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                     17: <i><font color="#0000ff">Open</font></i><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
1.5       beck       18: <font color="#e00000">6.5</font>
1.1       beck       19: </h2>
                     20:
                     21: <a href="images/notyet.jpg">
                     22: <img align="left" width="227" height="343" hspace="24" src="images/Puffoil.gif"></a>
                     23: Released XXX XX, 2018<br>
                     24: Copyright 1997-2019, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     25: <br>
                     26: <br>
                     27:
                     28: <br>
                     29: <ul>
                     30: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
                     31:     a list of mirror machines.
                     32: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/6.5/</font> directory on
                     33:     one of the mirror sites.
1.2       beck       34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata65.html">the 6.5 errata page</a> for a list
1.1       beck       35:     of bugs and workarounds.
1.2       beck       36: <li>See a <a href="plus65.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1       beck       37:     6.4 and 6.5 releases.
                     38: <p>
                     39: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
                     40:     pubkeys for this release:<br>
                     41: <pre>
1.26      benno      42: base:     RWSZaRmt1LEQT9CtPygf9CvONu8kYPTlVEJdysNoUR62/NkeWgdkc3zY
                     43: fw:       RWQYdGVtTv5IvpH2c+TLQAC4iV7RjoGZ/v75q8MCuC9Mca7nFVCXRefy
                     44: pkg:      RWS5D4+188RI6jULDOFzga0Cm1zrXYUAHT6xu0mLrZidbn6xrMB5aZeR
                     45: syspatch: RWT8U2yd3Aq5DnetILjmSoCQxmyt3VqfGS7GBh19oh4Xre4ywc31PEpw
1.1       beck       46: </pre>
                     47: <p>
                     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.
                     51: </ul>
                     52: <br clear=all>
                     53:
                     54: <hr>
                     55:
                     56: <h3 id="new"><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     57:
                     58: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 6.5.
1.2       beck       59: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus65.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1       beck       60: to 6.5.
                     61:
                     62: <ul>
                     63:
                     64: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
1.3       visa       65:     <ul>
                     66:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/clang.1">clang(1)</a>
                     67:         is now provided on mips64.
1.28    ! sthen      68:     <li>The default linker has been switched from the binutils bfd-based linker
        !            69:         to lld on amd64 and i386.
1.15      visa       70:     <li>octeon: Now the system automatically detects the number of available
                     71:         cores. However, manual setting of the numcores, or coremask,
                     72:         boot parameter is still needed to enable secondary cores.
                     73:     <li>octeon: It is now possible to use the root disk's DUID as the value
                     74:         of the rootdev boot parameter.
1.3       visa       75:     </ul>
1.1       beck       76:
                     77: <p>
                     78:
                     79: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements:
                     80: <p>
                     81:
                     82: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
                     83: <p>
                     84:
                     85: <li>Installer improvements:
                     86: <p>
                     87:
                     88: <li>Security improvements:
                     89: <p>
                     90:
                     91: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
1.10      denis      92:     <ul>
                     93:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgplg.8">bgplg(8)</a> and
                     94:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgplgsh.8">bgplgsh(8)</a> can
                     95:         now filter on Origin Validation State and Extended Communities.
1.27      benno      96:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgplgsh.8">bgplgsh(8)</a> can
                     97:         now [clear|destroy|down|refresh|up] and show groups of neighbors.
1.12      denis      98:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcap-filter.3">pcap-filter(3)</a> can
                     99:         now filter on MPLS packets.
1.10      denis     100:     </ul>
1.1       beck      101: <p>
                    102:
                    103: <li>Assorted improvements:
1.20      anton     104:   <ul>
                    105:   <li>
                    106:     <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/kcov.4">kcov(4)</a>
                    107:     gained support for
                    108:     <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/kcov#KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP">KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP</a>.
1.24      landry    109:   <li>
                    110:     A 'video' promise was added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2">pledge(2)</a>.
1.25      visa      111:   <li>
                    112:     The <code>kern.witnesswatch</code>
                    113:     <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysctl.8">sysctl(8)</a>
                    114:     has been renamed to <code>kern.witness.watch</code>.
1.20      anton     115:   </ul>
1.1       beck      116: <p>
                    117:
                    118: <li>OpenSMTPD
                    119: <p>
                    120:
1.4       bcook     121: <li>LibreSSL 2.9.X
                    122:   <ul>
                    123:     <li>API and Documentation Enhancements
                    124:     <ul>
                    125:       <li>
                    126:         CRYPTO_LOCK is now automatically initialized, with the legacy
1.9       bcook     127:         callbacks stubbed for compatibility.
1.4       bcook     128:       <li>
                    129:         Added the SM3 hash function from the Chinese standard GB/T 32905-2016.
1.7       bcook     130:       <li>
1.9       bcook     131:         Added more OPENSSL_NO_* macros for compatibility with OpenSSL.
1.16      beck      132:       <li>
1.19      jsg       133:         Partial port of the OpenSSL EC_KEY_METHOD API for use by OpenSSH.
                    134:       <li>
                    135:         Implemented further missing OpenSSL 1.1 API.
1.21      tb        136:       <li>
                    137:         Added support for XChaCha20 and XChaCha20-Poly1305.
1.19      jsg       138:     </ul>
                    139:
                    140:     <li>Compatibility Changes
                    141:     <ul>
                    142:       <li>
1.23      beck      143:         Added pbkdf2 key derivation support
                    144:         to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/openssl.1">openssl(1)</a> enc.
                    145:       <li>
1.19      jsg       146:         Changed the default digest type of
                    147:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/openssl.1">openssl(1)</a> enc
                    148:         to sha256.
1.18      naddy     149:       <li>
                    150:         Changed the default digest type of
                    151:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/openssl.1">openssl(1)</a> dgst
                    152:         to sha256.
1.17      tb        153:       <li>
1.19      jsg       154:         Changed the default digest type of
                    155:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/openssl.1">openssl(1)</a>
                    156:         x509 -fingerprint to sha256.
1.17      tb        157:       <li>
1.19      jsg       158:         Changed the default digest type of
                    159:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/openssl.1">openssl(1)</a>
                    160:         crl -fingerprint to sha256.
1.4       bcook     161:     </ul>
                    162:
                    163:     <li>Testing and Proactive Security
                    164:     <ul>
                    165:       <li>
1.8       bcook     166:         Added extensive interoperability tests between LibreSSL and OpenSSL 1.0
1.9       bcook     167:         and 1.1.
1.7       bcook     168:       <li>
                    169:         Added additional wycheproof tests and related bug fixes.
1.4       bcook     170:     </ul>
                    171:
                    172:     <li>Internal Improvements
                    173:     <ul>
                    174:       <li>
                    175:         Simplified sigalgs option processing and handshake signing algorithm
1.9       bcook     176:         selection.
1.4       bcook     177:       <li>
1.9       bcook     178:         Added the ability to use the RSA PSS algorithm for handshake signatures.
1.4       bcook     179:       <li>
                    180:         Added bn_rand_interval() and use it in code needing ranges of random bn
1.9       bcook     181:         values.
1.4       bcook     182:       <li>
                    183:         Added functionality to derive early, handshake, and application secrets
1.9       bcook     184:         as per RFC8446.
1.4       bcook     185:       <li>
1.9       bcook     186:         Added handshake state machine from RFC8446.
1.7       bcook     187:       <li>
                    188:         Removed some ASN.1 related code from libcrypto that had not been used
1.9       bcook     189:         since around 2000.
1.7       bcook     190:       <li>
                    191:         Unexported internal symbols and internalized more record layer structs.
1.23      beck      192:       <li>
                    193:         Removed SHA224 based handshake signatures from consideration for use in a TLS 1.2 handshake.
1.4       bcook     194:     </ul>
                    195:
1.6       bcook     196:     <li>Portable Improvements
                    197:     <ul>
                    198:       <li>
1.9       bcook     199:         Added support for assembly optimizations on 32-bit ARM ELF targets.
1.6       bcook     200:     </ul>
                    201:
1.4       bcook     202:     <li>Bug Fixes
                    203:     <ul>
                    204:       <li>
1.13      tb        205:         Improved protection against timing side channels in ECDSA signature
                    206:         generation.
1.4       bcook     207:       <li>
1.14      tb        208:         Coordinate blinding was added to some elliptic curves.
1.13      tb        209:         This is the last bit of the work by Brumley et al. to protect against
                    210:         the Portsmash vulnerability.
1.4       bcook     211:       <li>
1.9       bcook     212:         Ensure transcript handshake is always freed with TLS 1.2.
1.4       bcook     213:     </ul>
                    214:   </ul>
1.1       beck      215: <p>
                    216:
                    217: <li>Mandoc
                    218: <p>
                    219:
                    220: <li>Ports and packages:
                    221: <p>
                    222:
                    223: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    224: <p>
                    225:
                    226: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
1.4       bcook     227: <p>
1.1       beck      228:
                    229: </ul>
                    230:
                    231: <hr>
                    232:
                    233: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    234:
                    235: Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
                    236: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 6.5 on your machine:
                    237:
                    238: <ul>
                    239: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
                    240:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
                    241: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
                    242:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
                    243: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
                    244:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
                    245: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
                    246:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
                    247: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    248:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
                    249: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/i386/INSTALL.i386">
                    250:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
                    251: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
                    252:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
                    253: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
                    254:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
                    255: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
                    256:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
                    257: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    258:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
                    259: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
                    260:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
                    261: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
                    262:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
                    263: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
                    264:        .../OpenBSD/6.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
                    265: </ul>
                    266:
                    267: <hr>
                    268:
                    269: <p>
                    270: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
                    271: the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
                    272: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
                    273: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    274:
                    275: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    276:
                    277: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    278: <li>
1.2       beck      279: Write <i>floppy65.fs</i> or <i>floppyB65.fs</i> (depending on your machine)
1.1       beck      280: to a diskette and enter <i>boot dva0</i>.
                    281: Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    282: <p>
                    283: <li>
                    284: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    285: will most likely fail.
                    286: </ul>
                    287:
                    288: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    289:
                    290: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    291: <li>
1.2       beck      292: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install65.iso</i> or
                    293: <i>cd65.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
1.1       beck      294: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
                    295: <p>
                    296: <li>
1.2       beck      297: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install65.fs</i> or
                    298: <i>miniroot65.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.1       beck      299: <p>
                    300: <li>
                    301: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    302: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    303: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    304: <p>
                    305: <li>
                    306: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    307: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    308: </ul>
                    309:
                    310: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/arm64:</font></h3>
                    311:
                    312: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    313: <li>
1.2       beck      314: Write <i>miniroot65.fs</i> to a disk and boot from it after connecting
1.1       beck      315: to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more details.
                    316: <p>
                    317: </ul>
                    318:
                    319: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armv7:</font></h3>
                    320:
                    321: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    322: <li>
                    323: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
                    324: to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
                    325: <p>
                    326: </ul>
                    327:
                    328: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    329:
                    330: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    331: <li>
                    332: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    333: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    334: </ul>
                    335:
                    336: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    337:
                    338: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    339: <li>
1.2       beck      340: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install65.iso</i> or
                    341: <i>cd65.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
1.1       beck      342: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
                    343: <p>
                    344: <li>
1.2       beck      345: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install65.fs</i> or
                    346: <i>miniroot65.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.1       beck      347: <p>
                    348: <li>
                    349: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    350: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    351: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    352: <p>
                    353: <li>
                    354: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    355: read INSTALL.i386.
                    356: </ul>
                    357:
                    358: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    359:
                    360: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    361: <li>
1.2       beck      362: Write <i>miniroot65.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1       beck      363: or disk, and boot normally.
                    364: </ul>
                    365:
                    366: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
                    367:
                    368: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    369: <li>
1.2       beck      370: Write <i>miniroot65.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
1.1       beck      371: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    372: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    373: </ul>
                    374:
                    375: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    376:
                    377: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    378: <li>
                    379: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
                    380: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
                    381: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    382: </ul>
                    383:
                    384: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    385:
                    386: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    387: <li>
                    388: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
                    389: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
                    390: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    391: <p>
                    392: <li>
                    393: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    394: /6.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    395: </ul>
                    396:
                    397: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
                    398:
                    399: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    400: <li>
                    401: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    402: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
                    403: </ul>
                    404:
                    405: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    406:
                    407: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    408: <li>
1.2       beck      409: To install, burn cd65.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
1.1       beck      410: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    411: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
                    412: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
                    413: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    414:
                    415: <p>
                    416: <li>
                    417: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
                    418: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
                    419: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    420: </ul>
                    421:
                    422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    423:
                    424: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
                    425: <li>
                    426: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
                    427: <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    428: <p>
                    429: <li>
                    430: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2       beck      431: <i>floppy65.fs</i> or <i>floppyB65.fs</i>
1.1       beck      432: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    433: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    434: <p>
                    435: <li>
                    436: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    437: will most likely fail.
                    438: <p>
                    439: <li>
1.2       beck      440: You can also write <i>miniroot65.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1       beck      441: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    442: <p>
                    443: <li>
                    444: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    445: </ul>
                    446:
                    447: <hr>
                    448:
                    449: <h3 id="upgrade"><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    450:
                    451: If you already have an OpenBSD 6.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    452: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1.2       beck      453: <a href="faq/upgrade65.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.1       beck      454: <p>
                    455:
                    456: <hr>
                    457:
                    458: <h3 id="sourcecode"><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
                    459:
                    460: <tt>src.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src</tt>.
                    461: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
                    462: which are in a separate archive.
                    463: To extract:
                    464:
                    465: <blockquote><pre>
                    466: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
                    467: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
                    468: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
                    469: </pre></blockquote>
                    470:
                    471: <tt>sys.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src/sys</tt>.
                    472: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    473: To extract:
                    474:
                    475: <blockquote><pre>
                    476: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
                    477: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
                    478: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
                    479: </pre></blockquote>
                    480:
                    481: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    482: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    483: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    484: Using these files
                    485: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    486: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    487: <p>
                    488:
                    489: <hr>
                    490:
                    491: <h3 id="ports"><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    492:
                    493: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    494:
                    495: <blockquote><pre>
                    496: # <b>cd /usr</b>
                    497: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
                    498: </pre></blockquote>
                    499:
                    500: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
                    501: if you know nothing about ports
                    502: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    503: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    504: OpenBSD ports system.
                    505: <p>
                    506: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
                    507: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
                    508: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
                    509: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
                    510: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
                    511: with a command like:
                    512:
                    513: <blockquote><pre>
                    514: # <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
1.11      beck      515: # <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_6_5</b>
1.1       beck      516: </pre></blockquote>
                    517:
                    518: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
                    519: server.]
                    520: <p>
                    521: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
                    522: ports for the 6.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    523: <p>
                    524: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    525: would like to know more, the mailing list
                    526: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
                    527: <p>
                    528: </body>
                    529: </html>