Posts in category OpenBSD
Native EFI Bootloader Support for Ope...
As the j2k15 hackathon comes to a close, OpenBSD gets its very own native EFI bootloader.
On Twitter, Yojiro UO (yuo@-san) posted a list of systems tested and working with the new bootloader.
result: UEFI/Openbsd tested on VAIO Fit15A, VAIO Z, VAIO Z Canvas, minnow board max, lenovo E145, NEC Lavie LX750. all of them work fine.— Yo [...]
OpenBSD 5.8’s third song announ...
The third of the expected four OpenBSD 5.8 release songs, A Year in the Life, has been released.
The song is available in mp3 and ogg formats, with lyrics mainly about the LibreSSL story (remember this?), but as the song notes point out,
The pattern of LibreSSL development is a pattern that has repeated itself many times in (Read mo [...]
Coming Soon to OpenBSD/amd64: A Nativ...
Earlier today, Mike Larkin (mlarkin@)
published
a teaser for something he\'s been working on for a while. Then a little later in the day, an announcement appeared on tech@:
TL;DR - a native hypervisor is coming. stay tuned.
For the last few months, I\'ve been working on a hypervisor for OpenBSD.
The idea for this started a fe [...]
In Other BSDs for 2015/08/29
Put together at the last minute.
NeXTBSD, a video presentation. (via multiple places)
Why FreeBSD should not adopt launchd. Sort of commentary on the previous item. (also via multiple places)
DiscoverBSD for 2015/08/24.
OPNSense 15.7.10, 15.7.11 released.
Beyond the Fork, an OPNSense status report.
OpenBSD 5.8, Another Song.
Kernel W^X ex [...]
BSDNow Episode 104: Beverly Hills 255...
This week
on BSDNow,
the hosts have an interview with Damien Miller (djm@) of OpenSSH fame. He talks about the recent scrubbing of the default crypto options in OpenSSH, the reasons behind the move to ChaCha20 and the problems with CBC-mode ciphers, the issue of obsolete OpenSSH releases in the wild, code refactoring for the purpose of a [...]
Call for Testing: Using tame() in use...
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) has just
released
a call for testing of an initial conversions of programs in OpenBSD base
to use the
tame(2)
API:
This is for those of you interested in tame, and skilled enough to
play along.
Read more...
Removal of SSLv3 from LibreSSL
Earlier today, Doug Hogan (doug@) committed the first parts of the removal of SSLv3 support from LibreSSL:
Log message:
Remove SSLv3 support from LibreSSL.
Read more...
Kernel W^X extended to i386
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In Other BSDs for 2015/08/22
Some catchup here from stuff I missed last week:
RaspBSD.org. Raspberry Pi FreeBSD images. (via)
VMware vs. bhyve Performance Comparison. (via)
OpenBSD removes support for non-UTF8 locales. (via)
Tarsnap $1000 exploit bounty. It’s since doubled to $2000. (via)
Book review: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX (Read m [...]
OpenBSD 5.8 Preorders Enabled, Releas...
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c2k15: beck@ on LibreSSL security, mi...
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The OpenBSD Foundation Announces New ...
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In Other BSDs for 2015/08/15
A short week, cause I’m short on time. Sorry!
The case for checksumming filesystems. (via)
How to use fw_update for Radeon on OpenBSD.
FreeBSD has imported OpenBSD’s iwm(4) driver.
FreeBSD supports more parts of the Cavium ThunderX, which I link to in part because “Cavium ThunderX” sounds like a thoracic problem.
Fr [...]
c2k15: renato@ on ldpd(8), eigrpd(8) ...
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c2k15: guenther@ on C-states, kbind,...
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c2k15: bluhm@ on regress tests, syslo...
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In Other BSDs for 2015/08/08
Terse link week!
From distribution to project.
Using OpenBSD as a FreeBSD Router. (via)
More C2K15 reports on Undeadly.
A new OpenBSD Foundation donor.
OpenBSD now defaults to remote root logins permitted – with key.
Quakecon runs on BSD. (via)
BSD Magazine for I assume August.
DiscoverBSD for 2015/07/27.
(Read more...)
c2k15: florian@ on building the hacka...
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Tonight: What’s New with OpenBSD
If you are around New York City tonight at 6:45, make your way over to the Stone Creek Bar & Lounge, at 140 E 27th St., to hear Brian Callahan present the newest OpenBSD things.
The OpenBSD Foundation Announces Firs...
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