Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 10093
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2003/9/5-6 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD] UID:10093 Activity:nil 62%like:27866
9/5     OpenBSD 3.4 is available for pre-order:
        http://www.openbsd.org/34.html
        http://www.openbsd.org/items.html#34
        \_ pre-order?  they can't *sell* me open source software!  Redhat and
           other Linux vendors don't force me to *buy* software.
           \_ Um, neither does openbsd.  Before you start ranting, do a little
              digging... -scotsman
            \_ Yes they can, and they've been doing it for years. Open Source
               Software doesn't mean that people can't charge you for it, it
               just means that you can copy/modify/redistribute it anyway you
               want. GNU used to sell their software for a couple thousand
               per tape/disk. Walnut Creek Software distributed *BSD for $30
               per kit way before the internet got popular.
               \_ To me that's not really "selling software" any more than
                  PBS pledge drives are selling those mugs and other gifts
                  you get if you donate money.
                  \_ where else can you get a Dr. Who mug where the TARDIS
                     dematerializes as you pour the drink in?  If BSD
                     people sold Dr. Who mugs I'd buy them, too.
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OpenBSD 34 Release The OpenBSD 34 Release: Released Nov 1, 2003 Copyright 1997-2003, Theo de Raadt. ISBN 0-9731791-2-0 Whats New How to install How to use the ports tree Ordering a CD set To get the files for this release: Order a CDROM from our ordering system . See the information on The FTP page for a list of mirror machines. Whats New This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 34 For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading to 34 The i386 architecture has been switched to the ELF executable format. Further WX improvements, including support for the i386 architecture. Native i386 binaries have their executable segments rearranged to support isolating code from data, and the cpu CS limit is used to impose a best effort limit on code execution. The i386 architecture also maps libraries into somewhat randomized addresses. Together with WX and ProPolice , these changes increase the difficulty of successfully exploiting an application error, such as a buffer overflow. A static bounds checker has been added to the compiler to perform basic checks on functions which accept buffers and sizes. The checker aims to find common mistakes in the use of library functions such as strlcpy3 or sscanf3 without emitting any false positives. Running it over the source and ports trees revealed over a hundred real bugs, which were fixed and submitted back to the original authors where possible. Privilege separation has been implemented for the syslogd8 daemon, making it much more robust against future errors. The child which listens to network traffic now runs as a normal user and chroots itself, while the parent process tracks the state of the child and performs privileged operations on its behalf. Many unsafe string functions have been removed from the kernel and userland utilities. This audit is one of the most comprehensive OpenBSD has ever done, with thousands of occurrences of strcpy3 , strcat3 , sprintf3 , and vsprintf3 being replaced with safer, bounded alternatives such as strlcpy3 , strlcat3 , snprintf3 , vsnprintf3 , and asprintf3 . Many improvements to and bugs fixed in the ProPolice stack protector. ProPolice stack protection has been enabled in the kernel as well. The privileged child process is responsible for the operations that cant be done after the main process has switched to a non-privileged user. This greatly reduces the potential damage that could be caused by malicious X clients, in case of bugs in the X server. Emulation support for binary compatibility is now controlled via sysctl8 . More license fixes, including the removal of the advertising clause for large parts of the source tree. Replacement of GNU diff1 , diff31 , grep1 , egrep1 , fgrep1 , zgrep1 , zegrep1 , zfgrep1 , gzip1 , zcat1 , gunzip1 , gzcat1 , zcmp1 , zmore1 , zdiff1 , zforce1 , gzexe1 , and znew1 commands with BSD licensed equivalents. Reliability improvements to layered file systems, enabling NULLFS to work again. Import of growfs8 utility, allowing expansion of existing file systems. Improvements to linux emulation enabling more applications to run. Replace many static fd_set uses, to instead use poll2 or dynamic allocation. ANSIfication and stricter prototypes for a large portion of the source tree. Legacy KerberosIV support has been removed, and the remaining KerberosV codebase has been restructured for easier management. Massive overhaul and sync with NetBSD of the entire usb4 support system. New and better support for various controllers in pciide4 , including experimental support for Serial ATA. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system. OpenBSD/mvme68k: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network. The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the NIOT and NBO debugger commands. Go read the ports page if you know nothing about ports at this point. Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the OpenBSD ports system. The ports/ directory represents a CVS see the manpage for cvs1 if you arent familiar with CVS checkout of our ports. As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command like: cd portsdir/;
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OpenBSD items OpenBSD 35 : May 1, 2004 To order a 35 CDROM, click here. The complete install components for SIX architectures: i386 , vax , amd64 , macppc , sparc , sparc64 . The following architectures only available via FTP download: alpha , hppa , hp300 , mvme68k , mvme88k , mac68k , cats . A funky and surprisingly artistic CD insert sheet which contains installation instructions. The information on this piece of paper makes OpenBSD somewhat easier to install than if you do an FTP install. The latest reliable XFree86 binaries for all architectures The latest XFree86 source code with small modifications by us to make it prettier and more secure. Our own ports tree which has improved an insane amount since OpenBSD 34 Almost all packages work on almost all architectures. Several pre-built binary packages for the most common architectures, which are very easy to install directly off the CDROM. The complete install components for FIVE architectures: i386 , macppc , vax , sparc , sparc64 . The following architectures only available via FTP download: alpha , hppa , hp300 , mvme68k , mac68k . A funky and surprisingly artistic CD insert sheet which contains installation instructions. The information on this piece of paper makes OpenBSD somewhat easier to install than if you do an FTP install. The latest reliable XFree86 binaries for all architectures The latest XFree86 source code with small modifications by us to make it prettier and more secure. Our own ports tree which has improved an insane amount since OpenBSD 33 Almost all packages work on almost all architectures. Several pre-built binary packages for the most common architectures, which are very easy to install directly off the CDROM. The complete install components for FIVE architectures: i386 , macppc , vax , sparc , sparc64 . 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