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OpenBSD 3.3 Pre-Orders Available

Posted by michael on from the be-a-good-consumer dept.

CoryBenny writes "The OpenBSD project has just started taking pre-orders for its 3.3 release. This release contains the new pro-police stack protection and lots of other new features! The OpenBSD Journal are running a story here. Pre-orders can be made here and just check out their cool new t-shirts!!"

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  1. Re:OpenBSD is getting better and better... by mcgroarty · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I look forward to the increased stability and security the new stack protection offers

    I think you'll enjoy a whole lot more security, but I wouldn't be surprised if the stack protection ended up costing a little stability for a while. The stack protection reveals a whole lot of "usually harmless" bugs in other projects, and until this excellent tool is in more users' hands, OpenBSD users may have to bear the burden of discovery for a while.

    I wouldn't rush to be the first to put the new release on a critical server machine, but if you're a user who wants to give something back, then now's an excellent time. Get current on OpenBSD, see if any of your favorite apps show stack violations, and let the authors of those apps know ASAP!