Annotation of www/plus.html, Revision 1.565
1.14 deraadt 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML Strict//EN">
2: <html>
3: <head>
1.424 deraadt 4: <title>OpenBSD-current changes</title>
1.14 deraadt 5: <link rev=made href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>
6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
7: <meta name="description" content="the main OpenBSD page">
8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,main">
9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.59 deraadt 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996 by OpenBSD.">
1.14 deraadt 11: </head>
12:
1.64 downsj 13: <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#23238E">
1.14 deraadt 14:
1.292 pauls 15: <img alt="[OpenBSD]" height=30 width=141 SRC="images/smalltitle.gif">
1.64 downsj 16: <p>
1.562 deraadt 17: <h2><font color=#e00000>Changes made between OpenBSD 2.7 and OpenBSD-current</font><hr></h2>
1.14 deraadt 18:
19: <p>
1.29 deraadt 20: This is a partial list of the major machine independent changes
21: (ie. these are the changes people ask about most often). Port
22: specific changes have also been made, and are sometimes mentioned
23: in the pages for the specific <a href=plat.html>ports</a> if you
1.392 deraadt 24: are interested in further port-specific details. Many ports
1.29 deraadt 25: have had architecture-specific enhancements relative to NetBSD,
26: but when they do not they certainly have plenty of platform-independent
1.490 ian 27: changes, starting with those listed below.
1.14 deraadt 28:
1.17 deraadt 29: <p>
1.185 deraadt 30: Note: <font color=#e00000>Problems for which patches exist are marked in red</font>.
31:
32: <p>
1.186 deraadt 33: <h3>
1.477 deraadt 34: <a href=plus20.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.0, click here</a>.<br>
35: <a href=plus21.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.1, click here</a>.<br>
36: <a href=plus22.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.2, click here</a>.<br>
37: <a href=plus23.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.3, click here</a>.<br>
38: <a href=plus24.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.4, click here</a>.<br>
39: <a href=plus25.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.5, click here</a>.<br>
40: <a href=plus26.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.6, click here</a>.<br>
1.560 deraadt 41: <a href=plus27.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.7, click here</a>.<br>
1.422 deraadt 42: <br>
1.186 deraadt 43: </h3>
44:
45: <hr>
1.280 deraadt 46:
1.186 deraadt 47: <p>
1.560 deraadt 48: <h3><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.7 to be released June 15, 2000.<p>
1.480 deraadt 49: We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
1.422 deraadt 50: <ul>
1.564 ericj 51: <li>Arrange to have <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a> support Adaptec 2930CU.
1.563 deraadt 52: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: It was possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on a bridge. <a href=errata.html#bridge>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.
1.564 ericj 53: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>, do not attach Host: directirve if we are using the proxy.
1.563 deraadt 54: <li>Make almost all manual pages machine independent.
1.564 ericj 55: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>DRIVER FIX: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isapnp&sektion=4&format=html">isapnp(4)</a> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4&format=html">ef(4)</a> driver failed to configure properly. <a href=errata.html#ef>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.
56: <li>Helper script cleanup in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8&format=html">httpd(8)</a>.
57: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: Update to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=4&format=html">ipf 3.3.16</a>. <a href=errata.html#ipf>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.
1.563 deraadt 58: <li>On i386, place extra byte at end of pcb so that the iomap works for last 8 ports.
1.564 ericj 59: <li>Fix some key parsing routines in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>.
1.563 deraadt 60: <li>Permit detach of audio devices.
1.564 ericj 61: <li>Properly configure multicast table in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4&format=html">wi(4)</a>.
62: <li>Handle 64 bit architectures in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pstat&sektion=8&format=html">pstat(8)</a> -f.
63: <li>Update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8&format=html">rtadvd(8)</a>.
64: <li>Remove <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfsiod&sektion=8&format=html">nfsiod(8)</a> and replace it with an in-kernel thread based implimentation.
65: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a> X11 forwarding work on localhost.
1.563 deraadt 66: <li>Crank vnode use counts to 32 bits.
1.564 ericj 67: <li>Correct <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&format=html">ifconfig(8)</a> printing of gif physical address on non-IPV6 kernel.
1.565 ! deraadt 68: <li><font color=#e00000><strong> RELIABILITY FIX: Repair a routing table panic. <a href=errata.html#route>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.
1.564 ericj 69: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8&format=html">ancontrol(8)</a> act like our changed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wicontrol&sektion=4&format=html">wicontrol(4)</a> semantics.
70: <li>Use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getifaddrs&sektion=3">getifaddrs(3)</a> in libc rpc code.
71: <li>For <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot_config&sektion=8">boot_config(8)</a> code, save enable command in the history for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=config&sektion=8&format=html">config(8)</a>'s -eu updating.
1.561 deraadt 72: <li>Update multicasting support for ipv6.
1.564 ericj 73: <li>Fix usage printing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1&format=html">passwd(1)</a>.
1.561 deraadt 74: <li>By default, do not vsync blank sparc cgsix(4) monitors, but provide a sysctl to do so.
75: <li>Start at a BlueSteel (Broadcom) 5[56]01 crypto accelerator driver.
1.564 ericj 76: <li>Accept empty shell specifications in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
77: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>, do non-blocking on ssh1 protocol sockets too.
78: <li>Some additions to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=keynote&sektion=3&format=html">keynote(3)</a>.
1.561 deraadt 79: <li>Crank rt_refcnt to 32 bits.
80: <li>Supply entropy from i386 mouse drivers to the kernel random number generator.
1.564 ericj 81: <li>Correct p2p interface address handling and various other bugs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route6d&sektion=8&format=html">route6d(8)</a>.
1.561 deraadt 82: <li>Few more tweaks to pcvt termcap definition.
83: <li>Ensure SIOCSETVLAN gets a valid vlan tag.
1.564 ericj 84: <li>After <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a> finishes downloading, change progress meter to show the total elapsed time.
85: <li>Handle 0-size files in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>'s progress meter.
86: <li>Parse RFC2732 ftp URLs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>.
87: <li>In ipv6, perform NUD on p2p link, only if the destination/gateway is real neighbor.
1.565 ! deraadt 88: <li><font color=#e00000><strong> RELIABILITY FIX: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. <a href=errata.html#ipopts>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.
1.564 ericj 89: <li>Translate DNS error codes in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getaddrinfo&sektion=3&format=html">getaddrinfo(3)</a>.
90: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4&format=html">com(4)</a> driver.
1.561 deraadt 91: <li>Support debugging libraries via DEBUGLIBS in /etc/mk.conf.
92: <li>Driver for tcic(4) style pcmcia adapters.
1.564 ericj 93: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> ESP sanity checks that caused really short packets to be dropped. Only icmp was affected.
1.422 deraadt 94: </ul>
95: <p>
1.203 deraadt 96:
1.95 deraadt 97: This list mentions mostly platform-independent changes. For a list of changes
98: made in a particular platform, please check the page for that platform. If you
99: find them not listed there, the changes are either (1) not being documented or
100: (2) are documented here.<br><br>
1.14 deraadt 101:
102: <hr>
1.424 deraadt 103: <p>
104: <h3>
1.477 deraadt 105: <a href=plus20.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.0, click here</a>.<br>
106: <a href=plus21.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.1, click here</a>.<br>
107: <a href=plus22.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.2, click here</a>.<br>
108: <a href=plus23.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.3, click here</a>.<br>
109: <a href=plus24.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.4, click here</a>.<br>
110: <a href=plus25.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.5, click here</a>.<br>
111: <a href=plus26.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.6, click here</a>.<br>
1.560 deraadt 112: <a href=plus27.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.7, click here</a>.<br>
1.424 deraadt 113: <a href=plus.html>For changes in OpenBSD-current, click here</a>.
114: <br>
115: </h3>
116:
117: <hr>
1.292 pauls 118: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.14 deraadt 119: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.565 ! deraadt 120: <br><small>$OpenBSD: plus.html,v 1.564 2000/05/26 19:35:27 ericj Exp $</small>
1.14 deraadt 121:
122: </body>
123: </html>
![[BACK]](/icons/back.gif){kind=icon}
Return to plus.html CVS log ![[TXT]](/icons/text.gif){kind=icon}
![[DIR]](/icons/dir.gif){kind=icon}
Up to [local] / www