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23: Released March 29, 2016<br>
1.1 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2016, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-7-3</font>
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1.62 deraadt 27: 5.9 Songs: <a href="lyrics.html#59a">"Doctor W^X"</a>,
28: <a href="lyrics.html#59b">"Systemagic (Anniversary Edition)"</a>
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30: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
31: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
32: a list of mirror machines.
33: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.9/</font> directory on
34: one of the mirror sites.
35: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata59.html">the 5.9 errata page</a> for a list
36: of bugs and workarounds.
37: <li>See a <a href="plus59.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
38: 5.8 and 5.9 releases.
39: <p>
1.87 tb 40: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=signify">signify(1)</a>
1.57 tb 41: pubkeys for this release:<br>
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48: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
49: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
50: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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54: <hr>
1.67 tb 55:
56: <h3 id="new"><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
57:
1.1 deraadt 58: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.9.
59: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus59.html">changelog</a> leading
60: to 5.9.
61:
62: <ul>
1.51 deraadt 63: <li>Processor support, including:
64: <ul>
65: <li>W^X policy enforced in the i386 kernel address space.
66: </ul>
67: <p>
1.1 deraadt 68: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
69: <ul>
1.87 tb 70: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=asmc">asmc(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 71: driver for the Apple System Management Controller.
1.87 tb 72: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pchtemp">pchtemp(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 73: driver for the thermal sensor found on Intel X99, C610 series, 9 series
74: and 100 series PCH.
1.87 tb 75: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uonerng">uonerng(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 76: driver for the Moonbase Otago OneRNG.
1.87 tb 77: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dwiic">dwiic(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 78: driver for the Synopsys DesignWare I2C controller.
1.87 tb 79: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ikbd">ikbd(4)</a>,
80: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ims">ims(4)</a>, and
81: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=imt">imt(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 82: drivers for HID-over-i2c keyboards, mice and multitouch touchpads.
1.87 tb 83: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=efifb">efifb(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 84: driver for EFI frame buffer.
1.87 tb 85: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=viocon">viocon(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 86: driver for the
1.87 tb 87: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=virtio">virtio(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 88: console interface provided by KVM, QEMU, and others.
1.87 tb 89: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xen">xen(4)</a>
1.69 mikeb 90: driver implementing Xen domU initialization and PVHVM device attachment.
1.87 tb 91: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xspd">xspd(4)</a>
1.81 tb 92: driver for the XenSource Platform Device providing guests with
93: additional capabilities.
1.87 tb 94: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xnf">xnf(4)</a>
1.69 mikeb 95: driver for Xen paravirtualized networking interface.
1.33 jsg 96: <li>amd64 can now boot from 32 bit and 64 bit EFI.
97: <li>Initial support for hardware reduced ACPI added to
1.87 tb 98: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpi">acpi(4)</a>.
1.33 jsg 99: <li>Support for ACPI configured SD host controllers has been added to
1.87 tb 100: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdhc">sdhc(4)</a>.
101: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=puc">puc(4)</a>
1.81 tb 102: driver now supports Moxa CP-168U, Perle Speed8 LE and QEMU PCI serial
103: devices.
104: <li>Intel 100 Series PCH Ethernet MAC with i219 PHY support has been added
105: to the
1.87 tb 106: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em">em(4)</a> driver.
1.33 jsg 107: <li>RTL8168H/RTL8111H support has been added to
1.87 tb 108: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sec=4">re(4)</a>.
109: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=inteldrm">inteldrm(4)</a>
1.81 tb 110: has been updated to Linux 3.14.52, adding initial support for Bay Trail
1.57 tb 111: and Broadwell graphics.
112: <li>Support for audio in Thinkpad docks has been added to the
1.87 tb 113: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=azalia">azalia(4)</a>
1.57 tb 114: driver.
115: <li>Support for Synaptic touchpads without W mode has been added to the
1.87 tb 116: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pms">pms(4)</a>
1.57 tb 117: driver.
118: <li>Support for tap-and-drag detection with ALPS touchpads in the
1.87 tb 119: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pms">pms(4)</a>
1.57 tb 120: driver has been improved.
1.87 tb 121: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdmmc">sdmmc(4)</a>
1.57 tb 122: driver now supports sector mode for eMMC devices, such as those found on
123: some BeagleBone Black boards.
1.87 tb 124: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cnmac">cnmac(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 125: driver now supports checksum offloading.
1.87 tb 126: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipmi">ipmi(4)</a>
1.57 tb 127: driver now supports OpenIPMI compatible character device.
1.81 tb 128: <li>Support for ST-506 disks has been removed.
1.1 deraadt 129: </ul>
130: <p>
131:
1.87 tb 132: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
1.57 tb 133: support integrated:
1.34 deraadt 134: <ul>
1.59 tb 135: <li>The tame(2) system call was renamed to pledge(2).
136: Behavior and semantics were extended and refined.
137: <li>453 out of 707 base system binaries were adapted to use pledge.
138: <li>14 ports now use pledge(2): some decompression tools, mutt,
139: some pdf tools, chromium/iridium, and the i3 window manager.
140: <li>Various bugs exposed by pledge(2) were corrected.
1.86 tb 141: For example in <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.c?rev=1.181&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
142: bgpd(8)</a>, <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/iked/config.c?rev=1.40&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
143: iked(8)</a>, <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/ldapd/control.c?rev=1.13&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
144: ldapd(8)</a>, <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/constraint.c?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
145: ntpd(8)</a>, and <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c?rev=1.200&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 146: syslogd(8)</a>.
1.59 tb 147: <li>Several misfeatures were removed, such as:
148: <ul>
1.86 tb 149: <li><a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c?rev=1.50&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 150: support for HOSTALIASES</a> in the
1.87 tb 151: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=asr_run">
1.67 tb 152: resolver</a>.
1.86 tb 153: <li><a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c?rev=1.49&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 154: support for <tt>lookup yp</tt></a>
155: in
1.87 tb 156: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=resolv.conf">
1.67 tb 157: resolv.conf(5)</a>.
1.86 tb 158: <li><a href="https://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">
1.67 tb 159: setuid-preserving code</a>
160: in tools from binutils.
161: <li>handling of
1.86 tb 162: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/patch/ed.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 163: ed-style diffs</a> via proc/exec in
1.87 tb 164: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=patch">
1.67 tb 165: patch(1)</a>.
1.59 tb 166: </ul>
167: <li>Userland programs were audited so that they could be properly annotated
168: with pledge(2).
1.73 deraadt 169: This resulted in design changes such as:
1.60 tb 170: <ul>
1.67 tb 171: <li>
172: addition of
1.86 tb 173: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/rdate/rdate.c?rev=1.33&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 174: privilege separation</a> to
1.87 tb 175: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rdate">
1.81 tb 176: rdate(8)</a>
1.67 tb 177: <li>
178: addition of
1.86 tb 179: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.c?rev=1.18&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 180: privilege separation</a> to
1.87 tb 181: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sndiod">
1.81 tb 182: sndiod(8)</a>
183: <li>the introduction of the <tt>SOCK_DNS</tt>
1.87 tb 184: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=socket">
1.67 tb 185: socket(2)</a> flag that makes an <tt>SS_DNS</tt> tagged socket
186: conceptually different from a plain socket.
1.60 tb 187: </ul>
1.59 tb 188: <li>pledge(2) is also used to constrain programs that handle untrusted data
189: to a very limited subset of POSIX.
190: For example,
1.87 tb 191: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=strings">
1.67 tb 192: strings(1)</a> or
1.87 tb 193: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=objdump">
1.86 tb 194: objdump(1)</a> from <a href="https://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">
195: binutils</a> or the <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/ca.c?rev=1.15&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 196: RSA-privsep process</a> in
1.87 tb 197: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd">
1.67 tb 198: smtpd(8)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 199: </ul>
200: <p>
201:
1.64 mpi 202: <li>SMP network stack improvements:
203: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 204: <li>The task processing incoming packets can now run mostly in parallel
1.81 tb 205: of the rest of the kernel. This includes:
1.71 mpi 206: <ul>
1.87 tb 207: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp">carp(4)</a>,
208: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunk">trunk(4)</a>,
209: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vlan">vlan(4)</a>
1.81 tb 210: and other pseudo-drivers, with the exception of
1.87 tb 211: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge">bridge(4)</a>.
1.73 deraadt 212: <li>Ethernet decapsulation, ARP processing and MPLS forwarding path.
1.87 tb 213: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bpf">bpf(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 214: filter matching.
1.71 mpi 215: </ul>
216: <li>The Rx and Tx rings of the
1.87 tb 217: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix">ix(4)</a>,
218: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=myx">myx(4)</a>,
219: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em">em(4)</a>,
220: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge">bge(4)</a>,
221: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx">bnx(4)</a>,
222: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vmx">vmx(4)</a>,
223: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gem">gem(4)</a>,
224: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re">re(4)</a> and
225: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cas">cas(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 226: drivers can now be processed in parallel of the rest of the kernel.
1.71 mpi 227: <li>The Rx ring of the
1.87 tb 228: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cnmac">cnmac(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 229: driver can now be processed in parallel of the rest of the kernel.
1.66 stsp 230: </ul>
231: <p>
232:
233: <li>Initial IEEE 802.11n wireless support:
234: <ul>
1.87 tb 235: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ieee80211">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.66 stsp 236: subsystem now supports HT data rates up to 65 Mbit/s (802.11n MCS 0-7).
237: <li>The input path of
1.87 tb 238: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ieee80211">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.66 stsp 239: now supports receiving A-MPDU and A-MSDU aggregated frames.
1.87 tb 240: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iwm">iwm(4)</a>
241: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iwn">iwn(4)</a>
1.66 stsp 242: drivers make use of the above features.
243: <li>802.11n mode is used by default if supported by the OpenBSD wireless
244: driver and the access point.
245: Operation in 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g modes can be forced with
1.87 tb 246: the new <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.67 tb 247: <tt>mode</tt> subcommand.
1.64 mpi 248: </ul>
249: <p>
250:
1.1 deraadt 251: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
252: <ul>
1.87 tb 253: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=etherip">etherip(4)</a>
1.81 tb 254: pseudo-device for tunneling Ethernet frames across IP[46] networks
1.57 tb 255: using RFC 3378 EtherIP encapsulation.
1.87 tb 256: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pair">pair(4)</a>
1.57 tb 257: pseudo-device for creating paired virtual Ethernet interfaces.
1.87 tb 258: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tap">tap(4)</a>
1.81 tb 259: pseudo-device, split up from
1.87 tb 260: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tun">tun(4)</a>,
1.81 tb 261: providing a layer 3 interface with userland tools.
262: <li>Support for obsolete IPv6 socket options has been removed.
1.87 tb 263: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iwn">iwn(4)</a>
1.57 tb 264: driver now passes IEEE 802.11 control frames in monitor mode, allowing
265: full capture of traffic on a particular wireless channel.
1.87 tb 266: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pflow">pflow(4)</a>
1.57 tb 267: now supports IPv6 for transport.
1.1 deraadt 268: </ul>
269: <p>
270:
271: <li>Installer improvements:
272: <ul>
1.24 krw 273: <li>Inappropriate user choices from a list of options are more reliably rejected.
274: <li>Installing to a disk partitioned with a GPT is now supported (amd64 only).
1.81 tb 275: <li>When initializing a GPT, the required EFI System partition is automatically created.
276: <li>When installing to a GPT disk,
1.87 tb 277: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=installboot">
1.67 tb 278: installboot(8)</a>
1.57 tb 279: now formats the EFI System partition, creates the appropriate directory
280: structure and copies the required UEFI boot files into place.
1.1 deraadt 281: </ul>
282: <p>
283:
284: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
285: <ul>
1.87 tb 286: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=eigrpd">eigrpd(8)</a>
1.57 tb 287: routing daemon for the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
1.87 tb 288: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 289: now supports multiple domain names provided via DHCP option 15 (Domain Name).
1.87 tb 290: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 291: now supports search domains provided via DHCP option 119 (Domain Search).
1.87 tb 292: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 293: no longer continually checks for a change to the routing domain of the
294: interface it controls. It now relies on the appropriate routing socket
295: messages.
1.87 tb 296: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 297: now issues DHCP DECLINE responses to lease offers found to be inadequate,
298: and restarts the DISCOVER/RENEW process rather than waiting indefinitely
299: for a better lease to appear.
1.87 tb 300: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 301: no longer exits if a desired route cannot be added. It now just reports
302: the fact.
1.87 tb 303: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 304: now takes a much more careful approach to received packets to ensure
305: only received data is used to process the packet.
306: Packets with incorrect length information or lacking appropriate header
307: information are now dropped.
1.87 tb 308: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 309: again disables pending timeouts if the interface link is lost,
310: preventing endless retries at obtaining a lease.
1.87 tb 311: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.81 tb 312: again properly utilizes <tt>default-lease-time</tt>,
313: <tt>max-lease-time</tt> and <tt>bootp-lease-time</tt> options.
1.87 tb 314: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcpdump">tcpdump(8)</a>
1.57 tb 315: now displays more information about IEEE 802.11 frames when run with
1.81 tb 316: the <tt>-y IEEE802_11_RADIO</tt> and <tt>-v</tt> options.
1.64 mpi 317: <li>Several interoperability issues in
1.87 tb 318: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iked">iked(8)</a>
1.64 mpi 319: have been fixed, including EAP auth with OS X El Capitan.
1.1 deraadt 320: </ul>
321: <p>
322:
323: <li>Security improvements:
324: <ul>
1.69 mikeb 325: <li>Chacha20-Poly1305 authenticated encryption mode has been implemented in the
326: IPsec stack for the ESP protocol.
1.10 tedu 327: <li>Support for looking up hosts via YP has been removed from libc.
1.57 tb 328: The 'yp' lookup method in
1.87 tb 329: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=resolv.conf">
1.67 tb 330: resolv.conf</a>
1.57 tb 331: is no longer available.
1.10 tedu 332: <li>Support for the HOSTALIASES environment variable has been removed from libc.
1.1 deraadt 333: </ul>
334: <p>
335:
336: <li>Assorted improvements:
337: <ul>
1.87 tb 338: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=doas">doas(1)</a>
1.57 tb 339: is a little friendlier to use.
1.28 sobrado 340: <li>Updated
1.87 tb 341: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=flex">flex(1)</a>.
342: <li>Forked <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=less">less(1)</a>
1.57 tb 343: from upstream, then proceeded to clean it up substantially.
1.87 tb 344: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pdisk">pdisk(8)</a>
1.57 tb 345: was largely rewritten and pledged.
1.24 krw 346: <li>Renaming files in the root directory of a MSDOS filesystem was fixed.
1.57 tb 347: <li>Many obsolete
1.87 tb 348: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=disktab">disktab(5)</a>
1.57 tb 349: attributes and entries were removed.
1.87 tb 350: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=softraid">softraid(4)</a>
1.57 tb 351: volumes now correctly look for the disklabel in the first OpenBSD disk
352: partition, not the last.
1.87 tb 353: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=softraid">softraid(4)</a>
1.57 tb 354: volumes can now be partitioned with a GPT.
1.87 tb 355: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.81 tb 356: now creates a default GPT as well as the protective MBR when the
357: <tt>-g</tt> flag is used.
1.87 tb 358: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.81 tb 359: now has a <tt>-b</tt> flag that specifies the size of the EFI System
360: partition to create.
1.87 tb 361: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.81 tb 362: now has a <tt>-v</tt> flag that causes a verbose display of both MBR
363: and GPT information.
1.87 tb 364: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.57 tb 365: now provides full interactive GPT editing.
1.87 tb 366: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.57 tb 367: was pledged.
368: <li>Disks with sector sizes other than 512 bytes can now be partitioned with
369: a GPT.
370: <li>The GPT kernel option was removed and GPT support is part of all GENERIC
371: and GENERIC derived kernels.
372: <li>Many improvements were made to the GPT kernel support to ensure safe and
373: reliable operation of GPT and MBR processing.
1.87 tb 374: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel">disklabel(8)</a>
1.81 tb 375: no longer supports boot code installation, with the <tt>-B</tt> and
376: <tt>-b</tt> flags being removed.
1.57 tb 377: The associated fields in the disklabel were also removed.
378: These functions are now all performed by
1.87 tb 379: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=installboot">
1.67 tb 380: installboot(8)</a>.
1.43 guenther 381: <li>PowerPC converted to secure-PLT ABI variant.
1.57 tb 382: <li>Perform lazy binding updates in
1.87 tb 383: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ld.so">ld.so(1)</a>
1.57 tb 384: using
1.87 tb 385: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=kbind">kbind(2)</a>
1.57 tb 386: to improve security and reduce overhead in threaded processes.
387: <li>Over 100 internal or obsolete interfaces have been deleted or are no
388: longer exported by libc, reducing symbol conflicts and process size.
389: <li>libc now uses local references for most of its own functions to avoid
390: symbol overriding, improve standards compliance, increase speed,
391: and reduce dynamic linking overhead.
392: <li>Handle intra-thread kills via new
1.87 tb 393: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=thrkill">thrkill(2)</a>
1.73 deraadt 394: system call to tighten
1.87 tb 395: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
1.73 deraadt 396: restrictions and improve
1.87 tb 397: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthread_kill">pthread_kill(3)</a>
1.73 deraadt 398: and
1.87 tb 399: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthread_cancel">pthread_cancel(3)</a>
1.73 deraadt 400: compliance.
1.87 tb 401: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getpwnam_shadow">
1.67 tb 402: getpwnam_shadow(3)</a>
1.87 tb 403: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getpwuid_shadow">
1.67 tb 404: getpwuid_shadow(3)</a>
1.73 deraadt 405: to permit tighter
1.87 tb 406: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
1.73 deraadt 407: restrictions.
1.57 tb 408: <li>Added support to
1.87 tb 409: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ktrace">ktrace(1)</a>
1.57 tb 410: the arguments to
1.87 tb 411: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=execve">execve(2)</a>
1.57 tb 412: and
1.87 tb 413: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>.
1.57 tb 414: Removed support for tracing context switch points.
415: <tt>kevent</tt> structures are now dumped.
1.46 stsp 416: <li>Disabled support for loading locales other than UTF-8.
417: <li>UTF-8 character locale data has been updated to Unicode 7.0.0.
1.57 tb 418: <li>Added UTF-8 support to several utilities, including
1.87 tb 419: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=calendar">calendar(1)</a>,
420: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=colrm">colrm(1)</a>,
421: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cut">cut(1)</a>,
422: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fmt">fmt(1)</a>,
423: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ls">ls(1)</a>,
424: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ps">ps(1)</a>,
425: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rs">rs(1)</a>,
426: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ul">ul(1)</a>,
427: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uniq">uniq(1)</a>
428: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wc">wc(1)</a>.
1.70 schwarze 429: <li>Partial support for inserting and deleting UTF-8 characters in
1.87 tb 430: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ksh">ksh(1)</a>
1.70 schwarze 431: emacs command line editing mode.
1.46 stsp 432: <li>Native language support (NLS) has been removed from libc.
1.87 tb 433: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ddb">ddb(4)</a>
1.57 tb 434: now automatically shows a stack trace upon panic.
1.1 deraadt 435: </ul>
436: <p>
437:
1.38 gilles 438: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.9.1
439: <ul>
440: <li>Security:
441: <ul>
442: <li>Both
1.87 tb 443: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd">smtpd(8)</a>
1.38 gilles 444: and
1.87 tb 445: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpctl">smtpctl(8)</a>
1.38 gilles 446: have been pledged.
1.57 tb 447: <li>The offline enqueue mode of
1.87 tb 448: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpctl">smtpctl(8)</a>
1.57 tb 449: has been redesigned to remove the need for a publicly writable directory
450: which was a vector of multiple attacks in the Qualys Security audit.
1.38 gilles 451: </ul>
452: <li>The following improvements were brought in this release:
453: <ul>
1.57 tb 454: <li>Experimental support for filters API is now available with several
455: filters available in ports.
1.38 gilles 456: <li>Add Message-Id header if necessary.
457: <li>Removed the kick mechanism which was misbehaving.
1.39 tj 458: <li>Increased the length of acceptable headers lines.
1.38 gilles 459: <li>Assume messages are 8-bit bytes by default.
460: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 461: </ul>
462: <p>
463:
1.41 jsg 464: <li>OpenSSH 7.2
1.1 deraadt 465: <ul>
466: <li>Security:
467: <ul>
1.16 sobrado 468: <li>Qualys Security identified vulnerabilities in the
1.87 tb 469: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.18 sobrado 470: client experimental support for resuming SSH-connections (roaming).
1.16 sobrado 471: In the default configuration, this could potentially leak client keys
472: to a hostile server. The authentication of the server host key
473: prevents exploitation by a man-in-the-middle, so this information leak
474: is restricted to connections to malicious or compromised servers.
475: This feature has been disabled in the
1.87 tb 476: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 sobrado 477: client, and it has been removed from the source tree. The matching
478: server code has never been shipped.
1.87 tb 479: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.16 sobrado 480: OpenSSH 7.0 contained a logic error in
481: <tt>PermitRootLogin=prohibit-password/without-password</tt> that could,
482: depending on compile-time configuration, permit password authentication
483: to root while preventing other forms of authentication.
484: <li>Fix an out of-bound read access in the packet handling code.
1.18 sobrado 485: <li>Further use of
1.87 tb 486: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bzero">explicit_bzero(3)</a>
1.18 sobrado 487: has been added in various buffer handling code paths to guard against
488: compilers aggressively doing dead-store removal.
1.87 tb 489: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
490: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 491: remove unfinished and unused roaming code.
1.87 tb 492: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 493: eliminate fallback from untrusted X11 forwarding to trusted forwarding
494: when the X server disables the <tt>SECURITY</tt> extension.
1.87 tb 495: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
496: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 497: increase the minimum modulus size supported for
498: <tt>diffie-hellman-group-exchange</tt> to 2048 bits.
499: </ul>
500: <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
501: <ul>
502: <li>This release disables a number of legacy cryptographic algorithms
503: by default in
1.87 tb 504: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 505: <ul>
506: <li>Several ciphers: <tt>blowfish-cbc</tt>, <tt>cast128-cbc</tt>,
507: all <tt>arcfour</tt> variants and the <tt>rijndael-cbc</tt> aliases
508: for AES.
509: <li>MD5-based and truncated HMAC algorithms.
510: </ul>
511: </ul>
512: <li>New/changed features:
513: <ul>
514: <li>all: add support for RSA signatures using SHA-256/512 hash algorithms
515: based on <tt>draft-rsa-dsa-sha2-256-03.txt</tt> and
516: <tt>draft-ssh-ext-info-04.txt</tt>.
1.87 tb 517: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.73 deraadt 518: add an <tt>AddKeysToAgent</tt> client option which can be set to
1.45 sobrado 519: <tt>yes</tt>, <tt>no</tt>, <tt>ask</tt>, or <tt>confirm</tt>, and
520: defaults to <tt>no</tt>. When enabled, a private key that is used
521: during authentication will be added to
1.87 tb 522: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>
1.45 sobrado 523: if it is running (with confirmation enabled if set to <tt>confirm</tt>).
1.87 tb 524: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 525: add a new <tt>authorized_keys</tt> option <tt>restrict</tt> that
526: includes all current and future key restrictions
527: (<tt>no-*-forwarding</tt>, etc.).
528: Also add permissive versions of the existing restrictions, e.g.
529: <tt>no-pty</tt> -> <tt>pty</tt>. This simplifies the task of setting up
530: restricted keys and ensures they are maximally-restricted,
531: regardless of any permissions we might implement in the future.
1.87 tb 532: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 533: add
1.87 tb 534: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.45 sobrado 535: CertificateFile option to explicitly list certificates. (bz#2436)
1.87 tb 536: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 537: allow
1.87 tb 538: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
1.45 sobrado 539: to change the key comment for all supported formats.
1.87 tb 540: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 541: allow fingerprinting from standard input, e.g. "ssh-keygen -lf -".
1.87 tb 542: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 543: allow fingerprinting multiple public keys in a file, e.g.
544: <tt>ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/authorized_keys</tt>. (bz#1319)
1.87 tb 545: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 546: support <tt>none</tt> as an argument for
1.87 tb 547: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.45 sobrado 548: <tt>Foreground</tt> and <tt>ChrootDirectory</tt>. Useful inside
549: <tt>Match</tt> blocks to override a global default. (bz#2486)
1.87 tb 550: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 551: support multiple certificates (one per line) and reading from standard
552: input (using "<tt>-f -</tt>") for <tt>ssh-keygen -L</tt>.
1.87 tb 553: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 554: add <tt>ssh-keyscan -c ...</tt> flag to allow fetching certificates
555: instead of plain keys.
1.87 tb 556: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 557: better handle anchored FQDNs (e.g. <tt>cvs.openbsd.org.</tt>) in
558: hostname canonicalisation - treat them as already canonical and
559: trailing '<tt>.</tt>' before matching
1.87 tb 560: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 561: </ul>
562: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
563: <ul>
1.87 tb 564: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
565: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.18 sobrado 566: add compatibility workarounds for FuTTY.
1.87 tb 567: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
568: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.18 sobrado 569: refine compatibility workarounds for WinSCP.
1.16 sobrado 570: <li>Fix a number of memory faults (double-free, free of uninitialised
1.73 deraadt 571: memory, etc.) in
1.87 tb 572: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 sobrado 573: and
1.87 tb 574: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>.
1.18 sobrado 575: <li>Correctly interpret the <tt>first_kex_follows</tt> option during the
576: initial key exchange.
1.87 tb 577: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sftp">sftp(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 578: existing destination directories should not terminate recursive uploads
579: (regression in openssh 6.8). (bz#2528)
1.87 tb 580: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
581: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 582: correctly send back <tt>SSH2_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED</tt> replies to
583: unexpected messages during key exchange. (bz#2949)
1.87 tb 584: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 585: refuse attempts to set <tt>ConnectionAttempts=0</tt>, which does not
586: make sense and would cause ssh to print an uninitialised stack
587: variable. (bz#2500)
1.87 tb 588: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 589: fix errors when attempting to connect to scoped IPv6 addresses with
590: hostname canonicalisation enabled.
1.87 tb 591: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config">sshd_config(5)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 592: list a couple more options usable in <tt>Match</tt> blocks. (bz#2489)
1.87 tb 593: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 594: fix <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +...</tt> inside a <tt>Match</tt> block.
1.87 tb 595: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 596: expand tilde characters in filenames passed to <tt>-i</tt> options
597: before checking whether or not the identity file exists. Avoids
598: confusion for cases where shell doesn't expand (e.g.
599: <tt>-i ~/file</tt> vs. <tt>-i~/file</tt>). (bz#2481)
1.87 tb 600: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 601: do not prepend "exec" to the shell command run by <tt>Match exec</tt>
602: in a config file, which could cause some commands to fail in certain
603: environments. (bz#2471)
1.87 tb 604: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 605: fix output for multiple hosts/addrs on one line when host hashing or
606: a non standard port is in use. (bz#2479)
1.87 tb 607: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 608: skip "Could not chdir to home directory" message when
609: <tt>ChrootDirectory</tt> is active. (bz#2485)
1.87 tb 610: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 611: include <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> in <tt>ssh -G</tt> config dump.
1.87 tb 612: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 613: avoid changing <tt>TunnelForwarding</tt> device flags if they are
614: already what is needed; makes it possible to use
1.87 tb 615: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tun">tun(4)</a>/
616: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tap">tap(4)</a>
1.45 sobrado 617: networking as non-root user if device permissions and interface flags
618: are pre-established.
1.87 tb 619: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
620: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 621: <tt>RekeyLimits</tt> could be exceeded by one packet. (bz#2521)
1.87 tb 622: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 623: fix multiplexing master failure to notice client exit.
1.87 tb 624: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
625: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 626: avoid <tt>fatal()</tt> for PKCS11 tokens that present empty key IDs.
627: (bz#1773)
1.87 tb 628: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 629: avoid
1.87 tb 630: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=printf&sec=3">printf(3)</a>
1.45 sobrado 631: of NULL argument. (bz#2535)
1.87 tb 632: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
633: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 634: allow <tt>RekeyLimits</tt> larger than 4GB. (bz#2521)
1.87 tb 635: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>,
636: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 637: fix several bugs in (unused) KRL signature support.
1.87 tb 638: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
639: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 640: fix connections with peers that use the key exchange guess feature of
641: the protocol. (bz#2515)
1.87 tb 642: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 643: include remote port number in log messages. (bz#2503)
1.87 tb 644: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 645: don't try to load SSHv1 private key when compiled without SSHv1
646: support. (bz#2505)
1.87 tb 647: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>,
648: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 649: fix incorrect error messages during key loading and signing errors.
650: (bz#2507)
1.87 tb 651: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 652: don't leave empty temporary files when performing <tt>known_hosts</tt>
653: file edits when <tt>known_hosts</tt> doesn't exist.
1.87 tb 654: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 655: correct packet format for tcpip-forward replies for requests that
656: don't allocate a port. (bz#2509)
1.87 tb 657: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
658: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 659: fix possible hang on closed output. (bz#2469)
1.87 tb 660: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 661: expand <tt>%i</tt> in <tt>ControlPath</tt> to UID. (bz#2449)
1.87 tb 662: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
663: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 664: fix return type of <tt>openssh_RSA_verify</tt>. (bz#2460)
1.87 tb 665: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
666: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 667: fix some option parsing memory leaks. (bz#2182)
1.87 tb 668: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.73 deraadt 669: add some debug output before DNS resolution; it's a place where
1.45 sobrado 670: ssh could previously silently stall in cases of unresponsive DNS
671: servers. (bz#2433)
1.87 tb 672: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 673: remove spurious newline in visual hostkey. (bz#2686)
1.87 tb 674: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 675: fix printing (<tt>ssh -G ...</tt>) of <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms=+...</tt>
1.87 tb 676: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 677: fix expansion of <tt>HostkeyAlgorithms=+...</tt>
1.1 deraadt 678: </ul>
679: </ul>
680: <p>
1.17 sobrado 681: <li>LibreSSL 2.3.2
1.1 deraadt 682: <ul>
683: <li>User-visible features:
684: <ul>
1.17 sobrado 685: <li>This release corrects the handling of <tt>ClientHello</tt> messages
686: that do not include TLS extensions, resulting in such handshakes being
687: aborted.
1.39 tj 688: <li>When loading a DSA key from a raw (without DH parameters) ASN.1
1.17 sobrado 689: serialization, perform some consistency checks on its `p' and `q'
690: values, and return an error if the checks failed.
691: <li>Fixed a bug in <tt>ECDH_compute_key</tt> that can lead to silent
692: truncation of the result key without error. A coding error could cause
693: software to use much shorter keys than intended.
694: <li>Removed support for <tt>DTLS_BAD_VER</tt>. Pre-DTLSv1 implementations
695: are no longer supported.
1.78 lteo 696: <li>The <tt>engine</tt> command and parameters are removed from
1.87 tb 697: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl">
1.67 tb 698: openssl(1)</a>.
1.39 tj 699: Previous releases removed dynamic and built-in engine support already.
1.17 sobrado 700: <li>SHA-0 is removed, which was withdrawn shortly after publication
701: twenty years ago.
702: <li>Added <tt>Certplus CA</tt> root certificate to the default
703: <tt>cert.pem</tt> file.
1.19 sobrado 704: <li>Fixed a leak in
1.87 tb 705: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=SSL_new">
1.67 tb 706: SSL_new(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 707: in the error path.
1.28 sobrado 708: <li>Fixed a memory leak and out-of-bounds access in
1.87 tb 709: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=OBJ_nid2obj">
1.67 tb 710: OBJ_obj2txt(3)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 711: <li>Fixed an up-to 7 byte overflow in RC4 when len is not a multiple of
712: <tt>sizeof(RC4_CHUNK)</tt>.
1.19 sobrado 713: <li>Added
1.87 tb 714: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=EVP_AEAD_CTX_init">
1.67 tb 715: EVP_aead_chacha20_poly1305_ietf(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 716: which matches the
1.18 sobrado 717: <tt>AEAD</tt> construction introduced in RFC 7539, which is different
718: than that already used in TLS with
1.87 tb 719: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=EVP_AEAD_CTX_init">
1.67 tb 720: EVP_aead_chacha20_poly1305(3)</a>.
1.18 sobrado 721: <li>More man pages converted from pod to
1.87 tb 722: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mdoc">mdoc(7)</a>
1.18 sobrado 723: format.
1.17 sobrado 724: <li>Added <tt>COMODO RSA Certification Authority</tt> and
725: <tt>QuoVadis</tt> root certificates to <tt>cert.pem</tt>.
1.88 ! tb 726: <li>Removed "<tt>C=US, O=VeriSign, Inc., OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority</tt>"
1.17 sobrado 727: (serial 3c:91:31:cb:1f:f6:d0:1b:0e:9a:b8:d0:44:bf:12:be)
728: root certificate from <tt>cert.pem</tt>.
729: <li>Fixed incorrect TLS certificate loading by
1.87 tb 730: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc">nc(1)</a>.
1.78 lteo 731: <li>The
1.87 tb 732: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl">
1.78 lteo 733: openssl(1)</a>
734: <tt>s_time</tt> command now performs a proper shutdown which allows a
735: full TLS connection to be benchmarked more accurately. A new
736: <tt>-no_shutdown</tt> flag
737: makes <tt>s_time</tt> adopt the previous behavior so that comparisons
738: can still be made with OpenSSL's version.
739: <li>Removed support for the <tt>SSLEAY_CONF</tt> backwards compatibility
740: environment variable in
1.87 tb 741: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl">
1.78 lteo 742: openssl(1)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 743: <li>The following CVEs had been fixed:
744: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 745: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3194</tt>—NULL pointer dereference in client
746: side certificate validation.
747: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3195</tt>—memory leak in PKCS7, not reachable
748: from TLS/SSL.
1.17 sobrado 749: </ul>
750: <li>Note: The following OpenSSL CVEs did not apply to LibreSSL:
751: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 752: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3193</tt>—carry propagating bug in the x86_64
753: Montgomery squaring procedure.
754: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3196</tt>—double free race condition of the
755: identify hint data.
1.17 sobrado 756: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 757: </ul>
758: <li>Code improvements:
759: <ul>
1.17 sobrado 760: <li>Added install target for <tt>cmake</tt> builds.
761: <li>Updated <tt>pkgconfig</tt> files to correctly report the release
762: version number, not the individual library ABI version numbers.
763: <li>SSLv3 is now permanently removed from the tree.
764: <li>The <tt>libtls</tt> API is changed from the 2.2.x series:
765: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 766: <li>The
1.87 tb 767: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 768: tls_read(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 769: and
1.87 tb 770: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 771: tls_write(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 772: functions now work better with external event libraries.
773: <li>Client-side verification is now supported, with the client
774: supplying the certificate to the server.
775: <li>Also, when using
1.87 tb 776: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 777: tls_connect_fds(3)</a>,
1.87 tb 778: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 779: tls_connect_socket(3)</a> or
1.87 tb 780: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 781: tls_accept_fds(3)</a>,
1.28 sobrado 782: <tt>libtls</tt> no longer implicitly closes the passed in sockets.
783: The caller is responsible for closing them in this case.
1.17 sobrado 784: </ul>
785: <li>New interface <tt>OPENSSL_cpu_caps</tt> is provided that does not
786: allow software to inadvertently modify cpu capability flags.
787: <tt>OPENSSL_ia32cap</tt> and <tt>OPENSSL_ia32cap_loc</tt> are removed.
1.18 sobrado 788: <li>The <tt>out_len</tt> argument of <tt>AEAD</tt> changed from
789: <tt>ssize_t</tt> to <tt>size_t</tt>.
1.17 sobrado 790: <li>Deduplicated DTLS code, sharing bugfixes and improvements with TLS.
791: <li>Converted
1.87 tb 792: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc">nc(1)</a>
1.17 sobrado 793: to use <tt>libtls</tt> for client and server operations; it is
794: included in the libressl-portable distribution as an example of how
795: to use the <tt>libtls</tt> library. This is intended to be a simpler
796: and more robust replacement for <tt>openssl s_client</tt> and
797: <tt>openssl s_server</tt> for day-to-day operations.
798: <li>ASN.1 cleanups and RFC5280 compliance fixes.
799: <li>Time representations switched from <tt>unsigned long</tt> to
800: <tt>time_t</tt>. LibreSSL now checks if the host OS supports 64-bit
801: <tt>time_t</tt>.
802: <li>Support always extracting the peer cipher and version with
803: <tt>libtls</tt>.
804: <li>Added ability to check certificate validity times with
1.19 sobrado 805: <tt>libtls</tt>,
1.87 tb 806: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 807: tls_peer_cert_notbefore(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 808: and
1.87 tb 809: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 810: tls_peer_cert_notafter(3)</a>.
1.19 sobrado 811: <li>Changed
1.87 tb 812: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 813: tls_connect_servername(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 814: to use the first address that resolves with
1.87 tb 815: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getaddrinfo">
1.68 tb 816: getaddrinfo(3)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 817: <li>Remove broken conditional <tt>EVP_CHECK_DES_KEY</tt> code
818: (non-functional since initial commit in 2004).
1.19 sobrado 819: <li>Reject too small bits value in
1.87 tb 820: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=BN_generate_prime">
1.68 tb 821: BN_generate_prime(3)</a>,
1.17 sobrado 822: so that it does not risk becoming negative in
823: <tt>probable_prime_dh_safe()</tt>.
1.18 sobrado 824: <li>Changed format of <tt>LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt> to match that of
1.17 sobrado 825: <tt>OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt>.
826: <li>Avoid a potential undefined C99+ behavior due to shift overflow in
827: <tt>AES_decrypt</tt>.
828: <li>Deprecated the <tt>SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE</tt> flag.
1.1 deraadt 829: </ul>
830: </ul>
831: <p>
1.76 deraadt 832:
1.1 deraadt 833: <li>Ports and packages:
834: <dl>
835: <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.57 tb 836: </dl>
1.80 naddy 837: <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
1.1 deraadt 838: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
839: <tr>
840: <td valign="top" width="25%">
841: <ul>
1.80 naddy 842: <li>alpha: 7450
1.54 deraadt 843: <li>amd64: 9295
1.63 deraadt 844: <li>hppa: 6304
1.1 deraadt 845: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.54 deraadt 846: <li>i386: 9290
1.82 naddy 847: <li>mips64: 7094
1.80 naddy 848: <li>mips64el: 7846
849: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
850: <li>powerpc: 8383
1.82 naddy 851: <li>sh: 111
852: <li>sparc: 1105
1.1 deraadt 853: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.72 deraadt 854: <li>sparc64: 8528
1.1 deraadt 855: </ul></td></tr></table>
856: <p>
857:
1.57 tb 858: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 859: <dt>Some highlights:
1.57 tb 860: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 861: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
862: <tr>
863: <td valign="top" width="33%"><ul>
1.40 sthen 864: <li>Chromium 48.0.2564.116
1.1 deraadt 865: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.5
1.3 jsg 866: <li>GCC 4.9.3
867: <li>GHC 7.10.3
868: <li>GNOME 3.18.2
1.5 sthen 869: <li>Go 1.5.3
1.1 deraadt 870: <li>Groff 1.22.3
1.40 sthen 871: <li>JDK 7u80 and 8u72
1.1 deraadt 872: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
873: <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
1.3 jsg 874: <li>LibreOffice 5.0.4.2
875: <li>MariaDB 10.0.23
876: <li>Mono 4.2.1.102
1.26 lteo 877: <li>Mozilla Firefox 38.6.1esr and 44.0.2
878: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 38.6.0
1.1 deraadt 879: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
1.22 abieber 880: <li>Node.js 4.3.0
1.3 jsg 881: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.43
1.26 lteo 882: <li>PHP 5.4.45, 5.5.32 and 5.6.18
1.3 jsg 883: <li>Postfix 3.0.3
1.26 lteo 884: <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.6
1.3 jsg 885: <li>Python 2.7.11, 3.4.4 and 3.5.1
886: <li>R 3.2.3
887: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 2.0.0.648, 2.1.8, 2.2.4 and 2.3.0
1.15 lteo 888: <li>Rust 1.6.0
1.1 deraadt 889: <li>Sendmail 8.15.2
1.3 jsg 890: <li>Sudo 1.8.15
1.1 deraadt 891: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.18 and 8.6.4
892: <li>TeX Live 2014
1.3 jsg 893: <li>Vim 7.4.900
1.1 deraadt 894: <li>Xfce 4.12
895: </ul></td><td valign=top width="34%">
896: </td></tr></table>
897: <p>
898:
899: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
900: <p>
901:
902: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
903: <ul>
1.3 jsg 904: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.17.4 + patches,
1.8 jsg 905: freetype 2.6.2, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 11.0.9, xterm 322,
1.21 matthieu 906: xkeyboard-config 2.17 and more)
1.81 tb 907: <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 908: <li>Perl 5.20.2 (+ patches)
1.3 jsg 909: <li>SQLite 3.9.2 (+ patches)
910: <li>NSD 4.1.7
911: <li>Unbound 1.5.7
1.1 deraadt 912: <li>Ncurses 5.7
913: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
914: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
915: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
916: </ul>
917:
918: </ul>
919:
920: <hr>
1.67 tb 921:
922: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
923:
1.1 deraadt 924: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
925: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
926: form of install. The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
927: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
928: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
929: purchased a CDROM instead.
930: <p>
931:
932: <hr>
1.67 tb 933: <p>
1.1 deraadt 934: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
935: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.9 on your machine:
1.67 tb 936:
1.1 deraadt 937: <ul>
1.85 tb 938: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 939: .../OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
1.85 tb 940: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.1 deraadt 941: .../OpenBSD/5.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.85 tb 942: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.1 deraadt 943: .../OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
944: <p>
1.85 tb 945: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.1 deraadt 946: .../OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.85 tb 947: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 948: .../OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
949: <p>
1.85 tb 950: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.1 deraadt 951: .../OpenBSD/5.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
952: <p>
1.85 tb 953: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 954: .../OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.85 tb 955: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.1 deraadt 956: .../OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.85 tb 957: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 958: .../OpenBSD/5.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.85 tb 959: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.1 deraadt 960: .../OpenBSD/5.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.85 tb 961: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.1 deraadt 962: .../OpenBSD/5.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.85 tb 963: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 964: .../OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.85 tb 965: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1 deraadt 966: .../OpenBSD/5.9/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.85 tb 967: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.1 deraadt 968: .../OpenBSD/5.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.85 tb 969: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.1 deraadt 970: .../OpenBSD/5.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.85 tb 971: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.1 deraadt 972: .../OpenBSD/5.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
973: </ul>
1.67 tb 974:
975:
1.1 deraadt 976: <hr>
977:
978: <p>
979: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
980: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
981: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
982:
983: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 984:
985: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
986: <li>
1.1 deraadt 987: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
988: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
989: your BIOS options first.
990: <p>
1.65 tb 991: <li>
1.1 deraadt 992: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or
993: <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
994: <p>
1.65 tb 995: <li>
1.1 deraadt 996: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
997: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
998: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
999: <p>
1.65 tb 1000: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1001: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1002: read INSTALL.i386.
1003: </ul>
1004:
1005: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
1.67 tb 1006:
1.65 tb 1007: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1008: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1009: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
1010: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
1011: your BIOS options first.
1012: <p>
1.65 tb 1013: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1014: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or
1015: <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1016: <p>
1.65 tb 1017: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1018: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
1019: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
1020: INSTALL.amd64 document.
1021: <p>
1.65 tb 1022: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1023: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1024: read INSTALL.amd64.
1025: </ul>
1026:
1027: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1028:
1029: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1030: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1031: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
1032: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
1033: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
1034: <p>
1.65 tb 1035: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1036: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
1037: /5.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1038: </ul>
1039:
1040: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1041:
1042: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1043: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1044: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
1045: <p>
1.65 tb 1046: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1047: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1048: <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppy59.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppyB59.fs</i>
1049: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1050: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
1051: <p>
1.65 tb 1052: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1053: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1054: will most likely fail.
1055: <p>
1.65 tb 1056: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1057: You can also write <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/miniroot59.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1058: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
1059: <p>
1.65 tb 1060: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1061: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1062: </ul>
1063:
1064: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1065:
1066: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1067: <li>
1068: Write <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppy59.fs</i> or
1.1 deraadt 1069: <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppyB59.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1070: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
1071: <p>
1.65 tb 1072: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1073: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1074: will most likely fail.
1075: </ul>
1076:
1077: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1078:
1079: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1080: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1081: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
1082: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1083: </ul>
1084:
1085: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1086:
1087: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1088: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1089: Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1090: or disk, and boot normally.
1091: </ul>
1092:
1093: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1094:
1095: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1096: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1097: Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
1098: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
1099: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
1100: </ul>
1101:
1102: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1103:
1104: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1105: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1106: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1107: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
1108: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1109: </ul>
1110:
1111: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1112:
1113: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1114: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1115: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
1116: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
1117: </ul>
1118:
1119: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1120:
1121: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1122: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1123: To install, burn cd59.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
1124: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
1125: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
1126: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
1127: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1128:
1129: <p>
1.65 tb 1130: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1131: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
1132: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
1133: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1134: </ul>
1135:
1136: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1137:
1138: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1139: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1140: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
1141: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
1142: </ul>
1143:
1144: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1145:
1146: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1147: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1148: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
1149: openbsd59_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
1150: for a few important details.
1151: </ul>
1152:
1153: <hr>
1.65 tb 1154:
1.67 tb 1155: <h3 id="upgrade"><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1156:
1.6 tj 1157: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 1158: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1159: <a href="faq/upgrade59.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.67 tb 1160: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1161:
1162: <hr>
1.67 tb 1163:
1164: <h3 id="sourcecode"><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
1165:
1.1 deraadt 1166: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
1167: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1168: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.67 tb 1169:
1.58 tb 1170: <blockquote><pre>
1171: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
1172: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
1173: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
1174: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1175:
1.1 deraadt 1176: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
1177: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
1178: To extract:
1.67 tb 1179:
1.58 tb 1180: <blockquote><pre>
1181: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
1182: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
1183: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
1184: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1185:
1.1 deraadt 1186: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
1187: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1188: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1189: Using these files
1190: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
1191: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1192: <p>
1193:
1194: <hr>
1.67 tb 1195:
1196: <h3 id="ports"><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
1197:
1.1 deraadt 1198: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.67 tb 1199:
1.58 tb 1200: <blockquote><pre>
1201: # <b>cd /usr</b>
1202: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
1203: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1204:
1.1 deraadt 1205: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1206: if you know nothing about ports
1207: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
1208: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
1209: OpenBSD ports system.
1210: <p>
1211: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.87 tb 1212: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs">
1.1 deraadt 1213: cvs(1)</a> if
1214: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1215: source tree, our ports tree is available via
1216: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1217: So, in order to keep up to date with the <i>-stable</i> branch, you must make
1218: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
1219: with a command like:
1.67 tb 1220:
1.58 tb 1221: <blockquote><pre>
1222: # <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
1223: # <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_9</b>
1224: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1225:
1.1 deraadt 1226: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
1227: server.]
1228: <p>
1229: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1230: ports for the 5.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1231: <p>
1232: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1233: would like to know more, the mailing list
1234: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1235: <p>
1236: </body>
1237: </html>
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