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OpenBSD 3.2 Available

Posted by michael on from the daemon-goodness dept.

fredrikv writes "Right on time, the files defining OpenBSD 3.2 have moved away from "snapshots" to the 3.2 directory of the OpenBSD mirrors. It is well known as the world's most secure operating system and now sports chroot'd Apache, fewer suid binaries, cool pictures for xdm-logins, a brilliant "antispoof" packet filtering rule and as usual includes lots of small updates and fixes. The files are there. What are you waiting for?"

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  1. What Am I Waiting For? by Zech+Harvey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Common Criteria certification so it can be just as secure as my Windows 2000 boxen!

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    1. Re:What Am I Waiting For? by liquidsin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, it's only at version 3.2. I'm guessing version 3.3 would be like the third service pack of version 3, and it seems you can't get certified until SP3. I'm sure they'll get there soon enough.

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  2. Well .. by Mr_Silver · · Score: 5, Funny
    The the files are there. What are you waiting for?

    5:30pm, 8 pints of lager, one dodgy kebab and a chance to yet again make a piss poor attempt to chat the attractive barmaid up.

    Well you did ask!

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    1. Re:Well .. by SirSlud · · Score: 5, Funny

      > to yet again make a piss poor attempt to chat the attractive barmaid up

      barmaids get slashdotted by drunk guys every night. i recommend you search your neighbourhood for a mirror so you can have all the bandwidth to yourself.

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    2. Re:Well .. by $rtbl_this · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...i recommend you search your neighbourhood for a mirror...

      Surely this would only work if you were a hopeless narcissist.

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  3. I'm waiting by swillden · · Score: 2, Funny

    What are you waiting for?

    Ummm... a Linux port?

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  4. Say wha? by PhysicsScholar · · Score: 1, Funny

    The the files are there.

    I guess the Slashdot outage over the past 10 minutes or so was due to the installation of Apache mod_stutter.

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  5. I don't think so.... by Dr_DTHP · · Score: 5, Funny

    >[OpenBSD is] the world's most secure operating system

    Hear that sound? It's the VMS users (all 8 of them, currently, unless Fred's VAX killed his mains power again and he switched to OSX) choking on their lunches in laughter.

    1. Re:I don't think so.... by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 4, Funny

      What you don't hear is the thousands of OS/400 users quietly chuckling to themselves. "Kids..."

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    2. Re:I don't think so.... by R.Caley · · Score: 4, Funny
      [OpenBSD is] the world's most secure operating system

      It's well known that MSDOS is the world's most secure operating system.

      No network access and so completely secure from remote break in, and if anyone breaks in from the console there is bugger all they can break and no one cases what they do anyway.

      Security by obsolescence.

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  6. Re:*BSD by Whyzzi · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought the most secure OS was Windows 95. With NIC support like that nobody should be able to connect to your computer.

    Wrong. The most secure OS in the world is the one that you cannot load onto a computer. So I use the next best thing: OpenBSD.

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    "BSD is about people pissing each other.." (Moid Vallat)
  7. Re:SMP support by a+(+h+3+r+0+n · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's great! I'm sure they'll be happy to accept your code to further the SMP cause. That is, unless you code like you spell.

  8. Re:*BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Wrong. The most secure OS in the world is the one that you cannot load onto a computer.
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