Posts in category OpenBSD
Support for 2TB of memory added
Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) just committed support for 2TB of physical memory on the amd64 platform:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: mlarkin@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/01/20 23:18:37
Modified files:
sys/arch/amd64/amd64: machdep.c pmap.c
sys/arch/amd64/include: pmap.h
Log message:
Support 2TB phys [...]
join-ing any open wifi network is now...
Peter Hessler (phessler@) has
committed
changes
to make it possible to join any open wifi network:
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vmm(4) for i386 deleted from -current
With
two
commits
by Pratik Vyas (pd@),
vmm(4) support for i386 host systems has been deleted (one can still run i386 guests under vmm on an amd64 host).
The commit messages explain the reasoning behind this move:
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OpenBSD on the Acer Aspire One, At Te...
Ian Darwin (ian@) wrote in to let us know that he\'s written
an article
which is a follow-up to an Undeadly
story from a decade ago!
The article provides a fine illustration of benefits of a bloat-free
OS.
Thanks very much for the pointer, Ian.
In Other BSDs for 2019/01/19
Overflow from the past two weeks. I’ll have my email and tab backlog cleared next week.
Real paragraphs for mandoc HTML output.New console font Spleen made default. There’s examples.OPNSense 18.7.10 released.Best BSD filesystem for ssd. All of them.LibGDX proof of concept on OpenBSD: Slay the Spire. Has video.2018 recap (Read [...]
In Other BSDs for 2019/01/12
Literally the first 45 minutes of me picking from saved links is all it took for this week.
pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p2 now available.GlusterFS Cluster on FreeBSD with Ansible and GNU Parallel. (via) Some thoughts on FreeBSD as a desktop platform. (via) People who run BSD. Linked here before but recently updated. (reminded (Read more... [...]
New console font Spleen made default
Frederic Cambus (fcambus@) has just changed the default console font to Spleen, a font of his own creation:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: fcambus@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/01/09 04:23:32
Modified files:
sys/dev/rasops : rasops.c
sys/dev/wsfont : wsfont.c
Log message:
Enable Spleen in wsfont [...]
Real paragraphs for mandoc HTML outpu...
Another major step forward just happened in
mandoc(1)
HTML output: paragraphs are now represented with real HTML
<p> elements, and a number of cases were fixed
in which mandoc used to generate output violating HTML syntax,
mostly related to macros and requests that control
line filling
in paragraphs of text.
Read more…
In Other BSDs for 2019/01/05
I like when I can get Net, Free, and Open items all in the same week.
Is any C code from 1970s Unix still used today in macOS or BSD?razer blade stealth. The BSD part is at the end.Let’s try on OpenBSD: NeuroVoider.Is the BSD community dedicated to free software? Sealioning, maybe.Using the Open (Read more...)
Ingo Schwarze -mandoc Better document...
Tom Smyth has another article (and video) for us:
Ingo Schwarze (schwarze@) delivered a great talk on documentation in EuroBSDCon 2018.
Ingo\'s slides have been on-line since September at OpenBSD events.html under the EuroBSD Con 2018. Anyone who follows the mailing lists would see Ingo\'s consistent attention to detail. In this talk [...]
NYCBUG: OpenBSD with Brian Callahan
NYCBUG’s January meeting kicks off the new year, with an OpenBSD presentation by Brian Callahan on January 2nd. That’s this Wednesday, right after New Year’s Day. At the time I’m writing this, I don’t have the meeting agenda, but don’t let that stop you from attending, if you are near.
Video of Todd Mortimer Removing ROP g...
This contribution comes directly from Tom Smyth:
Todd Mortimer (mortimier@) gives an excellent presentation on ROP Gadgets, and some of the mitigation strategies he has recently contributed to OpenBSD.
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In Other BSDs for 2018/12/29
A big reading week. Enjoy!
BSD for old phones?Berkeley smorgasbord. (via)KLEAK: Practical Kernel Memory Disclosure Detection. (PDF, via)GhostBSD 18.01 Disk encryption?Request advice for controller/gamepads (Fnaify games: Axiom Verge, Chasm, Rogue Legacy).unix50.org. Celebrating UNIX historical systems by running them. (via)FreeBSD vs Lin [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/12/22
I had a lot of tabs to close, if you can’t tell.
ClonOS 18.12 BETA1. I didn’t know this existed.Next NYCBUG meeting: January 2, with a presentation on OpenBSD from Brian Callahan.FOSSJobs. I don’t like the acronym, but I’m not going to complain if it gets someone good work. (via)Running NetBSD (Read more...)
OpenBSD 6.2 song: A 3 line diff
With the following
commit,
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) released the
song for OpenBSD 6.2!
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: www
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2018/12/18 20:51:58
Modified files:
. : 62.html lyrics.html
Added files:
images : 62_right.gif
Log message:
Release the 6.2 song! This comes 13 m [...]
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 [...]
