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 <h3><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.6 is now available for purchase.<p>  <h3><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.6 is now available for purchase.<p>
 We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>  We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
 <ul>  <ul>
   <li>Fix a pipe close race in sshd(8).
   <li>Fix a panic in ibcs_compat(8) emulation code.
   <li>Make P_tmpdir point to /tmp, not /var/tmp.
   <li>Attempt to handle corrupt inetd.conf files better.
   <li>Try to fix the uio hog problem.
   <li>Fix STAT in ftpd to be RFC959 compliant.
   <li>Optimized kernel fdalloc()
   <li>Add some missing linux_compat(8) emulation routines.
   <li>Move kernel crypto code to /sys/crypto
   <li>Many ppp(8) fixes.
   <li>Some libc_r fixes.
   <li>mg(1) version 2a added to the source tree, and we are fixing many things in it.
   <li>Fix an entropy-robbing bug in the ssl(8) libcrypto.
   <li>Change wicontrol(8) so that multiple parameters can be set at the same time.
   <li>Add -m parameter to strings(1).
   <li>Add getifaddrs(3).
   <li>Permit enlarging of msgbuf on the various architectures.
   <li>On sun4m machines, replace .{u,}{mul,div,mod} functions with faster versions using the new sun4m instructions.  A very significant performance improvement.
   <li>Add fseeko(3) and ftello(3) interfaces.
   <li>Two TCP SACK fixes -- SACK now appears to be completely reliable.
   <li>Optimize bridge(4) code by allocating less mbufs.
   <li>Fix alignment fault in amd(8) on the alpha.
   <li>Add support for ses(4) devices, and the sesd(8) tools for probing.
   <li>Add support for 12160 (Ultra3) in isp(4).
   <li>Buffer overflows in mopd(8)
   <li>Complete hypersparc support.
   <li>Link sparc boot and bootxx bootblocks at different addresses; repairs booting on the hypersparc.
   <li>update to latest KTH kerberosIV 1.0
   <li>Update to newer compile_et(1).
   <li>Full support for serial console on the i386, see boot(8).
   <li>Support PPPoE in tcpdump(8).
   <li>Fix alignment problem for ancillary data; affected 64 bit machines.
   <li>Do not call sleep(3) in rcmd(3).
   <li>On sparc, avoid flushing unmapped memory from the cache in dvma_mapout().
   <li>ipf 3.3.9
   <li>Move smrsh(8) to /usr/libexec.
   <li>Add traceroute6(8).
   <li>Use extents instead of rmaps to manage sparc dvma space.
   <li>Have extent_alloc_subregion() also handle an alignment offset.
   <li>More fixes to xl(4) for non-MII cards.
   <li>In sshd(8), move XAUTHORITY to a subdirectory, fixing security issues.
   <li>Handle directly connected lines better in pppd(8).
   <li>Y2K repairs in cvs(1).
   <li>Let weak symbols take precedence over second hand symbols in ld(1).
   <li>wx(4) driver supporting the Intel 82452 gigabit ethernet card.
   <li>Support hundreds of interfaces in dhclient(8) and dhcpd(8).
   <li>texinfo 4.0
   <li>Split i386 memory &lt;16MB into it's own freelist, permitting large memory machines to work better.
   <li>New fhopen(2), fhstat(2), and fhstatfs(2) system calls to easier support userland filesystems.
   <li>Support newer LVD models in the ncr(4) driver.
   <li>gdt(4) driver for the ICP-Vortex RAID card series.
   <li>Update to FreeBSD newfs_msdos(8), which can support hard drives too
   <li>New OpenBSD <a href="art.html">art page</a>.
   <li>Updates to the lmc(4) device driver.
   <li>uaudio(4) support.
   <li>ti(4) also supports Farallon PN9000SX.
   <li>ncurses-5.0-20000205
   <li>adw(4) now supports Advansys U2W scsi cards.
   <li>Further sparc pmap improvements.
   <li>Allow ssh-keygen to be used for generating signatures of any ssh control file.
   <li>In sparc port, handle SM30 specially because it starts up with the cache running.
   <li>import usbdevs(8).
   <li>When handling an apm suspend, power down pcmcia devices; when unsuspending, power them back up.  Very nice.
   <li>Rewrite makewhatis(8) in perl(1).
   <li>Deal with empty path element in LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.
   <li>On i386 prevent overflow in computation of buffer cache limitation, thus supporting machines with lots of memory.
   <li>Hardware encryption support added to wi(4) (the wavelan driver).
   <li>Performance optimizations to m4(1).
   <li>Fix a panic in nfs.
   <li>Have mkdir -m support sticky and setuid bits.
   <li>Support -R flag in rtadvd(8).
   <li>Without a subcommand, have atactl(8) assume that the "identify" command is implied.
   <li>Workaround in ftp(1), for Y2K broken ftp servers that return 19100 for the year. Remind is this is here in the year 19098, ok?
   <li>ipf 3.3.8
   <li>Fix a pty close race in sshd(8).
   <li>Arrange so that dhclient(8) does not update /etc/resolv.conf if no DNS information is found.
   <li>isakmpd update
   <li>Support 93C66 and 93C56 SEEPROM chips (used by more modern ahc(4) cards).
   <li>Fix a number of bugs in fsplit(1).
   <li>Use ed(1) in /etc/rc, since grep(1) is in /usr.
   <li>i386 now runs libkvm instead of libkvm.old.
   <li>Add a dmesg alias to the install media.
   <li>In gcc, add an i386 specific peephole optimization for stack adjustment.
   <li>Fix some APM version 1.2 issues, thus making IBM Thinkpads work.
   <li>On the i386, now use the memory map information supplied by the bootblocks.
   <li>Use alloca(3) instead of malloc(3) in execl(3) and execle(3), so that they are vfork(2) safe.
   <li>sudo 1.6.2p1
   <li>Arrange so that sshd(8) does not do port forwarding until shell successfully starts.
   <li>Repair a stupid cache-lockdown bug in the sparc pmap.
   <li>Repair memory leak in freeaddrinfo(3).
   <li>Significant code shrinkage in ipsec(4), as most AH and ESP code starts sharing more subfunctions.
   <li>Enable ipv6 support in rsh(1), rlogin(1), rshd(8), and rlogind(8).
   <li>Fix rcmd(3), iruserok(3), and ruserok(3) to be IPv6 capable, also add more address family indepedent routines: rcmd_af(3) and iruserok_sa(3).
   <li>Handle MVME1x2 boards with only one ZS serial chip.
   <li>Avoid some more cache flushes in the sparc pmap module.
   <li>Handle memory shortage better in yacc(1), closing some memory leaks.
   <li>Sparc pmap performance improved by optimizing some more pte table walks.
   <li>isakmpd update
   <li>Many more man page improvements.
   <li>More getaddrinfo(3) improvements to further match RFC2553.
   <li>Add MAC address filtering in the bridge(4) code.
   <li>Fix timestamp bug in make(1).
   <li>Apache 1.3.11 + mod_ssl 2.5.0 merge
   <li>MVME328 scsi card support in mvme68k port.
   <li>Portable code for handling architectures with backwards-running stacks, like hppa.
   <li>Fix Y2K non-compliancy in amiga port's clock chip code.
   <li>some minor repairs to grdc(6).
   <li>MVME376 ethernet card support in mvme68k port.
   <li>mvme68k and mvme88k ramdisk repairs.
   <li>sudo 1.6.2
   <li>Make application mode arrow keys work in ksh(1).
   <li>Protocol independence added to bindresvport(3).
   <li><a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> version 1.2.2 released.
   <li>Lots of ipsec pfkey improvements.
   <li>Repair exception handling in gcc i386 position independent code.
   <li>ncurses-5.0-20000122
   <li>Don't allow time to be set far forwards and thus wrap, and a warn for for time reversing if securelevel > 1.
   <li>Some compat_sunos(8) emulation improvements, particularily for getdents.
 <li>Various powerpc port fixes -- it is getting close to actually working well.  <li>Various powerpc port fixes -- it is getting close to actually working well.
 <li>Handle SIGINT failures in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1">cvs(1)</a> better.  <li>Handle SIGINT failures in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1">cvs(1)</a> better.
 <li>Fix bugs in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=robots&sektion=6">robots(6)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tetris&sektion=6">tetris(6)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grdc&sektion=6">grdc(6)</a> games.  <li>Fix bugs in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=robots&sektion=6">robots(6)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tetris&sektion=6">tetris(6)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grdc&sektion=6">grdc(6)</a> games.

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