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15:
1.31 deraadt 16: <h1>OpenBSD</h1>
17: <br>
1.37 deraadt 18: <img src="head.gif">
1.30 deraadt 19: <br>
20: <small>The picture is Copyright (C) 1996 Shawn Mueller</small>
21: <br>
22: <h1>OpenBSD</h1>
1.1 deraadt 23:
1.18 fn 24: <p>
1.1 deraadt 25: The OpenBSD project involves continuing development of a multiplatform
26: 4.4BSD-based Unix-like operating system.
1.18 fn 27: </p>
1.1 deraadt 28:
29: <p>
1.22 deraadt 30: <ul>
31: <li><a href=#additions>Changes Relative to other *BSD's</a>
32: <li><a href=#curplat>Supported platforms</a>
33: <li><a href=#futplat>New platforms under development</a>
1.50 deraadt 34: <li><a href=#devel>How we help developers and users</a>
1.55 deraadt 35: <li><a href=#snapshots>Binary snapshots</a>
1.48 deraadt 36: <li><a href=#ftp>FTP mirrors</a>
1.50 deraadt 37: <li><a href=#maillist>Mailing Lists</a>
38: <li><a href=#gnats>Bug tracking</a>
39: <li><a href=#sup>Sup</a>
40: <li><a href=#anoncvs>AnonCVS</a>
1.22 deraadt 41: <li><a href=goals.html>OpenBSD project goals</a>
42: </ul>
43: </p>
44:
45: <h3><hr><a name=additions>Changes Relative to other *BSD's.</a></h3>
46:
47: <p>
1.1 deraadt 48: OpenBSD looks a lot like NetBSD (which it is derived from, following
49: the 4.4BSD roots), but is now being developed seperately. Good changes
50: from other free operating systems will be merged in (of course, depending
1.24 deraadt 51: on various factors like developer time for example.) OpenBSD tracks
52: NetBSD changes very closely; say anywhere between 2 days to 10 days
53: behind the state of NetBSD-current all the time. Hence you can truly
54: say that OpenBSD is NetBSD <b>PLUS MORE STUFF</b>.
1.18 fn 55: </p>
1.1 deraadt 56:
57: <p>
1.22 deraadt 58: Various additions have been made. This is only a small partial list of
1.25 deraadt 59: the major machine independent changes (ie. it is the most interesting
60: changes or what people ask about most often). Check the specific port
61: you are interested in for further details of that port -- many of them
62: have been extended too.
1.1 deraadt 63: <ul>
1.35 deraadt 64: <li>Many many NetBSD PR's fixed (which NetBSD has not yet fixed)
1.22 deraadt 65: <li>New curses library, including libform, libpanel and libmenu.
1.25 deraadt 66: <li>a termlib library which understands termcap.db, needed for new curses.
67: <li>The FreeBSD ports subsystem was integrated and is usable by you!
1.22 deraadt 68: <li>ipfilter for filtering dangerous packets
69: <li>better ELF support
1.25 deraadt 70: <li>nlist() that understands ELF, ECOFF, and a.out, allowing non-a.out ports
71: to use kvm utilies
1.22 deraadt 72: <li>Verbatim integration of the GNU tools (using a wrapper Makefile)
73: <li>All the pieces needed for cross compilation are in the source tree.
74: <li>Some LKM support in the tree.
75: <li>ATAPI support (should work on all ISA busses)
1.25 deraadt 76: <li>new scsi, md5, pkg_* commands
1.22 deraadt 77: <li>Numerous security related fixes
1.25 deraadt 78: <li>Kerberos and other crypto in the source tree that is exportable
79: <li>Solid YP master, server, and client capabilities.
1.22 deraadt 80: <li>/dev/rnd -- source of random data
1.23 deraadt 81: <li>In-kernel update(8) with an adaptive algorithm
1.25 deraadt 82: <li>Some ddb improvements and extensions
83: <li>Numerous scsi fixes
1.28 deraadt 84: <li>new system calls: rfork(), minherit(), poll().
85: <li>select() that can handle any amount of file descriptors.
1.29 deraadt 86: <li>kernfs extensions
87: <li>ATM support (support for one company's sparc & i386 cards available)
1.33 deraadt 88: <li>Boot kernels with "-c" to edit/enable/disable device configuration tables
1.38 deraadt 89: <li>pax as tar, gnutar is toast
1.42 deraadt 90: <li>using AT&T awk, gawk is toast
1.38 deraadt 91: <li>Even more security fixes.
1.47 deraadt 92: <li>Accepts FreeBSD MD5 passwords in password maps, soon will be able to
93: generate them too
1.40 deraadt 94: <li>Linux ext2fs and BSD4.4 LFS support being worked on.
1.65 deraadt 95: <li>Working ATAPI audio support for multiple architectures.
1.51 deraadt 96: <li>terminfo database support.
1.53 deraadt 97: <li>Fortran in the tree.
98: <li>The most secure rdist support anywhere.
1.63 deraadt 99: <li>randomized port allocation in bind(), bindresvport(), and rresvport() --
100: security via unpredictability.
1.53 deraadt 101: <li>Protection from the udp spamming and ftp bounce attacks.
102: <li>Significantly improved ftp daemon.
103: <li>Numerous more security policy and implimentation improvements (OpenBSD
104: defaults to installing in a very secure mode)
105: <li>zlib (non-GPL'd gzip-compatible library)
106: <li>Newest version of ppp, vi,
1.54 deraadt 107: <li>_POSIX_SAVED_IDS behaviour with permitted BSD extensions.
1.60 deraadt 108: <li>Fixed long-standing vm swap-leak.
109: <li>FreeBSD malloc() that uses mmap() and is able to free unused memory.
110: <li>Numerous FreeBSD userland fixes and improvements incorporated.
1.62 deraadt 111: <li>new rdisc Router Discovery daemon
1.63 deraadt 112: <li>generic protection against the bind() takeover problem.
113: <li>at -f security fix.
114: <li>install now supports -C, -p, and -S flags.
1.68 deraadt 115: <!-- <li>a real adduser program, which can even be used uninteractively. -->
116: <li>POSIX & C2 requirement; lose setuid/setgid bits if owner/group changed
117: by chown(). This can be turned off with sysctl.
1.66 deraadt 118: <li>partial protection against tcp SYN attacks.
1.67 deraadt 119: <li>added /etc/fbtab support to login & init.
1.72 ! deraadt 120: <li>RCS version 5.7
! 121: <li>much newer join command (4.4lite2 with other fixes)
! 122: <li>scsi subsystem security fix
! 123: <li>Kerberos is much more silent if not configured
! 124: <li>arc4-based random support in kernel
! 125: <li>ncr53cXXX scsi scripts assembler
! 126: <li>multihomed support in ftpd.
1.1 deraadt 127: </ul>
1.18 fn 128: </p>
1.1 deraadt 129:
1.18 fn 130: <h3><hr><a name=curplat>Platforms currently supported.</a></h3>
1.1 deraadt 131:
1.18 fn 132: <p>
1.1 deraadt 133: Note: for some of these platforms, the platform-independent code may
134: be identical to that found in NetBSD because there isn't a specific
135: OpenBSD developer. For other ports the differences are significant.
136: If you find an empty page that means nothing of consequence that is
137: directly port-specific has changed from NetBSD. (Of course there are
138: differences, but they just aren't in the /sys/arch/XXXX directory).
1.18 fn 139: </p>
1.1 deraadt 140:
1.18 fn 141: <p>
1.1 deraadt 142: <dl>
1.41 deraadt 143: <dt><a href=alpha.html>Alpha</a> <dd> DEC Alpha-based machines.
144: <dt><a href=amiga.html>Amiga</a> <dd> Commodore Amiga.
145: <dt><a href=arc.html>ARC</a> <dd> ARC R4000/R4400 machines (including PICA)
146: <dt><a href=arm32.html>Arm32</a> <dd> Acorn ARM6+ computers.
147: <dt><a href=atari.html>Atari</a> <dd> Atari TT and Falcon models.
148: <dt><a href=hp300.html>HP300</a> <dd> Hewlett-Packard HP300/HP400 machines.
1.1 deraadt 149: <dt><a href=i386.html>i386</a> <dd> Your standard run-of-the-mill PC.
150: <dt><a href=mac68k.html>mac68k</a> <dd> Most MC680x0-based Apple Macintosh models.
1.41 deraadt 151: <dt><a href=mvme68k.html>MVME68K</a> <dd> Motorola MVME147/16x/17x 68K VME cards.
152: <dt><a href=pc532.html>PC532</a> <dd> A rare NS32532-based computer.
153: <dt><a href=pmax.html>Pmax</a> <dd> DEC MIPS-based machines.
154: <dt><a href=sparc.html>Sparc</a> <dd> Sun's Sun4 and sun4c models (sun4m soon!).
155: <dt><a href=sun3.html>Sun3</a> <dd> Sun's sun3 models.
156: <dt><a href=vax.html>Vax</a> <dd> DEC's VAX computers.
1.1 deraadt 157: </dl>
1.18 fn 158: </p>
159:
160: <h3><hr><a name=futplat>New platforms under development.</a></h3>
1.1 deraadt 161:
1.18 fn 162: <p>
1.1 deraadt 163: <dl>
1.10 deraadt 164: <dt><a href=mvme88k.html>mvme88k</a> <dd> Motorola MVME18x/19x 88K VME cards
1.25 deraadt 165: <dt><a href=ppc.html>ppc</a> <dd> IBM/Apple/Motorola PowerPC-based machines.
1.1 deraadt 166: </dl>
1.18 fn 167: </p>
1.1 deraadt 168:
169: <p>
170: <h3>Platforms not being developed, but which should be</h3>
1.36 deraadt 171: There is enough free code available to make porting to these
172: machines relatively easy.
1.18 fn 173: </p>
174:
175: <p>
1.1 deraadt 176: <dl>
177: <dt><a href=hppa.html>hppa</a> <dd> Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC HP700/HP800 models.
178: <dt><a href=iris.html>iris</a> <dd> SGI Iris machines.
179: </dl>
1.18 fn 180: </p>
1.1 deraadt 181:
1.26 deraadt 182:
1.49 deraadt 183: <hr><hr>
184: <h3><a name=devel>How we help developers and users.</a></h3>
185:
1.50 deraadt 186: <dl>
1.55 deraadt 187: <dt><h4><a name=snapshots>BINARY SNAPSHOTS:</a></h4>
188:
189: <p>
1.59 deraadt 190: <dd>Snapshots will be made available from time to time on the ftp mirrors.
191: The snapshots are available on each of the FTP servers listed below,
1.55 deraadt 192: typically in the directory <strong>OpenBSD/snapshots</strong>.
193: You should also read the <a href=snapshots.html>general description
194: about OpenBSD snapshots</a>.
195: </p>
196:
1.59 deraadt 197: <p>
1.70 deraadt 198: <strong>
1.69 deraadt 199: NOTE: please do not fetch binaries directly from cvs.openbsd.org
200: but instead use one of the mirror sites.
201: </strong>
1.59 deraadt 202:
1.56 deraadt 203: </dl>
1.55 deraadt 204: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 205: <dt><h4><a name=ftp>FTP:</a></h4>
1.48 deraadt 206: <dd>This is a list of currently known ftp servers:<p>
207: <ul>
1.18 fn 208:
1.48 deraadt 209: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD>
210: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD</a><br>
211: located at Rutgers University, eastern USA.
212: <!-- deraadt@openbsd.org -->
1.18 fn 213:
1.48 deraadt 214: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/OpenBSD>
215: ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/OpenBSD</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: located in France.
217: <!-- ftpmaint@ftp.ibp.fr -->
1.48 deraadt 218:
219: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.univ-evry.fr/pub/system/OpenBSD>
220: ftp://ftp.univ-evry.fr/pub/system/OpenBSD</a><br>
221: located in France.
222: <!-- mirror@ftp.univ-evry.fr -->
223:
1.52 deraadt 224: <li><a href=ftp://hal.heuris.com/pub/OpenBSD>
225: ftp://hal.heuris.com/pub/OpenBSD</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: located in University of Missouri-Rolla, mid-western USA.
227: <!-- johns@cs.umr.edu -->
1.48 deraadt 228:
229: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/OpenBSD>
230: ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/OpenBSD</a><br>
231: located at Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, JAPAN
232: <!-- Keijiro Umehara ume@ftp.tut.ac.jp -->
233:
1.1 deraadt 234: </ul>
1.48 deraadt 235:
236: <p>
237: The file structure of each FTP server is as follows:
1.18 fn 238: </p>
239:
240: <p>
1.48 deraadt 241: <strong>
242: <dl>
243: <dt>OpenBSD/snapshots/
244: <dt>OpenBSD/X11/
245: <dt>OpenBSD/src/
246: </dl>
247: </strong>
1.18 fn 248: </p>
1.1 deraadt 249:
250: <p>
1.48 deraadt 251: If you add a new FTP mirror site, please contact
252: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com> the FTP maintainer</a>.
253: </p>
1.50 deraadt 254: </dl>
1.48 deraadt 255:
1.50 deraadt 256: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 257: <dl>
1.50 deraadt 258: <dt><h4><a name=maillist>MAILING LISTS:</a></h4>
1.1 deraadt 259: <dd>Some mailing lists are used for the development and use of OpenBSD.
260: In each case, send mail to
261: <a href=mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org>majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
262: with a message body of "<strong>subscribe mailing-list-name</strong>".
1.18 fn 263:
1.27 deraadt 264: There is a only minimal set of mailing lists intentionally; among
265: other benefits such as more communication it reduces cross-posting.
1.26 deraadt 266: There are no private mailing lists.
267: <p>
1.1 deraadt 268: These are the mailing lists:
269: <dl>
270: <dt><strong>announce</strong>
271: <dd>important announcements. Since this is a low volume list
272: it is excellent for people who just want to follow important events.
273: <dt><strong>tech</strong>
274: <dd>technical discussions
275: <dt><strong>misc</strong>
276: <dd>user questions and answers
277: <dt><strong>source-changes</strong>
278: <dd>automated mailout of CVS source tree changes
1.18 fn 279: </dl>
280:
1.1 deraadt 281: <p>
1.61 deraadt 282: For further assistance, send a message body of "<strong>help</strong>"
283: to <a href=mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org>majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
1.1 deraadt 284: and you will receive a reply outlining all your options.
1.18 fn 285: </p>
1.1 deraadt 286:
1.61 deraadt 287: <p>
288: Furthermore, a
289: <a href=http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd>mailing list archive</a>
290: is available.
291: </p>
292:
1.26 deraadt 293: </dl>
1.50 deraadt 294: <dl><h4><a name=gnats>BUG TRACKING:</a></h4>
295: <dd>We run GNATS for tracking bugs:
296: <a href=/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl>Click here to enter the bug tracking system.</a>
1.26 deraadt 297:
1.39 deraadt 298: </dl>
1.50 deraadt 299: <dl>
300: <dt><h4><a name=sup>SUP:</a></h4>
1.21 deraadt 301: <dd>Sorry, unlike other *BSD projects, the SUP service is not
302: available. We do not believe the SUP service to be a good tool for
303: source code access. But read below for the description of the
304: <a href="#anoncvs"><strong>anoncvs</strong> service!</a>
1.1 deraadt 305:
1.50 deraadt 306: <dt><h4><a name=anoncvs>CVS Access:</a></h4>
1.7 david 307: <dd>CVS is used to manage the OpenBSD source tree. This allows
308: developers to work on a local source tree and commit their changes when
309: ready. Also <strong>anyone</strong> can edit source files on their
310: local machines, and automatically track and merge in any changes made
311: in the OpenBSD CVS repository. Additionally they can easily see the
312: logs of, check out, or "diff" the source files in the OpenBSD source
313: tree.
1.57 deraadt 314: </p>
315:
316: <p>
317: Most importantly, the <strong>anoncvs</strong> service does NOT
318: delete the changes you make in your local copy of the source tree --
319: read on for more details!
320: </p>
1.18 fn 321:
1.1 deraadt 322: <p>
1.17 deraadt 323: The latest version of CVS is available at
324: <a href=ftp://ftp.cyclic.com/pub/cvs/>Cyclic</a>.
325: Versions earlier than 1.6 are not recommended, and may not work.
1.57 deraadt 326: If you already have OpenBSD installed, CVS is included.
1.18 fn 327: </p>
328:
1.17 deraadt 329: <p>
1.18 fn 330: There are two levels of source tree access:
331: </p>
1.1 deraadt 332:
333: <dl>
1.58 deraadt 334: <dt><strong>Read-write access for developers:</strong>
1.1 deraadt 335: <dd>Developers who need to commit changes to the source tree must have
336: an account on the OpenBSD machines. Getting this access will be a
337: natural result of working on the sources with other OpenBSD developers.
1.58 deraadt 338: If someone does some good work and shows they can work with the team,
339: they will get an account.
1.18 fn 340: </dl>
341:
342: <dl>
1.58 deraadt 343: <dt><strong>Read-only access for everyone:</strong>
1.5 deraadt 344: <dd>Anyone can access the read-only CVS repositories. These copies
345: of the read-write CVS repository are mirrored often. To use one,
346: set your <strong>CVSROOT</strong> environment variable to one of
347: the following values:
1.1 deraadt 348: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 349: <p>
1.12 deraadt 350: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
351: Host also known as <strong>anoncvs.openbsd.org</strong> and
352: <strong>eap.ccrc.wustl.edu</strong>.<br>
1.4 deraadt 353: located at Washington University, St. Louis, mid-west USA.<br>
1.21 deraadt 354: maintained by <a href=mailto:chuck@maria.wustl.edu>Chuck Cranor</a>.<br>
1.5 deraadt 355: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
1.21 deraadt 356: updated every 4 hours.<br>
357: <p>
1.12 deraadt 358: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs2.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
1.52 deraadt 359: Host also known as <strong>hal.heuris.com</strong>.<br>
360: located in MO, mid-west USA.<br>
361: maintained by <a href=mailto:johns@heuris.com>John Stone</a>.<br>
362: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
1.21 deraadt 363: updated every 12 hours.<br>
364: <p>
1.65 deraadt 365: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs3.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
366: Host also known as <strong>freestuff.cs.colorado.edu</strong>.<br>
367: located at the University of Colorado, Boulder, western USA.<br>
368: maintained by <a href=mailto:Todd.Miller@cs.colorado.edu>Todd Miller</a>.<br>
369: protocols: ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
370: updated every 6 hours.<br>
371: <p>
1.21 deraadt 372: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.uk.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
373: Host also known as <strong>dumpty.wonderland.org</strong>.<br>
374: located in London, UK.<br>
375: maintained by <a href=mailto:peter@wonderland.org>Peter Galbavy</a>.<br>
1.64 deraadt 376: protocols: rsh.<br>
1.21 deraadt 377: updated every 12 hours.<br>
1.43 deraadt 378: <p>
379: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.tw.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
380: Host also known as <strong>hercules.secc.fju.edu.tw</strong>.<br>
381: located in Taipei, Taiwan.<br>
382: maintained by <a href=mailto:shawn@openbsd.org>Shawn Hsiao</a>.<br>
383: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
384: updated every 12 hours.<br>
1.71 deraadt 385: <p>
386: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.no.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
387: located in Norway.<br>
388: maintained by <a href=mailto:micheals@openbsd.org>Michael Shuldman</a>.<br>
389: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
390: updated every 4 hours.<br>
1.1 deraadt 391: </ul>
1.21 deraadt 392: <p>
393: You may want to use `traceroute' to find out which server is nearest you.
1.1 deraadt 394: </dl>
1.18 fn 395: </p>
396:
1.1 deraadt 397: <p>
398: <strong>IMPORTANT NOTE:</strong>
399: There are a few issues relating to cryptographic software that everyone
400: should be aware of:
401: <ul>
1.20 deraadt 402: <li>The OpenBSD sources are from Canada.
403: <a href=http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html>It
404: is legal to export crypto software from Canada to the world.</a>
1.21 deraadt 405: <p>
1.1 deraadt 406: <li>However, if you are outside the USA or Canada, you should not
1.5 deraadt 407: fetch the cryptographic sections of the OpenBSD sources from an
408: anoncvs server located in the USA. The files in question are...
1.1 deraadt 409: <ul>
410: <li>src/kerberosIV/*
411: <li>src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt.c
412: <li>src/lib/libc/crypt/morecrypt.c
413: </ul>
414: Because of the USA ITAR munitions list,
415: crypto software may only be exported to Canada from the USA.
1.21 deraadt 416: <p>
1.58 deraadt 417: <li>The OpenBSD project is looking for more anoncvs servers -- read
418: on to find out how you can help.
1.1 deraadt 419: </ul>
1.18 fn 420: </p>
421:
1.1 deraadt 422: <p>
1.5 deraadt 423: A sample use of an anoncvs CVS server would be:
1.1 deraadt 424: <pre>
1.12 deraadt 425: % setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs
1.1 deraadt 426: % cd /tmp
1.58 deraadt 427: % cvs get src/sys/arch/sparc
1.1 deraadt 428: [copies the files from the repository to your machine]
1.58 deraadt 429: % cvs log src/sys/arch/sparc/sparc/locore.s
1.1 deraadt 430: [shows the commit log for the chosen file ]
1.58 deraadt 431: % cvs diff -bc -r1.1 -r1.5 src/sys/arch/sparc/sparc/locore.s
1.1 deraadt 432: [shows the changes between revisions 1.1 and rev 1.5]
433: </pre>
1.18 fn 434: </p>
435:
436: <p>
1.44 deraadt 437: Here is how someone using anoncvs regularily would update his
438: source tree:
439: <pre>
440: # setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs
441: # cd /usr
442: # cvs -q get -PA src
443: </pre>
444: or similarily later on he might try
445: <pre>
446: # cd /usr/src
447: # cvs -q up -PAd
448: </pre>
1.58 deraadt 449: Everytime you ran this it would syncronize your /usr/src tree. It would
450: not destroy any of your local changes, rather it would attempt to merge
451: changes in. If you use obj directories (not obj symbolic links) you may
452: wish to append "-I obj" to the cvs command line, this will keep cvs from
453: spitting out a warning about all the obj directories it is going to
454: encounter which are not in the repository.
1.44 deraadt 455: </p>
456:
457: <p>
1.1 deraadt 458: The CVS man page (included with the CVS sources) has much more
1.18 fn 459: information about how CVS can be used.
460: </p>
461:
1.1 deraadt 462: <p>
463: The anoncvs service gives fledgling developers a chance to learn CVS
464: operation and get thoroughly involved in the development process
465: before getting "commit" access -- as a result of showing useful
466: skills and high quality results they will naturally later be given
1.18 fn 467: developer access. As well, people providing patches can create
468: their "diff"s relative to the CVS tree, which will ease integration.
469: </p>
470:
471: <p>
472: The CVS client uses rsh to talk to the CVS server. If some local
473: security measure like a firewall (or imperfect protocol emulators
474: like slirp) prevents you from using rsh, you may be able to use
1.58 deraadt 475: <a href=http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh>ssh</a> instead. In this case,
476: one sets the environment variable <strong>CVS_RSH</strong> to point
477: to ssh (typically <strong>/usr/local/bin/ssh</strong>). To reduce the
478: performance hit the anoncvs server would take it is recommended (and
479: requested) that you disable encryption. If your local site prevents
480: you from connecting out to port 22 (which ssh defaults to using) use
481: port 2022.
1.18 fn 482: </p>
1.5 deraadt 483:
484: <p>
1.1 deraadt 485: Do not be tempted to turn on compression since CVS already compresses.
486: Use something like the following in your <strong>$HOME/.ssh/config</strong>
487: file.
1.18 fn 488: </p>
1.1 deraadt 489: <pre>
1.12 deraadt 490: Host anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org
1.1 deraadt 491: Cipher none
492: Port 2022
493: </pre>
1.18 fn 494:
495: <p>
1.71 deraadt 496: CVS is a little noisy starting up; to quiet it a bit you may want to
497: do this:
498: <pre>
499: setenv CVS_CLIENT_PORT -1
500: </pre>
501: </p>
502:
503: <p>
1.18 fn 504: If you wish to be a new anoncvs mirror site, please contact the anoncvs
505: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>maintainer</a>.
1.16 deraadt 506: Anoncvs mirrors require about 300MB of disk, and use up to 4MB of swap
1.1 deraadt 507: per anoncvs user (assuming the user does a large operation; while smaller
508: operations use fewer resources, anoncvs still makes much more of an
1.18 fn 509: impact than ftp or sup). Such anoncvs machines should have excellent
510: network connectivity for the area they are expected to serve. A
511: <a href=anoncvs.shar>document</a>
512: which describes the setup of anoncvs servers is available.
513: </p>
1.1 deraadt 514:
515: </dl>
516:
517: <hr>
518: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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