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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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28: <a href="lyrics.html#59b">"Systemagic (Anniversary Edition)"</a>
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1.1 deraadt 31: <ul>
32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines.
34: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.9/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata59.html">the 5.9 errata page</a> for a list
37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href="plus59.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 5.8 and 5.9 releases.
40: <p>
1.87 tb 41: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=signify">signify(1)</a>
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1.67 tb 68:
69: <h3 id="new"><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
70:
1.1 deraadt 71: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.9.
72: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus59.html">changelog</a> leading
73: to 5.9.
74:
75: <ul>
1.51 deraadt 76: <li>Processor support, including:
77: <ul>
78: <li>W^X policy enforced in the i386 kernel address space.
79: </ul>
80: <p>
1.1 deraadt 81: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
82: <ul>
1.87 tb 83: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=asmc">asmc(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 84: driver for the Apple System Management Controller.
1.87 tb 85: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pchtemp">pchtemp(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 86: driver for the thermal sensor found on Intel X99, C610 series, 9 series
87: and 100 series PCH.
1.87 tb 88: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uonerng">uonerng(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 89: driver for the Moonbase Otago OneRNG.
1.87 tb 90: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dwiic">dwiic(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 91: driver for the Synopsys DesignWare I2C controller.
1.87 tb 92: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ikbd">ikbd(4)</a>,
93: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ims">ims(4)</a>, and
94: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=imt">imt(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 95: drivers for HID-over-i2c keyboards, mice and multitouch touchpads.
1.87 tb 96: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=efifb">efifb(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 97: driver for EFI frame buffer.
1.87 tb 98: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=viocon">viocon(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 99: driver for the
1.87 tb 100: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=virtio">virtio(4)</a>
1.64 mpi 101: console interface provided by KVM, QEMU, and others.
1.87 tb 102: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xen">xen(4)</a>
1.69 mikeb 103: driver implementing Xen domU initialization and PVHVM device attachment.
1.87 tb 104: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xspd">xspd(4)</a>
1.81 tb 105: driver for the XenSource Platform Device providing guests with
106: additional capabilities.
1.87 tb 107: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xnf">xnf(4)</a>
1.69 mikeb 108: driver for Xen paravirtualized networking interface.
1.33 jsg 109: <li>amd64 can now boot from 32 bit and 64 bit EFI.
110: <li>Initial support for hardware reduced ACPI added to
1.87 tb 111: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpi">acpi(4)</a>.
1.33 jsg 112: <li>Support for ACPI configured SD host controllers has been added to
1.87 tb 113: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdhc">sdhc(4)</a>.
114: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=puc">puc(4)</a>
1.81 tb 115: driver now supports Moxa CP-168U, Perle Speed8 LE and QEMU PCI serial
116: devices.
117: <li>Intel 100 Series PCH Ethernet MAC with i219 PHY support has been added
118: to the
1.87 tb 119: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em">em(4)</a> driver.
1.33 jsg 120: <li>RTL8168H/RTL8111H support has been added to
1.87 tb 121: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sec=4">re(4)</a>.
122: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=inteldrm">inteldrm(4)</a>
1.81 tb 123: has been updated to Linux 3.14.52, adding initial support for Bay Trail
1.57 tb 124: and Broadwell graphics.
125: <li>Support for audio in Thinkpad docks has been added to the
1.87 tb 126: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=azalia">azalia(4)</a>
1.57 tb 127: driver.
128: <li>Support for Synaptic touchpads without W mode has been added to the
1.87 tb 129: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pms">pms(4)</a>
1.57 tb 130: driver.
131: <li>Support for tap-and-drag detection with ALPS touchpads in the
1.87 tb 132: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pms">pms(4)</a>
1.57 tb 133: driver has been improved.
1.87 tb 134: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdmmc">sdmmc(4)</a>
1.57 tb 135: driver now supports sector mode for eMMC devices, such as those found on
136: some BeagleBone Black boards.
1.87 tb 137: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cnmac">cnmac(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 138: driver now supports checksum offloading.
1.87 tb 139: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipmi">ipmi(4)</a>
1.57 tb 140: driver now supports OpenIPMI compatible character device.
1.81 tb 141: <li>Support for ST-506 disks has been removed.
1.1 deraadt 142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
1.87 tb 145: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
1.57 tb 146: support integrated:
1.34 deraadt 147: <ul>
1.59 tb 148: <li>The tame(2) system call was renamed to pledge(2).
149: Behavior and semantics were extended and refined.
150: <li>453 out of 707 base system binaries were adapted to use pledge.
151: <li>14 ports now use pledge(2): some decompression tools, mutt,
152: some pdf tools, chromium/iridium, and the i3 window manager.
153: <li>Various bugs exposed by pledge(2) were corrected.
1.91 bentley 154: For example in <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.c?rev=1.181&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
155: bgpd(8)</a>, <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sbin/iked/config.c?rev=1.40&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
156: iked(8)</a>, <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/ldapd/control.c?rev=1.13&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
157: ldapd(8)</a>, <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/constraint.c?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
158: ntpd(8)</a>, and <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c?rev=1.200&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 159: syslogd(8)</a>.
1.59 tb 160: <li>Several misfeatures were removed, such as:
161: <ul>
1.91 bentley 162: <li><a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c?rev=1.50&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 163: support for HOSTALIASES</a> in the
1.87 tb 164: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=asr_run">
1.67 tb 165: resolver</a>.
1.91 bentley 166: <li><a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c?rev=1.49&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 167: support for <tt>lookup yp</tt></a>
168: in
1.87 tb 169: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=resolv.conf">
1.67 tb 170: resolv.conf(5)</a>.
1.91 bentley 171: <li><a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils-2.17/binutils/rename.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 172: setuid-preserving code</a>
173: in tools from binutils.
174: <li>handling of
1.91 bentley 175: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/patch/ed.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 176: ed-style diffs</a> via proc/exec in
1.87 tb 177: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=patch">
1.67 tb 178: patch(1)</a>.
1.59 tb 179: </ul>
180: <li>Userland programs were audited so that they could be properly annotated
181: with pledge(2).
1.73 deraadt 182: This resulted in design changes such as:
1.60 tb 183: <ul>
1.67 tb 184: <li>
185: addition of
1.91 bentley 186: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/rdate/rdate.c?rev=1.33&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 187: privilege separation</a> to
1.87 tb 188: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rdate">
1.81 tb 189: rdate(8)</a>
1.67 tb 190: <li>
191: addition of
1.91 bentley 192: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.c?rev=1.18&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 193: privilege separation</a> to
1.87 tb 194: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sndiod">
1.81 tb 195: sndiod(8)</a>
196: <li>the introduction of the <tt>SOCK_DNS</tt>
1.87 tb 197: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=socket">
1.67 tb 198: socket(2)</a> flag that makes an <tt>SS_DNS</tt> tagged socket
199: conceptually different from a plain socket.
1.60 tb 200: </ul>
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,
1.87 tb 204: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=strings">
1.67 tb 205: strings(1)</a> or
1.87 tb 206: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=objdump">
1.91 bentley 207: objdump(1)</a> from <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils-2.17/binutils/objdump.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
208: binutils</a> or the <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/ca.c?rev=1.15&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup">
1.67 tb 209: RSA-privsep process</a> in
1.87 tb 210: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd">
1.67 tb 211: smtpd(8)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 212: </ul>
213: <p>
214:
1.64 mpi 215: <li>SMP network stack improvements:
216: <ul>
1.73 deraadt 217: <li>The task processing incoming packets can now run mostly in parallel
1.81 tb 218: of the rest of the kernel. This includes:
1.71 mpi 219: <ul>
1.87 tb 220: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp">carp(4)</a>,
221: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunk">trunk(4)</a>,
222: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vlan">vlan(4)</a>
1.81 tb 223: and other pseudo-drivers, with the exception of
1.87 tb 224: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge">bridge(4)</a>.
1.73 deraadt 225: <li>Ethernet decapsulation, ARP processing and MPLS forwarding path.
1.87 tb 226: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bpf">bpf(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 227: filter matching.
1.71 mpi 228: </ul>
229: <li>The Rx and Tx rings of the
1.87 tb 230: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix">ix(4)</a>,
231: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=myx">myx(4)</a>,
232: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em">em(4)</a>,
233: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge">bge(4)</a>,
234: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx">bnx(4)</a>,
235: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vmx">vmx(4)</a>,
236: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gem">gem(4)</a>,
237: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re">re(4)</a> and
238: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cas">cas(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 239: drivers can now be processed in parallel of the rest of the kernel.
1.71 mpi 240: <li>The Rx ring of the
1.87 tb 241: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cnmac">cnmac(4)</a>
1.73 deraadt 242: driver can now be processed in parallel of the rest of the kernel.
1.66 stsp 243: </ul>
244: <p>
245:
246: <li>Initial IEEE 802.11n wireless support:
247: <ul>
1.87 tb 248: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ieee80211">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.66 stsp 249: subsystem now supports HT data rates up to 65 Mbit/s (802.11n MCS 0-7).
250: <li>The input path of
1.87 tb 251: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ieee80211">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.66 stsp 252: now supports receiving A-MPDU and A-MSDU aggregated frames.
1.87 tb 253: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iwm">iwm(4)</a>
254: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iwn">iwn(4)</a>
1.66 stsp 255: drivers make use of the above features.
256: <li>802.11n mode is used by default if supported by the OpenBSD wireless
257: driver and the access point.
258: Operation in 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g modes can be forced with
1.87 tb 259: the new <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.67 tb 260: <tt>mode</tt> subcommand.
1.64 mpi 261: </ul>
262: <p>
263:
1.1 deraadt 264: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
265: <ul>
1.87 tb 266: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=etherip">etherip(4)</a>
1.81 tb 267: pseudo-device for tunneling Ethernet frames across IP[46] networks
1.57 tb 268: using RFC 3378 EtherIP encapsulation.
1.87 tb 269: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pair">pair(4)</a>
1.57 tb 270: pseudo-device for creating paired virtual Ethernet interfaces.
1.87 tb 271: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tap">tap(4)</a>
1.81 tb 272: pseudo-device, split up from
1.87 tb 273: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tun">tun(4)</a>,
1.81 tb 274: providing a layer 3 interface with userland tools.
275: <li>Support for obsolete IPv6 socket options has been removed.
1.87 tb 276: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iwn">iwn(4)</a>
1.57 tb 277: driver now passes IEEE 802.11 control frames in monitor mode, allowing
278: full capture of traffic on a particular wireless channel.
1.87 tb 279: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pflow">pflow(4)</a>
1.57 tb 280: now supports IPv6 for transport.
1.1 deraadt 281: </ul>
282: <p>
283:
284: <li>Installer improvements:
285: <ul>
1.24 krw 286: <li>Inappropriate user choices from a list of options are more reliably rejected.
287: <li>Installing to a disk partitioned with a GPT is now supported (amd64 only).
1.81 tb 288: <li>When initializing a GPT, the required EFI System partition is automatically created.
289: <li>When installing to a GPT disk,
1.87 tb 290: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=installboot">
1.67 tb 291: installboot(8)</a>
1.57 tb 292: now formats the EFI System partition, creates the appropriate directory
293: structure and copies the required UEFI boot files into place.
1.1 deraadt 294: </ul>
295: <p>
296:
297: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
298: <ul>
1.87 tb 299: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=eigrpd">eigrpd(8)</a>
1.57 tb 300: routing daemon for the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
1.87 tb 301: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 302: now supports multiple domain names provided via DHCP option 15 (Domain Name).
1.87 tb 303: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 304: now supports search domains provided via DHCP option 119 (Domain Search).
1.87 tb 305: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 306: no longer continually checks for a change to the routing domain of the
307: interface it controls. It now relies on the appropriate routing socket
308: messages.
1.87 tb 309: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 310: now issues DHCP DECLINE responses to lease offers found to be inadequate,
311: and restarts the DISCOVER/RENEW process rather than waiting indefinitely
312: for a better lease to appear.
1.87 tb 313: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 314: no longer exits if a desired route cannot be added. It now just reports
315: the fact.
1.87 tb 316: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 317: now takes a much more careful approach to received packets to ensure
318: only received data is used to process the packet.
319: Packets with incorrect length information or lacking appropriate header
320: information are now dropped.
1.87 tb 321: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient">dhclient(8)</a>
1.57 tb 322: again disables pending timeouts if the interface link is lost,
323: preventing endless retries at obtaining a lease.
1.87 tb 324: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.81 tb 325: again properly utilizes <tt>default-lease-time</tt>,
326: <tt>max-lease-time</tt> and <tt>bootp-lease-time</tt> options.
1.87 tb 327: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcpdump">tcpdump(8)</a>
1.57 tb 328: now displays more information about IEEE 802.11 frames when run with
1.81 tb 329: the <tt>-y IEEE802_11_RADIO</tt> and <tt>-v</tt> options.
1.64 mpi 330: <li>Several interoperability issues in
1.87 tb 331: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=iked">iked(8)</a>
1.64 mpi 332: have been fixed, including EAP auth with OS X El Capitan.
1.1 deraadt 333: </ul>
334: <p>
335:
336: <li>Security improvements:
337: <ul>
1.69 mikeb 338: <li>Chacha20-Poly1305 authenticated encryption mode has been implemented in the
339: IPsec stack for the ESP protocol.
1.10 tedu 340: <li>Support for looking up hosts via YP has been removed from libc.
1.57 tb 341: The 'yp' lookup method in
1.87 tb 342: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=resolv.conf">
1.67 tb 343: resolv.conf</a>
1.57 tb 344: is no longer available.
1.10 tedu 345: <li>Support for the HOSTALIASES environment variable has been removed from libc.
1.1 deraadt 346: </ul>
347: <p>
348:
349: <li>Assorted improvements:
350: <ul>
1.87 tb 351: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=doas">doas(1)</a>
1.57 tb 352: is a little friendlier to use.
1.28 sobrado 353: <li>Updated
1.87 tb 354: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=flex">flex(1)</a>.
355: <li>Forked <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=less">less(1)</a>
1.57 tb 356: from upstream, then proceeded to clean it up substantially.
1.87 tb 357: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pdisk">pdisk(8)</a>
1.57 tb 358: was largely rewritten and pledged.
1.24 krw 359: <li>Renaming files in the root directory of a MSDOS filesystem was fixed.
1.57 tb 360: <li>Many obsolete
1.87 tb 361: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=disktab">disktab(5)</a>
1.57 tb 362: attributes and entries were removed.
1.87 tb 363: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=softraid">softraid(4)</a>
1.57 tb 364: volumes now correctly look for the disklabel in the first OpenBSD disk
365: partition, not the last.
1.87 tb 366: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=softraid">softraid(4)</a>
1.57 tb 367: volumes can now be partitioned with a GPT.
1.87 tb 368: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.81 tb 369: now creates a default GPT as well as the protective MBR when the
370: <tt>-g</tt> flag is used.
1.87 tb 371: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.81 tb 372: now has a <tt>-b</tt> flag that specifies the size of the EFI System
373: partition to create.
1.87 tb 374: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.81 tb 375: now has a <tt>-v</tt> flag that causes a verbose display of both MBR
376: and GPT information.
1.87 tb 377: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.57 tb 378: now provides full interactive GPT editing.
1.87 tb 379: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fdisk">fdisk(8)</a>
1.57 tb 380: was pledged.
381: <li>Disks with sector sizes other than 512 bytes can now be partitioned with
382: a GPT.
383: <li>The GPT kernel option was removed and GPT support is part of all GENERIC
384: and GENERIC derived kernels.
385: <li>Many improvements were made to the GPT kernel support to ensure safe and
386: reliable operation of GPT and MBR processing.
1.87 tb 387: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel">disklabel(8)</a>
1.81 tb 388: no longer supports boot code installation, with the <tt>-B</tt> and
389: <tt>-b</tt> flags being removed.
1.57 tb 390: The associated fields in the disklabel were also removed.
391: These functions are now all performed by
1.87 tb 392: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=installboot">
1.67 tb 393: installboot(8)</a>.
1.43 guenther 394: <li>PowerPC converted to secure-PLT ABI variant.
1.57 tb 395: <li>Perform lazy binding updates in
1.87 tb 396: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ld.so">ld.so(1)</a>
1.57 tb 397: using
1.87 tb 398: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=kbind">kbind(2)</a>
1.57 tb 399: to improve security and reduce overhead in threaded processes.
400: <li>Over 100 internal or obsolete interfaces have been deleted or are no
401: longer exported by libc, reducing symbol conflicts and process size.
402: <li>libc now uses local references for most of its own functions to avoid
403: symbol overriding, improve standards compliance, increase speed,
404: and reduce dynamic linking overhead.
405: <li>Handle intra-thread kills via new
1.87 tb 406: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=thrkill">thrkill(2)</a>
1.73 deraadt 407: system call to tighten
1.87 tb 408: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
1.73 deraadt 409: restrictions and improve
1.87 tb 410: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthread_kill">pthread_kill(3)</a>
1.73 deraadt 411: and
1.87 tb 412: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthread_cancel">pthread_cancel(3)</a>
1.73 deraadt 413: compliance.
1.87 tb 414: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getpwnam_shadow">
1.67 tb 415: getpwnam_shadow(3)</a>
1.87 tb 416: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getpwuid_shadow">
1.67 tb 417: getpwuid_shadow(3)</a>
1.73 deraadt 418: to permit tighter
1.87 tb 419: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>
1.73 deraadt 420: restrictions.
1.57 tb 421: <li>Added support to
1.87 tb 422: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ktrace">ktrace(1)</a>
1.57 tb 423: the arguments to
1.87 tb 424: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=execve">execve(2)</a>
1.57 tb 425: and
1.87 tb 426: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pledge">pledge(2)</a>.
1.57 tb 427: Removed support for tracing context switch points.
428: <tt>kevent</tt> structures are now dumped.
1.46 stsp 429: <li>Disabled support for loading locales other than UTF-8.
430: <li>UTF-8 character locale data has been updated to Unicode 7.0.0.
1.57 tb 431: <li>Added UTF-8 support to several utilities, including
1.87 tb 432: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=calendar">calendar(1)</a>,
433: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=colrm">colrm(1)</a>,
434: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cut">cut(1)</a>,
435: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fmt">fmt(1)</a>,
436: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ls">ls(1)</a>,
437: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ps">ps(1)</a>,
438: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rs">rs(1)</a>,
439: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ul">ul(1)</a>,
440: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uniq">uniq(1)</a>
441: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wc">wc(1)</a>.
1.70 schwarze 442: <li>Partial support for inserting and deleting UTF-8 characters in
1.87 tb 443: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ksh">ksh(1)</a>
1.70 schwarze 444: emacs command line editing mode.
1.46 stsp 445: <li>Native language support (NLS) has been removed from libc.
1.87 tb 446: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ddb">ddb(4)</a>
1.57 tb 447: now automatically shows a stack trace upon panic.
1.1 deraadt 448: </ul>
449: <p>
450:
1.38 gilles 451: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.9.1
452: <ul>
453: <li>Security:
454: <ul>
455: <li>Both
1.87 tb 456: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd">smtpd(8)</a>
1.38 gilles 457: and
1.87 tb 458: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpctl">smtpctl(8)</a>
1.38 gilles 459: have been pledged.
1.57 tb 460: <li>The offline enqueue mode of
1.87 tb 461: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpctl">smtpctl(8)</a>
1.57 tb 462: has been redesigned to remove the need for a publicly writable directory
463: which was a vector of multiple attacks in the Qualys Security audit.
1.38 gilles 464: </ul>
465: <li>The following improvements were brought in this release:
466: <ul>
1.57 tb 467: <li>Experimental support for filters API is now available with several
468: filters available in ports.
1.38 gilles 469: <li>Add Message-Id header if necessary.
470: <li>Removed the kick mechanism which was misbehaving.
1.39 tj 471: <li>Increased the length of acceptable headers lines.
1.38 gilles 472: <li>Assume messages are 8-bit bytes by default.
473: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 474: </ul>
475: <p>
476:
1.41 jsg 477: <li>OpenSSH 7.2
1.1 deraadt 478: <ul>
479: <li>Security:
480: <ul>
1.16 sobrado 481: <li>Qualys Security identified vulnerabilities in the
1.87 tb 482: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.18 sobrado 483: client experimental support for resuming SSH-connections (roaming).
1.16 sobrado 484: In the default configuration, this could potentially leak client keys
485: to a hostile server. The authentication of the server host key
486: prevents exploitation by a man-in-the-middle, so this information leak
487: is restricted to connections to malicious or compromised servers.
488: This feature has been disabled in the
1.87 tb 489: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 sobrado 490: client, and it has been removed from the source tree. The matching
491: server code has never been shipped.
1.87 tb 492: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.16 sobrado 493: OpenSSH 7.0 contained a logic error in
494: <tt>PermitRootLogin=prohibit-password/without-password</tt> that could,
495: depending on compile-time configuration, permit password authentication
496: to root while preventing other forms of authentication.
497: <li>Fix an out of-bound read access in the packet handling code.
1.18 sobrado 498: <li>Further use of
1.87 tb 499: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bzero">explicit_bzero(3)</a>
1.18 sobrado 500: has been added in various buffer handling code paths to guard against
501: compilers aggressively doing dead-store removal.
1.87 tb 502: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
503: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 504: remove unfinished and unused roaming code.
1.87 tb 505: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 506: eliminate fallback from untrusted X11 forwarding to trusted forwarding
507: when the X server disables the <tt>SECURITY</tt> extension.
1.87 tb 508: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
509: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 510: increase the minimum modulus size supported for
511: <tt>diffie-hellman-group-exchange</tt> to 2048 bits.
512: </ul>
513: <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
514: <ul>
515: <li>This release disables a number of legacy cryptographic algorithms
516: by default in
1.87 tb 517: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 518: <ul>
519: <li>Several ciphers: <tt>blowfish-cbc</tt>, <tt>cast128-cbc</tt>,
520: all <tt>arcfour</tt> variants and the <tt>rijndael-cbc</tt> aliases
521: for AES.
522: <li>MD5-based and truncated HMAC algorithms.
523: </ul>
524: </ul>
525: <li>New/changed features:
526: <ul>
527: <li>all: add support for RSA signatures using SHA-256/512 hash algorithms
528: based on <tt>draft-rsa-dsa-sha2-256-03.txt</tt> and
529: <tt>draft-ssh-ext-info-04.txt</tt>.
1.87 tb 530: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.73 deraadt 531: add an <tt>AddKeysToAgent</tt> client option which can be set to
1.45 sobrado 532: <tt>yes</tt>, <tt>no</tt>, <tt>ask</tt>, or <tt>confirm</tt>, and
533: defaults to <tt>no</tt>. When enabled, a private key that is used
534: during authentication will be added to
1.87 tb 535: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>
1.45 sobrado 536: if it is running (with confirmation enabled if set to <tt>confirm</tt>).
1.87 tb 537: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 538: add a new <tt>authorized_keys</tt> option <tt>restrict</tt> that
539: includes all current and future key restrictions
540: (<tt>no-*-forwarding</tt>, etc.).
541: Also add permissive versions of the existing restrictions, e.g.
542: <tt>no-pty</tt> -> <tt>pty</tt>. This simplifies the task of setting up
543: restricted keys and ensures they are maximally-restricted,
544: regardless of any permissions we might implement in the future.
1.87 tb 545: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 546: add
1.87 tb 547: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.45 sobrado 548: CertificateFile option to explicitly list certificates. (bz#2436)
1.87 tb 549: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 550: allow
1.87 tb 551: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
1.45 sobrado 552: to change the key comment for all supported formats.
1.87 tb 553: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 554: allow fingerprinting from standard input, e.g. "ssh-keygen -lf -".
1.87 tb 555: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 556: allow fingerprinting multiple public keys in a file, e.g.
557: <tt>ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/authorized_keys</tt>. (bz#1319)
1.87 tb 558: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 559: support <tt>none</tt> as an argument for
1.87 tb 560: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.45 sobrado 561: <tt>Foreground</tt> and <tt>ChrootDirectory</tt>. Useful inside
562: <tt>Match</tt> blocks to override a global default. (bz#2486)
1.87 tb 563: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 564: support multiple certificates (one per line) and reading from standard
565: input (using "<tt>-f -</tt>") for <tt>ssh-keygen -L</tt>.
1.87 tb 566: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 567: add <tt>ssh-keyscan -c ...</tt> flag to allow fetching certificates
568: instead of plain keys.
1.87 tb 569: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 570: better handle anchored FQDNs (e.g. <tt>cvs.openbsd.org.</tt>) in
571: hostname canonicalisation - treat them as already canonical and
572: trailing '<tt>.</tt>' before matching
1.87 tb 573: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 574: </ul>
575: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
576: <ul>
1.87 tb 577: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
578: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.18 sobrado 579: add compatibility workarounds for FuTTY.
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>:
1.18 sobrado 582: refine compatibility workarounds for WinSCP.
1.16 sobrado 583: <li>Fix a number of memory faults (double-free, free of uninitialised
1.73 deraadt 584: memory, etc.) in
1.87 tb 585: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 sobrado 586: and
1.87 tb 587: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>.
1.18 sobrado 588: <li>Correctly interpret the <tt>first_kex_follows</tt> option during the
589: initial key exchange.
1.87 tb 590: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sftp">sftp(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 591: existing destination directories should not terminate recursive uploads
592: (regression in openssh 6.8). (bz#2528)
1.87 tb 593: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
594: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 595: correctly send back <tt>SSH2_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED</tt> replies to
596: unexpected messages during key exchange. (bz#2949)
1.87 tb 597: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 598: refuse attempts to set <tt>ConnectionAttempts=0</tt>, which does not
599: make sense and would cause ssh to print an uninitialised stack
600: variable. (bz#2500)
1.87 tb 601: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 602: fix errors when attempting to connect to scoped IPv6 addresses with
603: hostname canonicalisation enabled.
1.87 tb 604: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config">sshd_config(5)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 605: list a couple more options usable in <tt>Match</tt> blocks. (bz#2489)
1.87 tb 606: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 607: fix <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +...</tt> inside a <tt>Match</tt> block.
1.87 tb 608: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 609: expand tilde characters in filenames passed to <tt>-i</tt> options
610: before checking whether or not the identity file exists. Avoids
611: confusion for cases where shell doesn't expand (e.g.
612: <tt>-i ~/file</tt> vs. <tt>-i~/file</tt>). (bz#2481)
1.87 tb 613: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 614: do not prepend "exec" to the shell command run by <tt>Match exec</tt>
615: in a config file, which could cause some commands to fail in certain
616: environments. (bz#2471)
1.87 tb 617: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keyscan">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 618: fix output for multiple hosts/addrs on one line when host hashing or
619: a non standard port is in use. (bz#2479)
1.87 tb 620: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 621: skip "Could not chdir to home directory" message when
622: <tt>ChrootDirectory</tt> is active. (bz#2485)
1.87 tb 623: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 624: include <tt>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes</tt> in <tt>ssh -G</tt> config dump.
1.87 tb 625: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 626: avoid changing <tt>TunnelForwarding</tt> device flags if they are
627: already what is needed; makes it possible to use
1.87 tb 628: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tun">tun(4)</a>/
629: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tap">tap(4)</a>
1.45 sobrado 630: networking as non-root user if device permissions and interface flags
631: are pre-established.
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: <tt>RekeyLimits</tt> could be exceeded by one packet. (bz#2521)
1.87 tb 635: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 636: fix multiplexing master failure to notice client exit.
1.87 tb 637: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
638: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 639: avoid <tt>fatal()</tt> for PKCS11 tokens that present empty key IDs.
640: (bz#1773)
1.87 tb 641: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 642: avoid
1.87 tb 643: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=printf&sec=3">printf(3)</a>
1.45 sobrado 644: of NULL argument. (bz#2535)
1.87 tb 645: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
646: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 647: allow <tt>RekeyLimits</tt> larger than 4GB. (bz#2521)
1.87 tb 648: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>,
649: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 650: fix several bugs in (unused) KRL signature support.
1.87 tb 651: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
652: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 653: fix connections with peers that use the key exchange guess feature of
654: the protocol. (bz#2515)
1.87 tb 655: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 656: include remote port number in log messages. (bz#2503)
1.87 tb 657: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 658: don't try to load SSHv1 private key when compiled without SSHv1
659: support. (bz#2505)
1.87 tb 660: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-agent">ssh-agent(1)</a>,
661: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 662: fix incorrect error messages during key loading and signing errors.
663: (bz#2507)
1.87 tb 664: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 665: don't leave empty temporary files when performing <tt>known_hosts</tt>
666: file edits when <tt>known_hosts</tt> doesn't exist.
1.87 tb 667: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 668: correct packet format for tcpip-forward replies for requests that
669: don't allocate a port. (bz#2509)
1.87 tb 670: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
671: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 672: fix possible hang on closed output. (bz#2469)
1.87 tb 673: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 674: expand <tt>%i</tt> in <tt>ControlPath</tt> to UID. (bz#2449)
1.87 tb 675: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
676: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 677: fix return type of <tt>openssh_RSA_verify</tt>. (bz#2460)
1.87 tb 678: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>,
679: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd">sshd(8)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 680: fix some option parsing memory leaks. (bz#2182)
1.87 tb 681: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.73 deraadt 682: add some debug output before DNS resolution; it's a place where
1.45 sobrado 683: ssh could previously silently stall in cases of unresponsive DNS
684: servers. (bz#2433)
1.87 tb 685: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 686: remove spurious newline in visual hostkey. (bz#2686)
1.87 tb 687: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 688: fix printing (<tt>ssh -G ...</tt>) of <tt>HostKeyAlgorithms=+...</tt>
1.87 tb 689: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh">ssh(1)</a>:
1.45 sobrado 690: fix expansion of <tt>HostkeyAlgorithms=+...</tt>
1.1 deraadt 691: </ul>
692: </ul>
693: <p>
1.17 sobrado 694: <li>LibreSSL 2.3.2
1.1 deraadt 695: <ul>
696: <li>User-visible features:
697: <ul>
1.17 sobrado 698: <li>This release corrects the handling of <tt>ClientHello</tt> messages
699: that do not include TLS extensions, resulting in such handshakes being
700: aborted.
1.39 tj 701: <li>When loading a DSA key from a raw (without DH parameters) ASN.1
1.17 sobrado 702: serialization, perform some consistency checks on its `p' and `q'
703: values, and return an error if the checks failed.
704: <li>Fixed a bug in <tt>ECDH_compute_key</tt> that can lead to silent
705: truncation of the result key without error. A coding error could cause
706: software to use much shorter keys than intended.
707: <li>Removed support for <tt>DTLS_BAD_VER</tt>. Pre-DTLSv1 implementations
708: are no longer supported.
1.78 lteo 709: <li>The <tt>engine</tt> command and parameters are removed from
1.87 tb 710: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl">
1.67 tb 711: openssl(1)</a>.
1.39 tj 712: Previous releases removed dynamic and built-in engine support already.
1.17 sobrado 713: <li>SHA-0 is removed, which was withdrawn shortly after publication
714: twenty years ago.
715: <li>Added <tt>Certplus CA</tt> root certificate to the default
716: <tt>cert.pem</tt> file.
1.19 sobrado 717: <li>Fixed a leak in
1.87 tb 718: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=SSL_new">
1.67 tb 719: SSL_new(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 720: in the error path.
1.28 sobrado 721: <li>Fixed a memory leak and out-of-bounds access in
1.87 tb 722: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=OBJ_nid2obj">
1.67 tb 723: OBJ_obj2txt(3)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 724: <li>Fixed an up-to 7 byte overflow in RC4 when len is not a multiple of
725: <tt>sizeof(RC4_CHUNK)</tt>.
1.19 sobrado 726: <li>Added
1.87 tb 727: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=EVP_AEAD_CTX_init">
1.67 tb 728: EVP_aead_chacha20_poly1305_ietf(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 729: which matches the
1.18 sobrado 730: <tt>AEAD</tt> construction introduced in RFC 7539, which is different
731: than that already used in TLS with
1.87 tb 732: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=EVP_AEAD_CTX_init">
1.67 tb 733: EVP_aead_chacha20_poly1305(3)</a>.
1.18 sobrado 734: <li>More man pages converted from pod to
1.87 tb 735: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mdoc">mdoc(7)</a>
1.18 sobrado 736: format.
1.17 sobrado 737: <li>Added <tt>COMODO RSA Certification Authority</tt> and
738: <tt>QuoVadis</tt> root certificates to <tt>cert.pem</tt>.
1.88 tb 739: <li>Removed "<tt>C=US, O=VeriSign, Inc., OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority</tt>"
1.17 sobrado 740: (serial 3c:91:31:cb:1f:f6:d0:1b:0e:9a:b8:d0:44:bf:12:be)
741: root certificate from <tt>cert.pem</tt>.
742: <li>Fixed incorrect TLS certificate loading by
1.87 tb 743: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc">nc(1)</a>.
1.78 lteo 744: <li>The
1.87 tb 745: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl">
1.78 lteo 746: openssl(1)</a>
747: <tt>s_time</tt> command now performs a proper shutdown which allows a
748: full TLS connection to be benchmarked more accurately. A new
749: <tt>-no_shutdown</tt> flag
750: makes <tt>s_time</tt> adopt the previous behavior so that comparisons
751: can still be made with OpenSSL's version.
752: <li>Removed support for the <tt>SSLEAY_CONF</tt> backwards compatibility
753: environment variable in
1.87 tb 754: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=openssl">
1.78 lteo 755: openssl(1)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 756: <li>The following CVEs had been fixed:
757: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 758: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3194</tt>—NULL pointer dereference in client
759: side certificate validation.
760: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3195</tt>—memory leak in PKCS7, not reachable
761: from TLS/SSL.
1.17 sobrado 762: </ul>
763: <li>Note: The following OpenSSL CVEs did not apply to LibreSSL:
764: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 765: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3193</tt>—carry propagating bug in the x86_64
766: Montgomery squaring procedure.
767: <li><tt>CVE-2015-3196</tt>—double free race condition of the
768: identify hint data.
1.17 sobrado 769: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 770: </ul>
771: <li>Code improvements:
772: <ul>
1.17 sobrado 773: <li>Added install target for <tt>cmake</tt> builds.
774: <li>Updated <tt>pkgconfig</tt> files to correctly report the release
775: version number, not the individual library ABI version numbers.
776: <li>SSLv3 is now permanently removed from the tree.
777: <li>The <tt>libtls</tt> API is changed from the 2.2.x series:
778: <ul>
1.28 sobrado 779: <li>The
1.87 tb 780: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 781: tls_read(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 782: and
1.87 tb 783: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 784: tls_write(3)</a>
1.28 sobrado 785: functions now work better with external event libraries.
786: <li>Client-side verification is now supported, with the client
787: supplying the certificate to the server.
788: <li>Also, when using
1.87 tb 789: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 790: tls_connect_fds(3)</a>,
1.87 tb 791: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 792: tls_connect_socket(3)</a> or
1.87 tb 793: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 794: tls_accept_fds(3)</a>,
1.28 sobrado 795: <tt>libtls</tt> no longer implicitly closes the passed in sockets.
796: The caller is responsible for closing them in this case.
1.17 sobrado 797: </ul>
798: <li>New interface <tt>OPENSSL_cpu_caps</tt> is provided that does not
799: allow software to inadvertently modify cpu capability flags.
800: <tt>OPENSSL_ia32cap</tt> and <tt>OPENSSL_ia32cap_loc</tt> are removed.
1.18 sobrado 801: <li>The <tt>out_len</tt> argument of <tt>AEAD</tt> changed from
802: <tt>ssize_t</tt> to <tt>size_t</tt>.
1.17 sobrado 803: <li>Deduplicated DTLS code, sharing bugfixes and improvements with TLS.
804: <li>Converted
1.87 tb 805: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc">nc(1)</a>
1.17 sobrado 806: to use <tt>libtls</tt> for client and server operations; it is
807: included in the libressl-portable distribution as an example of how
808: to use the <tt>libtls</tt> library. This is intended to be a simpler
809: and more robust replacement for <tt>openssl s_client</tt> and
810: <tt>openssl s_server</tt> for day-to-day operations.
811: <li>ASN.1 cleanups and RFC5280 compliance fixes.
812: <li>Time representations switched from <tt>unsigned long</tt> to
813: <tt>time_t</tt>. LibreSSL now checks if the host OS supports 64-bit
814: <tt>time_t</tt>.
815: <li>Support always extracting the peer cipher and version with
816: <tt>libtls</tt>.
817: <li>Added ability to check certificate validity times with
1.19 sobrado 818: <tt>libtls</tt>,
1.87 tb 819: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 820: tls_peer_cert_notbefore(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 821: and
1.87 tb 822: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 823: tls_peer_cert_notafter(3)</a>.
1.19 sobrado 824: <li>Changed
1.87 tb 825: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tls_init">
1.67 tb 826: tls_connect_servername(3)</a>
1.19 sobrado 827: to use the first address that resolves with
1.87 tb 828: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getaddrinfo">
1.68 tb 829: getaddrinfo(3)</a>.
1.17 sobrado 830: <li>Remove broken conditional <tt>EVP_CHECK_DES_KEY</tt> code
831: (non-functional since initial commit in 2004).
1.19 sobrado 832: <li>Reject too small bits value in
1.87 tb 833: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=BN_generate_prime">
1.68 tb 834: BN_generate_prime(3)</a>,
1.17 sobrado 835: so that it does not risk becoming negative in
836: <tt>probable_prime_dh_safe()</tt>.
1.18 sobrado 837: <li>Changed format of <tt>LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt> to match that of
1.17 sobrado 838: <tt>OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER</tt>.
839: <li>Avoid a potential undefined C99+ behavior due to shift overflow in
840: <tt>AES_decrypt</tt>.
841: <li>Deprecated the <tt>SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE</tt> flag.
1.1 deraadt 842: </ul>
843: </ul>
844: <p>
1.76 deraadt 845:
1.1 deraadt 846: <li>Ports and packages:
847: <dl>
848: <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.57 tb 849: </dl>
1.80 naddy 850: <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
1.1 deraadt 851: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
852: <tr>
853: <td valign="top" width="25%">
854: <ul>
1.80 naddy 855: <li>alpha: 7450
1.54 deraadt 856: <li>amd64: 9295
1.63 deraadt 857: <li>hppa: 6304
1.1 deraadt 858: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.54 deraadt 859: <li>i386: 9290
1.82 naddy 860: <li>mips64: 7094
1.80 naddy 861: <li>mips64el: 7846
862: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
863: <li>powerpc: 8383
1.82 naddy 864: <li>sh: 111
865: <li>sparc: 1105
1.1 deraadt 866: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.72 deraadt 867: <li>sparc64: 8528
1.1 deraadt 868: </ul></td></tr></table>
869: <p>
870:
1.57 tb 871: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 872: <dt>Some highlights:
1.57 tb 873: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 874: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
875: <tr>
876: <td valign="top" width="33%"><ul>
1.40 sthen 877: <li>Chromium 48.0.2564.116
1.1 deraadt 878: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.5
1.3 jsg 879: <li>GCC 4.9.3
880: <li>GHC 7.10.3
881: <li>GNOME 3.18.2
1.5 sthen 882: <li>Go 1.5.3
1.1 deraadt 883: <li>Groff 1.22.3
1.40 sthen 884: <li>JDK 7u80 and 8u72
1.1 deraadt 885: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
886: <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
1.3 jsg 887: <li>LibreOffice 5.0.4.2
888: <li>MariaDB 10.0.23
889: <li>Mono 4.2.1.102
1.26 lteo 890: <li>Mozilla Firefox 38.6.1esr and 44.0.2
891: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 38.6.0
1.1 deraadt 892: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
1.22 abieber 893: <li>Node.js 4.3.0
1.3 jsg 894: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.43
1.26 lteo 895: <li>PHP 5.4.45, 5.5.32 and 5.6.18
1.3 jsg 896: <li>Postfix 3.0.3
1.26 lteo 897: <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.6
1.3 jsg 898: <li>Python 2.7.11, 3.4.4 and 3.5.1
899: <li>R 3.2.3
900: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 2.0.0.648, 2.1.8, 2.2.4 and 2.3.0
1.15 lteo 901: <li>Rust 1.6.0
1.1 deraadt 902: <li>Sendmail 8.15.2
1.3 jsg 903: <li>Sudo 1.8.15
1.1 deraadt 904: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.18 and 8.6.4
905: <li>TeX Live 2014
1.3 jsg 906: <li>Vim 7.4.900
1.1 deraadt 907: <li>Xfce 4.12
908: </ul></td><td valign=top width="34%">
909: </td></tr></table>
910: <p>
911:
912: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
913: <p>
914:
915: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
916: <ul>
1.3 jsg 917: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.17.4 + patches,
1.8 jsg 918: freetype 2.6.2, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 11.0.9, xterm 322,
1.21 matthieu 919: xkeyboard-config 2.17 and more)
1.81 tb 920: <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 921: <li>Perl 5.20.2 (+ patches)
1.3 jsg 922: <li>SQLite 3.9.2 (+ patches)
923: <li>NSD 4.1.7
924: <li>Unbound 1.5.7
1.1 deraadt 925: <li>Ncurses 5.7
926: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
927: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
928: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
929: </ul>
930:
931: </ul>
932:
933: <hr>
1.67 tb 934:
935: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
936:
1.1 deraadt 937: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
938: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
939: form of install. The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
940: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
941: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
942: purchased a CDROM instead.
943: <p>
944:
945: <hr>
1.67 tb 946: <p>
1.1 deraadt 947: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
948: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.9 on your machine:
1.67 tb 949:
1.1 deraadt 950: <ul>
1.85 tb 951: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 952: .../OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
1.85 tb 953: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.1 deraadt 954: .../OpenBSD/5.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</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 (on CD1)</a>
957: <p>
1.85 tb 958: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.1 deraadt 959: .../OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.85 tb 960: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 961: .../OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
962: <p>
1.85 tb 963: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.1 deraadt 964: .../OpenBSD/5.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
965: <p>
1.85 tb 966: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.1 deraadt 967: .../OpenBSD/5.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.85 tb 968: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.1 deraadt 969: .../OpenBSD/5.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.85 tb 970: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.1 deraadt 971: .../OpenBSD/5.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.85 tb 972: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.1 deraadt 973: .../OpenBSD/5.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.85 tb 974: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.1 deraadt 975: .../OpenBSD/5.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.85 tb 976: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.1 deraadt 977: .../OpenBSD/5.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.85 tb 978: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.1 deraadt 979: .../OpenBSD/5.9/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.85 tb 980: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.1 deraadt 981: .../OpenBSD/5.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.85 tb 982: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.1 deraadt 983: .../OpenBSD/5.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.85 tb 984: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.1 deraadt 985: .../OpenBSD/5.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
986: </ul>
1.67 tb 987:
988:
1.1 deraadt 989: <hr>
990:
991: <p>
992: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
993: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
994: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
995:
996: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 997:
998: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
999: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1000: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
1001: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
1002: your BIOS options first.
1003: <p>
1.65 tb 1004: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1005: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or
1006: <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1007: <p>
1.65 tb 1008: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1009: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
1010: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
1011: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
1012: <p>
1.65 tb 1013: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1014: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1015: read INSTALL.i386.
1016: </ul>
1017:
1018: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
1.67 tb 1019:
1.65 tb 1020: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1021: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1022: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
1023: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
1024: your BIOS options first.
1025: <p>
1.65 tb 1026: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1027: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or
1028: <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1029: <p>
1.65 tb 1030: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1031: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
1032: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
1033: INSTALL.amd64 document.
1034: <p>
1.65 tb 1035: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1036: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1037: read INSTALL.amd64.
1038: </ul>
1039:
1040: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1041:
1042: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1043: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1044: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
1045: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
1046: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
1047: <p>
1.65 tb 1048: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1049: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
1050: /5.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1051: </ul>
1052:
1053: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1054:
1055: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1056: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1057: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
1058: <p>
1.65 tb 1059: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1060: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1061: <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppy59.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppyB59.fs</i>
1062: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1063: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
1064: <p>
1.65 tb 1065: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1066: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1067: will most likely fail.
1068: <p>
1.65 tb 1069: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1070: You can also write <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/miniroot59.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1071: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
1072: <p>
1.65 tb 1073: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1074: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1075: </ul>
1076:
1077: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1078:
1079: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1080: <li>
1081: Write <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppy59.fs</i> or
1.1 deraadt 1082: <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppyB59.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1083: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
1084: <p>
1.65 tb 1085: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1086: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
1087: will most likely fail.
1088: </ul>
1089:
1090: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1091:
1092: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1093: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1094: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
1095: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1096: </ul>
1097:
1098: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1099:
1100: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1101: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1102: Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1103: or disk, and boot normally.
1104: </ul>
1105:
1106: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1107:
1108: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1109: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1110: Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
1111: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
1112: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
1113: </ul>
1114:
1115: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1116:
1117: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1118: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1119: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1120: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
1121: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1122: </ul>
1123:
1124: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1125:
1126: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1127: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1128: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
1129: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
1130: </ul>
1131:
1132: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1133:
1134: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1135: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1136: To install, burn cd59.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
1137: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
1138: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
1139: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
1140: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1141:
1142: <p>
1.65 tb 1143: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1144: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
1145: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
1146: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1147: </ul>
1148:
1149: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1150:
1151: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1152: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1153: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
1154: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
1155: </ul>
1156:
1157: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1158:
1159: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
1160: <li>
1.1 deraadt 1161: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
1162: openbsd59_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
1163: for a few important details.
1164: </ul>
1165:
1166: <hr>
1.65 tb 1167:
1.67 tb 1168: <h3 id="upgrade"><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
1.65 tb 1169:
1.6 tj 1170: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 1171: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1172: <a href="faq/upgrade59.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.67 tb 1173: <p>
1.1 deraadt 1174:
1175: <hr>
1.67 tb 1176:
1177: <h3 id="sourcecode"><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
1178:
1.1 deraadt 1179: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
1180: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1181: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.67 tb 1182:
1.58 tb 1183: <blockquote><pre>
1184: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
1185: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
1186: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
1187: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1188:
1.1 deraadt 1189: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
1190: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
1191: To extract:
1.67 tb 1192:
1.58 tb 1193: <blockquote><pre>
1194: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
1195: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
1196: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
1197: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1198:
1.1 deraadt 1199: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
1200: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1201: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1202: Using these files
1203: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
1204: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1205: <p>
1206:
1207: <hr>
1.67 tb 1208:
1209: <h3 id="ports"><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
1210:
1.1 deraadt 1211: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.67 tb 1212:
1.58 tb 1213: <blockquote><pre>
1214: # <b>cd /usr</b>
1215: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
1216: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1217:
1.1 deraadt 1218: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1219: if you know nothing about ports
1220: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
1221: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
1222: OpenBSD ports system.
1223: <p>
1224: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.87 tb 1225: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs">
1.1 deraadt 1226: cvs(1)</a> if
1227: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1228: source tree, our ports tree is available via
1229: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1.89 tj 1230: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
1.1 deraadt 1231: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
1232: with a command like:
1.67 tb 1233:
1.58 tb 1234: <blockquote><pre>
1235: # <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
1236: # <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_9</b>
1237: </pre></blockquote>
1.67 tb 1238:
1.1 deraadt 1239: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
1240: server.]
1241: <p>
1242: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1243: ports for the 5.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1244: <p>
1245: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1246: would like to know more, the mailing list
1247: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1248: <p>
1249: </body>
1250: </html>
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