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OpenBSD 3.5 Released

Posted by michael on from the security-takes-work dept.

pgilman writes "The word just hit the announce@openbsd.org mailing list: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 3.5. We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of eight years with only a single remote hole in the default install. As in our previous releases, 3.5 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system" including security, hardware support, software ports, and lots more. Support the project if you can by ordering the cds, or grab it from the net (use a mirror!). Thanks to Theo and the whole team!"

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  1. Argh by LooseChanj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Didn't even need /.'ing this time...

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  2. Re:my favorite comment from the changelog by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Asked for comment, the Kool-Aid Man responded: "OH YEAH!!!!"

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  3. Re:Every Hacker's Wet Dream by Monistat7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I prefer the chinese food places bbq pork... but I suppose I need to use up this coupon for a free sandwich after they jacked up my order. See ya there. ;) haha and that mall sux... just moved out here and its pathetic.

  4. Re:Every Hacker's Wet Dream by Fnkmaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, the Quiznos rocks the crappy Chinese food in Burlington, don't let anyone say otherwise. Anyway, don't go there anymore since I don't work in Lexington these days. But my memories of the Food Court are fond indeed.

  5. Re:Excellent by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    My firewall system is a network engines roadster lx with a celeron chip in it (a 466 or something, I forget) and it runs gentoo. (I have in the past used openbsd, but I decided to stick with linux since it runs on damn near everything, and I wasn't really interested in using netbsd.) It manages to handle VPN for my (one) WiFi client and still kick out a couple megabits to that user, which is to say, my girlfriend. Her network wire went bad a while ago and I haven't felt like climbing into the attic without a ladder again, last time I did that I think I hosed up one of the studs in the closet trying to chimney my way up.

    Anyway this same system also provides distcc cross-compiling for my Indy running Gentoo/MIPS and various other services to certain trusted users, like sftp and so on. There's no reason for the system to do only one thing.

    SMP is great for anything which must meet demands for its resources rapidly.

    Now on to the disagreement stage: You really don't want C3 to go PGA, that's a big fat waste of money in both packaging and mounting departments. It would be better if they just made a board with two soldered Nehemiah-core CPUs, with big fat heat sinks, in an atx form factor (not itx) so you could put it in a normal case. The small boards are fantastic for most of the purposes to which you would like to put them but if you want to make a more general purpose server you're likely going to need a larger case than the mini-itx stuff.

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  6. Re:BSD IS DEAD/LINUX ADVOCACY by golem1313 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You would have been great in the gestapo.