Posts in category OpenBSD
In Other BSDs for 2018/12/08
Once again playing catchup – but we all benefit from the abundance.
Using the GOG.com installers for Linux, on NetBSD. (via)Firefox’s middle-click behavior on HTML links on Linux. Should apply to BSD too.BSD vs. Linux. Old, but the source link has links to more discussion if that interests you.A proposal for a (Read more.. [...]
DNSSEC enabled in default unbound(8) ...
With this
commit,
Florian Obser (florian@) enabled DNSSEC validation in the default
unbound.conf(5)
in -current:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: florian@cvs.openbsd.org 2018/12/07 02:21:08
Modified files:
etc : unbound.conf
Log message:
Enable DNSSEC validation.
Requested by & OK claudio
Input & [...]
OpenSMTPD proc filters & fc-rDNS
Gilles Chehade (gilles@) has written another
piece
on progress in
OpenSMTPD
development.
-current now has proc filters!
Otto Moerbeek on the Virtues of OpenB...
Otto Moerbeek (otto@) has issued a
series of Mastodon messages
explaining some of the the virtues of OpenBSD\'s
malloc(3)
implementation.
They provide excellent reading in easily-digestible pieces.
A proposal for a new RPKI validator: ...
Job Snijders (job@) has written an
article at Medium
proposing rpki-client(1),
a new, BSD-licensed
RPKI
validator.
[ TL;DR—$1000 out of $20,000 USD has been pledged! ]
As always, readers are encouraged to contribute!
Update: As noted in the first comment here, the article has been updated (already!) with good news [...]
BSD Now 274: Language: Assembly
This week’s BSD Now covers assembly on OpenBSD, games on FreeBSD, and disk space on DragonFly.
OpenBGPD – Adding Diversity to ...
Claudio Jeker (claudio@) wrote in to let us know that he and Job Snijders (job@) have written
an article about OpenBGPD
for
RIPE Labs.
There has been a lot of activity from my side going to OpenBGPD. Thanks to
some funding by RIPE NCC and many European internet exchange points I was
able to work (Read more...)
In Other BSDs for 2018/11/24
Games are the unofficial accidental theme this week.
FreeBSD 12 Release Engineering Branch Created. Also, RC1 (via)
Distrowatch.com NetBSD 8.0 Review. (via)
Celebrating 50 years of Unix. (via)
FreeBSD Network Management with network.sh. (via)
FreeBSD Desktop – Part 2.1 – Install FreeBSD 12.
Our pragmatic attachment to OpenBSD [...]
OpenBSD Community reaches Iridium in ...
Right on the heels of the previous announcement, Kenneth R. Westerback (krw@)
of the OpenBSD Foundation writes to inform us:
The OpenBSD Foundation is happy to announce that individual
contributions from the OpenBSD commnunity have again exceeded
$100,000, making the community the 2nd Iridium level donor for
2018!
These smaller [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/11/17
Still lots of BSD stuff happening.
DWM on FreeBSD, monocle not showing up.
Play Stardew Valley on OpenBSD.
Project Trident RC3 available. (via)
NetBSD 8.0 ? dmesg?????? / KOF2018-NetBSD. (via)
FreeBSD 12.0-b4 available.
Capsicum.
FreeNAS.
Polish BSD User Group OpenBSD Gaming talk (slides, PDF, Polish) (via)
(Read more...)
Blog post by jcs@ on reverse engineer...
On his blog, joshua stein (jcs@) has a description of the hoops he jumped through to get stereo sound out of his Huawei Matebook X under OpenBSD (something that only worked under Windows with special drivers).
His approach involves logging all PCI device accesses by running Windows in QEMU under Linux with VFIO, parsing that, and making [...]
Microsoft goes Gold for 2018!
Kenneth R. Westerback (krw@) writes to inform us:
Microsoft goes Gold for 2018!
The
OpenBSD Foundation
is happy to announce that
Microsoft
has increased its support level from Silver to Gold for 2018.
This is the
fourth consecutive year
that Microsoft has made a
contribution to the OpenBSD Foundation and we are grateful
for thei [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/11/10
Aaaand I have a backlog again.
using smartd to automatically run tests on your drives.
FreeBSD Foundation Update, October 2018. (via)
OpenBSD on a Laptop. (via)
OpenVPN Setup Guide. (via)
FreeBSD 12 beta 3 out.
First Time on BSD: Installing FreeBSD.
OpenSMTPD 6.4.0 released and upcoming filters preview (Read more...)
malloc.conf replaced with a sysctl
In this commit, Otto Moerbeek (otto@) moved malloc handling from a softlink in /etc to a sysctl instead.
Read more…
OpenSMTPD released and upcoming filte...
Gilles Chehade (gilles@) has written
an article
on recent progress in
OpenSMTPD.
It begins:
TL;DR:
Filters have been a (the most ?) long awaited feature in OpenSMTPD.
I finally committed most of the filters code to OpenBSD.
There is still a bit of work required but the trickiest parts are done.
This article describes how filters are [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/11/03
Backlog finally cleared! You have a lot of clicking to do because of that.
setuid bit removed from /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg in OpenBSD, probably because of the recent xorg elevation bug to match.
Attaching a Bluetooth keyboard to a NetBSD machine. (via)
Valuable News – 2018/10/27.
Valuable News – 2018/11/02.
commands without magic
Introducing t [...]
Introducing the OpenBSD Virtualizatio...
Returning readers are likely aware that OpenBSD in its OpenBSD/amd64 and OpenBSD/i386 varieties comes with virtualization built in, brought to you by the vmm(4) subsystem.
Now getting started with OpenBSD virtualization has become even easier: The OpenBSD FAQ has a new Virtualization section, written mainly by Solene Rapenne (solene@) an [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/10/27
It’s a mad rush to get these all posted in time for the weekend.
Absolute FreeBSD, 3rd Edition. Best place to buy, with ILUVMICHAEL 30% off coupon code.
Related: Auction Winners.
Ensuring Perl’s Viability on FreeBSD: A NYCBUG-NY.PM Collaboration, coming up on November 7th.
FreeBSD amd64 syscalls. (via)
“Does anyone know i [...]
The OpenBSD Foundation receives the f...
Earlier this week the OpenBSD foundation received its first Silver donation from an individual contributor. Thank you John Carmack for the very generous contribution! The support will ensure that many important projects are moving forward and continue making impact.
In Other BSDs for 2018/10/20
Well, I cleared my tab backlog, but not my RSS backlog…
NetBSD machines at Open Source Conference 2018 Kagawa. (via)
OpenBSD’s unveil(). (via)
OpenBSD on the Desktop: some thoughts. (via)
Fuzzing the OpenBSD Kernel.
vmm(4) gets support for qcow2.
n2k18 Hackathon report: Ken Westerback (krw@) on disklabel(8) work, dhclient(8) [...]
