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

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[Ark42]

When did /. stories start getting FIVE icons??

Re:Looks like they need to take their own advice .

[dr4ma]

google mirror if you want to read the article on ALTQ and ACK prioritization.

OpenBSD = ppl who are very good at what they do

[dh003i]

Which is producing the most secure server OS out of the box (of course, the fact that it's very very minimal out of the box helps).