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1.  OpenBGPD 8.0 released
    The OpenBSD project has released a new version of OpenBGPD, the OpenBSD Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing daemon, version 8.0.The announcement reads, From: Claudio Jeker <claudio openbsd ! org> Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 16:24:30 +0000 To: openbsd-announce Subject: OpenBGPD 8.0 released We have released OpenBGPD 8.0, which will be arriving in the OpenBGPD directory of your local OpenBSD mirror ...
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2.  OpenSSH 9.6 released!
    As announced by Damien Miller OpenSSH 9.6/9.6p1 has been released.. The complete release notes may be found here: https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#9.6. Among ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231219122431    2023-12-18T00:00:00.0000000
   
3.  OpenSSH 9.2/9.2p1 released! - undeadly.org
    OpenSSH 9.2 was released on 2023-02-02. It is available from the mirrors listed at https://www.openssh.com/. As should be of no surprise to undeadly readers, OpenSSH ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230202205608    2023-02-02T00:00:00.0000000
   
4.  LibreSSL 3.7.0 Released
    We have released LibreSSL 3.7.0, which will be arriving in the. LibreSSL directory of your local OpenBSD mirror soon. This is a. development release from the 3.7.x branch, which will eventually ship. with OpenBSD 7.3. It includes the following changes: * Internal improvements. - Remove dependency on system timegm() and gmtime() by replacing.
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221212183516    2022-12-12T00:00:00.0000000
   
5.  KDE Plasma now linked to packages build on -current
    KDE Plasma is now fully functional on OpenBSD and available via the package system. To install, a simple $ pkg_add kde-plasma is sufficient (also see the twitter post and the final commits here and here).. Congratulations to Rafael Sadowski (rsadowski@) on the completion of this mammoth effort.
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231227120851    2023-12-26T00:00:00.0000000
   
6.  Introducing dhcpleased(8)
    Now enabled by default on OpenBSD -current is dhcpleased (8), a dynamic host configuration protocol daemon written by florian@ (Florian Obser), who spoke with us about his work: I suppose this is either the KAME project 's fault, or if we don't want to go that far back, Theo's fault. At g2k16 he floated the idea of a network configuration daemon.
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7.  OpenBSD/arm64 on Apple M1 systems - undeadly.org
    The machine should now boot into the OpenBSD installer. From this. point onwards the normal OpenBSD installation instructions apply. This will keep your existing macOS install even if you select the. "(W)hole disk" option in the installer. All currently available Apple M1 machines should work (except for the.
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8.  OpenSSH 9.3/9.3p1 released - undeadly.org
    On 2023-03-15 , the release of version 9.3 of OpenSSH was announced: […] This release fixes a number of security bugs. safety problem. The memory safety problem is not believed to be. security bugs. * ssh-add(1): when adding smartcard keys to ssh-agent(1) with the. per-hop desination constraints (ssh-add -h ...) added in OpenSSH.
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230316040613    2023-03-15T00:00:00.0000000
   
9.  Preliminary OpenBSD Support Added to OBS Studio
    Contributed by Oliver Lowe on 2021-01-13 from the Puffy's broadcast broadside dept. OpenBSD developer Vadim Zhukov ( zhukov@ ) has added preliminary OpenBSD support to Open Broadcaster Software ( OBS) Studio release 26.1.0 and later. The changes come as part of an ongoing collaboration between the upstream OBS project and OpenBSD developers.
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10.  About the OpenBSD Journal
    OpenBSD Journal. Home Archives About Submit Story Create Account Login. About the OpenBSD Journal Purpose. The OpenBSD Journal is a site dedicated to providing news and information of interest to members of the OpenBSD community.. The site is run by a small group of volunteers. Although several OpenBSD developers are registered users of the site, and the site receives frequent contributions ...
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11.  OpenBSD Journal: A resource for the OpenBSD community
    The work to improve the capabilities of the network stack is about to take a noticeable step forward. In a message to tech@ titled parallel raw IP input, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) posted a patch that he describes as. List: openbsd-tech Subject: parallel raw IP input From: Alexander Bluhm <bluhm openbsd ! org> Date: 2024-04-11 20:24:39 Hi, As mvs@ mentioned, running raw IP in parallel is easier ...
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12.  OpenBSD's built-in memory leak detection
    As announced on the misc@ mailing list, Otto Moerbeek (otto@), the author of OpenBSD's malloc(3) implementation [a.k.a. "otto malloc"], has written a tutorial on the new malloc(3) leak detection available in OpenBSD 7.4 Read it at: OpenBSD's built-in memory leak detection Since the publication of that write-up, Otto has committed further enhancements:
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231024064619    2023-10-20T00:00:00.0000000
   
13.  OpenBSD 6.7 and ffs2 FAQs - undeadly.org
    In OpenBSD 6.7, ffs2 is the default for new filesystems during install (with some exceptions). In OpenBSD 6.7, if you create a new filesystem manually (using newfs (8)) you will still get an FFS1 filesystem unless you force -O2 or if the filesystem will be larger than 1 TB. He also points out that this last point has been changed in -current ...
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14.  WireGuard imported into OpenBSD
    In the following commit (and a bunch of others), David Gwynne (dlg@) imported most of the code submitted recently by Jason A. Donenfeld and Matt Dunwoodie to allow you to use WireGuard natively on OpenBSD: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: dlg@cvs.openbsd.org 2020/06/21 06:11:26 Modified files: sys/net : if.c Added files: sys/net : if_wg.c if_wg.h wg_cookie.c wg_cookie.h wg_noise.c wg ...
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15.  OpenBSD Journal: A resource for the OpenBSD community
    A series of commits by Jeremie Courreges-Anglas (jca@) has modified tar(1) such that its default write format (for archives) is that of pax(1).The message with the final commit captures the gist of the change: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: jca@cvs.openbsd.org 2024/04/16 17:09:35 Modified files: bin/pax : options.c tar.1 Log message: Switch tar(1) write default format to 'pax' Lets ...
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16.  Passphrase timeout for disk decryption at boot added (potential battery ...
    Enable users to power down their machines if there was no input after N seconds during disk descryption. Motivation is to save battery and prevent pocket heaters when notebooks unhibernate (e.g. lid accidentially opened) and sit at "Passphrase: ". Only available on efi (4) systems as the timeout is saved as EFI variable; mostly because that's ...
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17.  Theo de Raadt on Zenbleed
    The buzzword bug of the week is Zenbleed, which affects various AMD processors and is explained in more detail here.. On OpenBSD, the latest -current snapshots already have the fixes, and errata patches will go out for the supported releases (7.2 and 7.3) shortly.. In a post to the tech@ list, Theo de Raadt described the situation: . List: openbsd-tech Subject: Zenbleed From: "Theo de Raadt ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230724224011    2023-07-24T00:00:00.0000000
   
18.  OpenSSH U2F/FIDO support in base - undeadly.org
    support to base and tweaked OpenSSH to use them directly. This means. there will be no additional configuration hoops to jump through to use. U2F/FIDO2 security keys. Hardware backed keys can be generated using " ssh-keygen -t ecdsa-sk". (or "ed25519-sk" if your token supports it). Many tokens require to be. touched/tapped to confirm this step.
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19.  Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest: Synthetic Memory Protections
    Contributed by rueda on 2023-03-25 from the Immutable synthetics dept. We recently reported that Theo de Raadt ( deraadt@ ) was scheduled to present at CanSecWest . That's now happened, and slides of Theo's presentation, Synthetic Memory Protections , can be found in the usual place . Video is available on the bird site. (Comments are closed)
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20.  Transparent network audio with mpd & sndiod
    So in the end, it's super easy to: enable network support in sndio on the remote machine i want the audio to play by adding -L<local ip> to sndiod_flags (i have two audio devices, with an input coming from the webcam): sndiod_flags="-L10.246.200.10 -f rsnd/0 -f rsnd/1". open pf on port 11025 from the sound server ip: pass in proto tcp from 10 ...
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21.  Interview with Nicholas Marriott on tmux
    Contributed by weerd on 2009-07-12 from the screening dept. We recently reported on the fact that tmux was imported into OpenBSD. By now, several changes have gone into the tree, including new features and some fixes from other developers. We spoke with Nicholas Marriott about tmux and his ideas for the future.
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22.  Wayland on OpenBSD
    Matthieu Herrb (matthieu@) has written some notes on his work at the (recently-concluded) g2k23 hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia.His article, Wayland on OpenBSD, starts: These are my notes from experimenting with building Wayland bits on OpenBSD during g2k23 in Tallinn… Thanks to the OpenBSD foundation for organizing this event.
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230711113344    2023-07-10T00:00:00.0000000
   
23.  OpenBSD in Canada
    According to Theo de Raadt, we only have 4 active OpenBSD developers in Canada. Theo de Raadt and Bob Beck, both Canadian citizens and long-time OpenBSD developers, make a case that Canada isn't special with regards to OpenBSD. But that just isn't true, historically or currently. Like all open source software projects, OpenBSD is inherently an ...
    undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230226065006    2023-02-07T00:00:00.0000000