9 on your machine:
906: <p>
907: <ul>
908: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
909: .../OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
910: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
911: .../OpenBSD/5.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
912: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
913: .../OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
914: <p>
915: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
916: .../OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
917: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
918: .../OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
919: <p>
920: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
921: .../OpenBSD/5.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
922: <p>
923: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
924: .../OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
925: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
926: .../OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
927: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
928: .../OpenBSD/5.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
929: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
930: .../OpenBSD/5.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
931: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
932: .../OpenBSD/5.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
933: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
934: .../OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
935: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
936: .../OpenBSD/5.9/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
937: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
938: .../OpenBSD/5.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
939: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
940: .../OpenBSD/5.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
941: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/vax/INSTALL.vax">
942: .../OpenBSD/5.9/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
943: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
944: .../OpenBSD/5.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
945: </ul>
946: <hr>
947:
948: <p>
949: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
950: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
951: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
952: <p>
953:
954: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
955: <ul>
956: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
957: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
958: your BIOS options first.
959:
960: <p>
961: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or
962: <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
963:
964: <p>
965: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
966: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
967: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
968:
969: <p>
970: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
971: read INSTALL.i386.
972:
973: </ul>
974:
975: <p>
976: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
977: <ul>
978: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
979: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
980: your BIOS options first.
981:
982: <p>
983: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or
984: <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
985:
986: <p>
987: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
988: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
989: INSTALL.amd64 document.
990:
991: <p>
992: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
993: read INSTALL.amd64.
994: </ul>
995:
996: <p>
997: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
998: <ul>
999: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
1000: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
1001: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
1002:
1003: <p>
1004: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
1005: /5.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1006: </ul>
1007:
1008: <p>
1009: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
1010: <ul>
1011: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
1012:
1013: <p>
1014: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1015: <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppy59.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppyB59.fs</i>
1016: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1017: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
1018:
1019: <p>
1020: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1021: will most likely fail.
1022:
1023: <p>
1024: You can also write <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/miniroot59.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1025: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
1026:
1027: <p>
1028: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1029: </ul>
1030:
1031: <p>
1032: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
1033: <ul>
1034: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppy59.fs</i> or
1035: <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppyB59.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1036: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
1037:
1038: <p>
1039: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1040: will most likely fail.
1041:
1042: </ul>
1043:
1044: <p>
1045: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
1046: <ul>
1047: <p>
1048: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
1049: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1050: </ul>
1051:
1052: <p>
1053: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
1054: <ul>
1055: <p>
1056: Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1057: or disk, and boot normally.
1058: </ul>
1059:
1060: <p>
1061: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
1062: <ul>
1063: <p>
1064: Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
1065: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
1066: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
1067: </ul>
1068: <p>
1069:
1070: <p>
1071: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
1072: <ul>
1073: <p>
1074: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1075: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
1076: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1077: </ul>
1078:
1079: <p>
1080: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
1081: <ul>
1082: <p>
1083: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
1084: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
1085: </ul>
1086:
1087: <p>
1088: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
1089: <ul>
1090: <p>
1091: To install, burn cd59.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
1092: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
1093: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
1094: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
1095: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1096:
1097: <p>
1098: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
1099: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
1100: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1101: </ul>
1102:
1103: <p>
1104: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
1105: <ul>
1106: <p>
1107: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
1108: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
1109: </ul>
1110:
1111: <p>
1112: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
1113: <ul>
1114: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1115: </ul>
1116:
1117: <p>
1118: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
1119: <ul>
1120: <p>
1121: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
1122: openbsd59_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
1123: for a few important details.
1124: </ul>
1125:
1126: <a name="upgrade"></a>
1127: <hr>
1128: <p>
1129: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
1130: <p>
1.6 tj 1131: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 1132: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1133: <a href="faq/upgrade59.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1134:
1135: <a name="sourcecode"></a>
1136: <hr>
1137: <p>
1138: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
1139: <p>
1140: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
1141: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1142: in a separate archive. To extract:
1143: <p>
1.58 tb 1144: <blockquote><pre>
1145: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
1146: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
1147: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
1148: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 1149: <p>
1150: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
1151: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
1152: To extract:
1153: <p>
1.58 tb 1154: <blockquote><pre>
1155: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
1156: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
1157: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
1158: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 1159: <p>
1160: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
1161: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1162: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1163: Using these files
1164: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
1165: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1166: <p>
1167:
1168: <a name="ports"></a>
1169: <hr>
1170: <p>
1171: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
1172: <p>
1173: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1174: <p>
1.58 tb 1175: <blockquote><pre>
1176: # <b>cd /usr</b>
1177: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
1178: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 1179: <p>
1180: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1181: if you know nothing about ports
1182: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
1183: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
1184: OpenBSD ports system.
1185: <p>
1186: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.58 tb 1187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs">
1.1 deraadt 1188: cvs(1)</a> if
1189: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1190: source tree, our ports tree is available via
1191: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1192: So, in order to keep up to date with the <i>-stable</i> branch, you must make
1193: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
1194: with a command like:
1195: <p>
1.58 tb 1196: <blockquote><pre>
1197: # <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
1198: # <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_9</b>
1199: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 1200: <p>
1201: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
1202: server.]
1203: <p>
1204: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1205: ports for the 5.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1206: <p>
1207: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1208: would like to know more, the mailing list
1209: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1210: <p>
1211: </body>
1212: </html>