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

If Microsoft wants to steal...

[mfifer]

...from someone *besides* Apple, OpenBSD is the bank they should look at!

Aside from maybe the esoteric trusted OSes (i.e. Trusted Solaris), is there really another "mainstream" OS people can just rely on for security?

Hell, Bill G oughtta just start waving $$$ in front of Theo and company until they all say "OK, that will do" and join MS to show them Redmond boys the Right Way (TM) to lock down an OS*!!!

* of course the Office team would no doubt open right back up any holes the new security-conscious OS team closed down...

Ahh damn

[ehintz]

I was quietly downloading the packages, and then you had to send the /. hoards after it. Now their bandwidth is shot to hell. I mean, I'm all for sharing, but I wanna get my copy before I start sharing... ;-)

*BSD is Dying

[thanjee]

*BSD is dying to announce that it has once again improved that which was already considered perfect.

Way to go!

Re:High bandwidth whoring

[dohcvtec]

How about "FTPing Releases" right in the middle of the front page? How hard was that? I can't believe you are able to grasp the concept of OpenBSD, develop the initiative to install it, and realize that mirrors are a good idea (not to mention you are apparently a college student) yet you cant even read a simple web page.