Thanks to a
commit
by Damien Miller (djm@),
scp(1) (in -current)
now defaults to using the
SFTP protocol:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/09/08 17:31:39
Modified files:
usr.bin/ssh : scp.1 scp.c
…
In a recent
message
to tech@ Martin Pieuchot (mpi@) wrote about
analysis of kernel lock contention.
We reproduce the message(s) here, reformatted with his permission.
Unlocking UVM [virtual memory – Ed.]
faults makes build time decrease a lo…
Florian Obser (florian@)
has committed
a significant speed boost for
traceroute(8):
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: florian@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/09/03 03:13:00
Modified files:
usr.sbin/traceroute: Makefile traceroute.8 tracerou…
With the following
commit,
Matthieu Herrb (matthieu@)
gave
xterm(1)
some
unveil(2)
goodness:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: xenocara
Changes by: matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/09/02 03:31:38
Modified files:
app/xterm : main.c
Log …
With the following
commit,
Tobias Heider (tobhe@)
added client-side support for DNS configuration
to iked(8):
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: tobhe@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/09/01 09:30:07
Modified files:
sbin/iked : config.c …
Job Snijders (job@)
imported
the
timeout(1)
utility from NetBSD:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: job@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/09/01 09:50:34
Added files:
usr.bin/timeout: Makefile timeout.1 timeout.c
Log message:
Import timeo…
OpenBSD Journal co-editor Solène Rapenne (solene@) writes,
I have a simple DSL line with 15 Mb/s in download and 900 kb/s upload rates and there are many devices using the Internet and two people in remote work. Some poorly designed software (mostl…
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)
committed
a change which significantly reduces
hibernate
time on machines with larger amounts of RAM:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/08/30 03:45:29
Modified files:
sys/ker…
In a
message to tech@
Damien Miller (djm@)
explained the consequences of his recent
commit:
[…]
RSA/SHA1, a.k.a the "ssh-rsa" signature type is now disabled by default
in OpenSSH.
While The SSH protocol confusingly uses ov…
Claudio Jeker (claudio@) has
committed
support for simple include and exclude cases
in (open)rsync:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: claudio@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/08/29 07:43:46
Modified files:
usr.bin/rsync : Makefile extern.h …
OpenBSD Journal co-editor Peter Hansteen writes in, saying
When Jonathan at SEMI_bug asked me whether I could do a talk for them, it took me a few moments to come up with a good subject and title. But for what would be a lunchtime session in the …
With the following
commit,
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) moved -current
to version 7.0-beta:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/08/17 09:03:56
Modified files:
sys/conf : newvers.sh
etc/root :…
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 wan…
Florian Obser (florian@) has enabled
dhcpleased(8)
and
resolvd(8)
[on both of which we
reported
earlier]
in base.
The commits are,
Read more…
Since our
previous report,
there has been significant progress on support for riscv64:
There’s now a
web page for the platform,
with details of (broadened) hardware support (for those lucky/deserving enough
to have hardware, of course).
Follo…
Sven G is back with another tale of using a Raspberry Pi in his garage:
OpenBSD lets one control the GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi. Controlling
a garage door is simple: connect the GPIO output pin to one side of a
relay’s coil, connect the 5 volt …
Frederic Cambus (fcambus@) has
blogged
about the recent history and current state of toolchains on OpenBSD.
It provides a good explanation of how and why things got to where they stand.
The OpenBSD project has released
OpenBSD 6.9, the project’s 50th release. As usual the release page offers highlights, installation and upgrade instructions as well as links to other resources such as the detailed changelog.
Notable improvements i…
With the following
commit,
Dale Rahn (drahn@)
imported initial support for the
64-bit
RISC-V
architecture:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: drahn@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/04/22 20:42:17
Added files:
sys/arch/riscv64: Makefile
…
We received a contribution from Sven G, about checking the temperature in the garage where his dog sleeps with OpenBSD:
I was inspired by the April 2017 article in undeadly.org about
getting OpenBSD running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+.
My goal was to…