OpenBSD 2.7 Released

dragonfly_blue writes: "Just wanted to let you know, OpenBSD 2.7 is out, with significant advances; including OpenSSH2, better Linux binary emulation, DSA encryption, and (my personal favorite) support for encrypting your swap space. Theo and the gang have also expanded the ports and packages collections considerably, so get 'em while they're hot!" (More.)

ocipio contributed some more tidbits, writing: " ... OpenBSD 2.7 improves support for high end system boards, SCSI controllers, ethernet interfaces, and adds gigabit ethernet drivers and IPv6 networking. OpenBSD's cryptography has been further enhanced by encrypting virtual memory swap space, and by more flexible ISAKMPD key exchange and operating modes for IP Security networking." To keep things interesting in BSD Land, he adds "According to Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD's release engineer, FreeBSD 3.5 will be released June 20th."

Cool on all counts. Way to go, BSD crew! (And Thanks! to everyone who pointed out this release.)

Comments

Re:OpenBSD Firewalls

[debrain]

Building OpenBSD and Linux Firewalls, Sonnerreich and Yates. This will tell you enough to get a solid OpenBSD firewall up.
Building Internet Firewalls, Second Edition Zwicky, Cooper, Chapman. This will provide you with more background information, but nothing on OpenBSD. (I was, not so much disappointed, as surprised, at this, for the first time with an O'Reilly book).

The best, in my very humble opinion, references are online, but they aren't as nice to read as the Building Linux and OpenBDS Firewalls book, but are an excellent suppliment.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter
http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/

See the prior of the web pages for a mailing list (Majordomo). The author (Darren Reed) of IPFilter actively participates in this mailing list, which is helpful, and often appreciated.

Hope that helps
Brian

Re:Adding BSD to a Linux system...

[q[alex]]

Yes, there is such a document:

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/INSTALL.linux

OpenBSD does have ext2fs support as well.