OpenBSD 3.8 Released

Cowards Anonymous writes "OpenBSD 3.8 is out. It comes with improved hardware support, some improvements to the OSPF daemon, some new RAID management tools, among many others. Even if you plan on installing via FTP, why not order a CD copy, tshirt, or poster as well? "

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T-shirts for us total nerds

[totallygeek]

I am a big guy and I love ordering shirts from OpenBSD over some other places because they have XXXL on their site!

New Security Features

[RAMMS EIN]

To see some of the current and new security features in OpenBSD, see this presentation by Theo.

One of the most important things

[Anonymous Coward]

One of the most important things new in this release is the mmap(2) based malloc(3) implementation. I can't believe the submitter didn't mention it. It has huge implications, in terms of added security and increased code quality overall. Already, important off-by-one bugs have been found and fixed in X.org which had been sitting there un-noticed for years. These bugs could cause the X server to crash on many systems, but OpenBSD exposed them reproducibly so they could be fixed.

Read more about it in this Security Focus article titled Security-related innovation in Unix and in Theo de Raadt's post to misc@.

Re:Calm. The. #$@!. Down. It's not that I'm cheap

[freshman_a]

I have to download a whole bunch of packages, make FLOPPIES

No, you don't. There is an install CD available. http://www.openbsd.com/faq/faq4.html#MkCD-ROM
Download the install ISO, burn to CD, ta-da! Very difficult, indeed...

As someone who has installed OpenBSD before, I can tell you, it's really not that difficult. Download the install CD ISO and follow this: http://www.openbsd.com/faq/faq4.html#Install

Re:We are dorks

[LurkerXXX]

This is a BSD we are talking about. The number refers to the whole operating system. Not just a kernal as in Linux. The same team that works on the kernal works on the rest of the system as well.

Make your own bootable CD then...

[aschlemm]

I've used instructions similar to this to make my own bootable CD for OpenBSD before. These instructions were for OpenBSD 3.4 but they've worked for me for both OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.7. The package names for OpenBSD 3.8 will have a "38" in them rather than 34.

http://www.pantz.org/os/openbsd/makingaopenbsdcd.s html

If you don't like these instructions do a quick Google search or something and you'll probably find a few more URLs showing the same thing.

Re:part 2- not trolling, just a little frustrated

[myspys]

Two ways:

1. Make your own ISO (http://www.pantz.org/os/openbsd/makingaopenbsdcd. shtml)

2. Download an inofficial ISO (http://www.hup.hu/modules.php?name=News&file=arti cle&sid=9953)

Both of these steps should of course be followed by buying at least something from the OpenBSD store at http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html

Re:part 2- not trolling, just a little frustrated

[Fezmid]

Have you even TRIED installing OpenBSD? It's simple. Download a 1M install disk, burn to CD, boot off the CD, select install, and it downloads everything that you select to install automatically. No need for an ISO, no need for a torrent.

Quick and painless. Try it, you'll like it. :)

I wrote a guide....

[Nazadus]

I wrote a guide on how to make your own CD from FTP in Linux.
I'm in the process of writting for how to do it in Windows.

Check it out and lemme know if something sucks:
http://etherpunk.com/knowbase/index.php/OpenBSD:_M aking_A_CD_From_FTP