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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.
1.73 deraadt 127: <li>`lsof'-style features in fstat.
1.74 ! deraadt 128: <li>/bin/ksh (it is pdksh)
1.1 deraadt 129: </ul>
1.18 fn 130: </p>
1.1 deraadt 131:
1.18 fn 132: <h3><hr><a name=curplat>Platforms currently supported.</a></h3>
1.1 deraadt 133:
1.18 fn 134: <p>
1.1 deraadt 135: Note: for some of these platforms, the platform-independent code may
136: be identical to that found in NetBSD because there isn't a specific
137: OpenBSD developer. For other ports the differences are significant.
138: If you find an empty page that means nothing of consequence that is
139: directly port-specific has changed from NetBSD. (Of course there are
140: differences, but they just aren't in the /sys/arch/XXXX directory).
1.18 fn 141: </p>
1.1 deraadt 142:
1.18 fn 143: <p>
1.1 deraadt 144: <dl>
1.41 deraadt 145: <dt><a href=alpha.html>Alpha</a> <dd> DEC Alpha-based machines.
146: <dt><a href=amiga.html>Amiga</a> <dd> Commodore Amiga.
147: <dt><a href=arc.html>ARC</a> <dd> ARC R4000/R4400 machines (including PICA)
148: <dt><a href=arm32.html>Arm32</a> <dd> Acorn ARM6+ computers.
149: <dt><a href=atari.html>Atari</a> <dd> Atari TT and Falcon models.
150: <dt><a href=hp300.html>HP300</a> <dd> Hewlett-Packard HP300/HP400 machines.
1.1 deraadt 151: <dt><a href=i386.html>i386</a> <dd> Your standard run-of-the-mill PC.
152: <dt><a href=mac68k.html>mac68k</a> <dd> Most MC680x0-based Apple Macintosh models.
1.41 deraadt 153: <dt><a href=mvme68k.html>MVME68K</a> <dd> Motorola MVME147/16x/17x 68K VME cards.
154: <dt><a href=pc532.html>PC532</a> <dd> A rare NS32532-based computer.
155: <dt><a href=pmax.html>Pmax</a> <dd> DEC MIPS-based machines.
156: <dt><a href=sparc.html>Sparc</a> <dd> Sun's Sun4 and sun4c models (sun4m soon!).
157: <dt><a href=sun3.html>Sun3</a> <dd> Sun's sun3 models.
158: <dt><a href=vax.html>Vax</a> <dd> DEC's VAX computers.
1.1 deraadt 159: </dl>
1.18 fn 160: </p>
161:
162: <h3><hr><a name=futplat>New platforms under development.</a></h3>
1.1 deraadt 163:
1.18 fn 164: <p>
1.1 deraadt 165: <dl>
1.10 deraadt 166: <dt><a href=mvme88k.html>mvme88k</a> <dd> Motorola MVME18x/19x 88K VME cards
1.25 deraadt 167: <dt><a href=ppc.html>ppc</a> <dd> IBM/Apple/Motorola PowerPC-based machines.
1.1 deraadt 168: </dl>
1.18 fn 169: </p>
1.1 deraadt 170:
171: <p>
172: <h3>Platforms not being developed, but which should be</h3>
1.36 deraadt 173: There is enough free code available to make porting to these
174: machines relatively easy.
1.18 fn 175: </p>
176:
177: <p>
1.1 deraadt 178: <dl>
179: <dt><a href=hppa.html>hppa</a> <dd> Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC HP700/HP800 models.
180: <dt><a href=iris.html>iris</a> <dd> SGI Iris machines.
181: </dl>
1.18 fn 182: </p>
1.1 deraadt 183:
1.26 deraadt 184:
1.49 deraadt 185: <hr><hr>
186: <h3><a name=devel>How we help developers and users.</a></h3>
187:
1.50 deraadt 188: <dl>
1.55 deraadt 189: <dt><h4><a name=snapshots>BINARY SNAPSHOTS:</a></h4>
190:
191: <p>
1.59 deraadt 192: <dd>Snapshots will be made available from time to time on the ftp mirrors.
193: The snapshots are available on each of the FTP servers listed below,
1.55 deraadt 194: typically in the directory <strong>OpenBSD/snapshots</strong>.
195: You should also read the <a href=snapshots.html>general description
196: about OpenBSD snapshots</a>.
197: </p>
198:
1.59 deraadt 199: <p>
1.70 deraadt 200: <strong>
1.69 deraadt 201: NOTE: please do not fetch binaries directly from cvs.openbsd.org
202: but instead use one of the mirror sites.
203: </strong>
1.59 deraadt 204:
1.56 deraadt 205: </dl>
1.55 deraadt 206: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 207: <dt><h4><a name=ftp>FTP:</a></h4>
1.48 deraadt 208: <dd>This is a list of currently known ftp servers:<p>
209: <ul>
1.18 fn 210:
1.48 deraadt 211: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD>
212: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD</a><br>
213: located at Rutgers University, eastern USA.
214: <!-- deraadt@openbsd.org -->
1.18 fn 215:
1.48 deraadt 216: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/OpenBSD>
217: ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/OpenBSD</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: located in France.
219: <!-- ftpmaint@ftp.ibp.fr -->
1.48 deraadt 220:
221: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.univ-evry.fr/pub/system/OpenBSD>
222: ftp://ftp.univ-evry.fr/pub/system/OpenBSD</a><br>
223: located in France.
224: <!-- mirror@ftp.univ-evry.fr -->
225:
1.52 deraadt 226: <li><a href=ftp://hal.heuris.com/pub/OpenBSD>
227: ftp://hal.heuris.com/pub/OpenBSD</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: located in University of Missouri-Rolla, mid-western USA.
229: <!-- johns@cs.umr.edu -->
1.48 deraadt 230:
231: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/OpenBSD>
232: ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/OpenBSD</a><br>
233: located at Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, JAPAN
234: <!-- Keijiro Umehara ume@ftp.tut.ac.jp -->
235:
1.1 deraadt 236: </ul>
1.48 deraadt 237:
238: <p>
239: The file structure of each FTP server is as follows:
1.18 fn 240: </p>
241:
242: <p>
1.48 deraadt 243: <strong>
244: <dl>
245: <dt>OpenBSD/snapshots/
246: <dt>OpenBSD/X11/
247: <dt>OpenBSD/src/
248: </dl>
249: </strong>
1.18 fn 250: </p>
1.1 deraadt 251:
252: <p>
1.48 deraadt 253: If you add a new FTP mirror site, please contact
254: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com> the FTP maintainer</a>.
255: </p>
1.50 deraadt 256: </dl>
1.48 deraadt 257:
1.50 deraadt 258: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 259: <dl>
1.50 deraadt 260: <dt><h4><a name=maillist>MAILING LISTS:</a></h4>
1.1 deraadt 261: <dd>Some mailing lists are used for the development and use of OpenBSD.
262: In each case, send mail to
263: <a href=mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org>majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
264: with a message body of "<strong>subscribe mailing-list-name</strong>".
1.18 fn 265:
1.27 deraadt 266: There is a only minimal set of mailing lists intentionally; among
267: other benefits such as more communication it reduces cross-posting.
1.26 deraadt 268: There are no private mailing lists.
269: <p>
1.1 deraadt 270: These are the mailing lists:
271: <dl>
272: <dt><strong>announce</strong>
273: <dd>important announcements. Since this is a low volume list
274: it is excellent for people who just want to follow important events.
275: <dt><strong>tech</strong>
276: <dd>technical discussions
277: <dt><strong>misc</strong>
278: <dd>user questions and answers
279: <dt><strong>source-changes</strong>
280: <dd>automated mailout of CVS source tree changes
1.18 fn 281: </dl>
282:
1.1 deraadt 283: <p>
1.61 deraadt 284: For further assistance, send a message body of "<strong>help</strong>"
285: to <a href=mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org>majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
1.1 deraadt 286: and you will receive a reply outlining all your options.
1.18 fn 287: </p>
1.1 deraadt 288:
1.61 deraadt 289: <p>
290: Furthermore, a
291: <a href=http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd>mailing list archive</a>
292: is available.
293: </p>
294:
1.26 deraadt 295: </dl>
1.50 deraadt 296: <dl><h4><a name=gnats>BUG TRACKING:</a></h4>
297: <dd>We run GNATS for tracking bugs:
298: <a href=/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl>Click here to enter the bug tracking system.</a>
1.26 deraadt 299:
1.39 deraadt 300: </dl>
1.50 deraadt 301: <dl>
302: <dt><h4><a name=sup>SUP:</a></h4>
1.21 deraadt 303: <dd>Sorry, unlike other *BSD projects, the SUP service is not
304: available. We do not believe the SUP service to be a good tool for
305: source code access. But read below for the description of the
306: <a href="#anoncvs"><strong>anoncvs</strong> service!</a>
1.1 deraadt 307:
1.50 deraadt 308: <dt><h4><a name=anoncvs>CVS Access:</a></h4>
1.7 david 309: <dd>CVS is used to manage the OpenBSD source tree. This allows
310: developers to work on a local source tree and commit their changes when
311: ready. Also <strong>anyone</strong> can edit source files on their
312: local machines, and automatically track and merge in any changes made
313: in the OpenBSD CVS repository. Additionally they can easily see the
314: logs of, check out, or "diff" the source files in the OpenBSD source
315: tree.
1.57 deraadt 316: </p>
317:
318: <p>
319: Most importantly, the <strong>anoncvs</strong> service does NOT
320: delete the changes you make in your local copy of the source tree --
321: read on for more details!
322: </p>
1.18 fn 323:
1.1 deraadt 324: <p>
1.17 deraadt 325: The latest version of CVS is available at
326: <a href=ftp://ftp.cyclic.com/pub/cvs/>Cyclic</a>.
327: Versions earlier than 1.6 are not recommended, and may not work.
1.57 deraadt 328: If you already have OpenBSD installed, CVS is included.
1.18 fn 329: </p>
330:
1.17 deraadt 331: <p>
1.18 fn 332: There are two levels of source tree access:
333: </p>
1.1 deraadt 334:
335: <dl>
1.58 deraadt 336: <dt><strong>Read-write access for developers:</strong>
1.1 deraadt 337: <dd>Developers who need to commit changes to the source tree must have
338: an account on the OpenBSD machines. Getting this access will be a
339: natural result of working on the sources with other OpenBSD developers.
1.58 deraadt 340: If someone does some good work and shows they can work with the team,
341: they will get an account.
1.18 fn 342: </dl>
343:
344: <dl>
1.58 deraadt 345: <dt><strong>Read-only access for everyone:</strong>
1.5 deraadt 346: <dd>Anyone can access the read-only CVS repositories. These copies
347: of the read-write CVS repository are mirrored often. To use one,
348: set your <strong>CVSROOT</strong> environment variable to one of
349: the following values:
1.1 deraadt 350: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 351: <p>
1.12 deraadt 352: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
353: Host also known as <strong>anoncvs.openbsd.org</strong> and
354: <strong>eap.ccrc.wustl.edu</strong>.<br>
1.4 deraadt 355: located at Washington University, St. Louis, mid-west USA.<br>
1.21 deraadt 356: maintained by <a href=mailto:chuck@maria.wustl.edu>Chuck Cranor</a>.<br>
1.5 deraadt 357: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
1.21 deraadt 358: updated every 4 hours.<br>
359: <p>
1.12 deraadt 360: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs2.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
1.52 deraadt 361: Host also known as <strong>hal.heuris.com</strong>.<br>
362: located in MO, mid-west USA.<br>
363: maintained by <a href=mailto:johns@heuris.com>John Stone</a>.<br>
364: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
1.21 deraadt 365: updated every 12 hours.<br>
366: <p>
1.65 deraadt 367: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs3.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
368: Host also known as <strong>freestuff.cs.colorado.edu</strong>.<br>
369: located at the University of Colorado, Boulder, western USA.<br>
370: maintained by <a href=mailto:Todd.Miller@cs.colorado.edu>Todd Miller</a>.<br>
371: protocols: ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
372: updated every 6 hours.<br>
373: <p>
1.21 deraadt 374: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.uk.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
375: Host also known as <strong>dumpty.wonderland.org</strong>.<br>
376: located in London, UK.<br>
377: maintained by <a href=mailto:peter@wonderland.org>Peter Galbavy</a>.<br>
1.64 deraadt 378: protocols: rsh.<br>
1.21 deraadt 379: updated every 12 hours.<br>
1.43 deraadt 380: <p>
381: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.tw.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
382: Host also known as <strong>hercules.secc.fju.edu.tw</strong>.<br>
383: located in Taipei, Taiwan.<br>
384: maintained by <a href=mailto:shawn@openbsd.org>Shawn Hsiao</a>.<br>
385: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
386: updated every 12 hours.<br>
1.71 deraadt 387: <p>
388: <li><strong>CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.no.openbsd.org:/cvs</strong><br>
389: located in Norway.<br>
390: maintained by <a href=mailto:micheals@openbsd.org>Michael Shuldman</a>.<br>
391: protocols: rsh, ssh, ssh port 2022.<br>
392: updated every 4 hours.<br>
1.1 deraadt 393: </ul>
1.21 deraadt 394: <p>
395: You may want to use `traceroute' to find out which server is nearest you.
1.1 deraadt 396: </dl>
1.18 fn 397: </p>
398:
1.1 deraadt 399: <p>
400: <strong>IMPORTANT NOTE:</strong>
401: There are a few issues relating to cryptographic software that everyone
402: should be aware of:
403: <ul>
1.20 deraadt 404: <li>The OpenBSD sources are from Canada.
405: <a href=http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html>It
406: is legal to export crypto software from Canada to the world.</a>
1.21 deraadt 407: <p>
1.1 deraadt 408: <li>However, if you are outside the USA or Canada, you should not
1.5 deraadt 409: fetch the cryptographic sections of the OpenBSD sources from an
410: anoncvs server located in the USA. The files in question are...
1.1 deraadt 411: <ul>
412: <li>src/kerberosIV/*
413: <li>src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt.c
414: <li>src/lib/libc/crypt/morecrypt.c
415: </ul>
416: Because of the USA ITAR munitions list,
417: crypto software may only be exported to Canada from the USA.
1.21 deraadt 418: <p>
1.58 deraadt 419: <li>The OpenBSD project is looking for more anoncvs servers -- read
420: on to find out how you can help.
1.1 deraadt 421: </ul>
1.18 fn 422: </p>
423:
1.1 deraadt 424: <p>
1.5 deraadt 425: A sample use of an anoncvs CVS server would be:
1.1 deraadt 426: <pre>
1.12 deraadt 427: % setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs
1.1 deraadt 428: % cd /tmp
1.58 deraadt 429: % cvs get src/sys/arch/sparc
1.1 deraadt 430: [copies the files from the repository to your machine]
1.58 deraadt 431: % cvs log src/sys/arch/sparc/sparc/locore.s
1.1 deraadt 432: [shows the commit log for the chosen file ]
1.58 deraadt 433: % cvs diff -bc -r1.1 -r1.5 src/sys/arch/sparc/sparc/locore.s
1.1 deraadt 434: [shows the changes between revisions 1.1 and rev 1.5]
435: </pre>
1.18 fn 436: </p>
437:
438: <p>
1.44 deraadt 439: Here is how someone using anoncvs regularily would update his
440: source tree:
441: <pre>
442: # setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org:/cvs
443: # cd /usr
444: # cvs -q get -PA src
445: </pre>
446: or similarily later on he might try
447: <pre>
448: # cd /usr/src
449: # cvs -q up -PAd
450: </pre>
1.58 deraadt 451: Everytime you ran this it would syncronize your /usr/src tree. It would
452: not destroy any of your local changes, rather it would attempt to merge
453: changes in. If you use obj directories (not obj symbolic links) you may
454: wish to append "-I obj" to the cvs command line, this will keep cvs from
455: spitting out a warning about all the obj directories it is going to
456: encounter which are not in the repository.
1.44 deraadt 457: </p>
458:
459: <p>
1.1 deraadt 460: The CVS man page (included with the CVS sources) has much more
1.18 fn 461: information about how CVS can be used.
462: </p>
463:
1.1 deraadt 464: <p>
465: The anoncvs service gives fledgling developers a chance to learn CVS
466: operation and get thoroughly involved in the development process
467: before getting "commit" access -- as a result of showing useful
468: skills and high quality results they will naturally later be given
1.18 fn 469: developer access. As well, people providing patches can create
470: their "diff"s relative to the CVS tree, which will ease integration.
471: </p>
472:
473: <p>
474: The CVS client uses rsh to talk to the CVS server. If some local
475: security measure like a firewall (or imperfect protocol emulators
476: like slirp) prevents you from using rsh, you may be able to use
1.58 deraadt 477: <a href=http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh>ssh</a> instead. In this case,
478: one sets the environment variable <strong>CVS_RSH</strong> to point
479: to ssh (typically <strong>/usr/local/bin/ssh</strong>). To reduce the
480: performance hit the anoncvs server would take it is recommended (and
481: requested) that you disable encryption. If your local site prevents
482: you from connecting out to port 22 (which ssh defaults to using) use
483: port 2022.
1.18 fn 484: </p>
1.5 deraadt 485:
486: <p>
1.1 deraadt 487: Do not be tempted to turn on compression since CVS already compresses.
488: Use something like the following in your <strong>$HOME/.ssh/config</strong>
489: file.
1.18 fn 490: </p>
1.1 deraadt 491: <pre>
1.12 deraadt 492: Host anoncvs.usa.openbsd.org
1.1 deraadt 493: Cipher none
494: Port 2022
495: </pre>
1.18 fn 496:
497: <p>
1.71 deraadt 498: CVS is a little noisy starting up; to quiet it a bit you may want to
499: do this:
500: <pre>
501: setenv CVS_CLIENT_PORT -1
502: </pre>
503: </p>
504:
505: <p>
1.18 fn 506: If you wish to be a new anoncvs mirror site, please contact the anoncvs
507: <a href=mailto:deraadt@theos.com>maintainer</a>.
1.16 deraadt 508: Anoncvs mirrors require about 300MB of disk, and use up to 4MB of swap
1.1 deraadt 509: per anoncvs user (assuming the user does a large operation; while smaller
510: operations use fewer resources, anoncvs still makes much more of an
1.18 fn 511: impact than ftp or sup). Such anoncvs machines should have excellent
512: network connectivity for the area they are expected to serve. A
513: <a href=anoncvs.shar>document</a>
514: which describes the setup of anoncvs servers is available.
515: </p>
1.1 deraadt 516:
517: </dl>
518:
519: <hr>
520: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.74 ! deraadt 521: <br><small>$OpenBSD: index.html,v 1.73 1996/08/12 19:56:27 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.18 fn 522:
523: </body>
524: </html>
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