OpenBSD 3.3 Released

An anonymous reader writes "OpenBSD 3.3 was released today, with many new features, including integration of the ProPolice stack protection technology, W^X ('write xor X') on sparc, alpha and hppa, privilege separated XFree86 and an incredible number of enhancements and stability improvements to the packet filter, pf, including address pools for reverse NAT/load balancing, ALTQ integration for network conditioning, and anchors/tables/spamd for spam tar-pitting. Information on the release can be found here and download sites are listed here. (Also, here's a handy way to speed up your DSL connection - prioritizing empty TCP ACKs and ToS low-delay traffic with OpenBSD 3.3's pf.)"

Comments

Why?

[ShieldW0lf]

Why should someone who's using linux be interested in OpenBSD?

Re:OpenBSD = Coordinated Innovation

[b0r1s]

And with that kind of webpage, spelling errors and all, you know they're paying attention to detail.

Re:and still no SMP =( tsarkon reports

[Jon_E]

actually it's openssh - and that's a whole 'nother ball of goo ..

I've always found the puffy blowfish to be an oddly appropriate mascot for OpenBS - bloated, prickly whiners full of nothing really substantial inside but hot air .. probably why the stuffed shirts in Washington took them at first.

"no remote security hole in the default install"? spin, spin, spin ..

DARPA cut their funding for the Canadian "hackathon hotel"? get over it - the US Government invested in an effective think-tank and didn't like some of how they chose to think .. nobody can be totally objective

Re:OpenBSD 3.3 Song tsarkon reports

[spongman]

you should put a rating on some of the things you do. i'll give you a 10 out of 10 for being a complete fuckwit.