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OpenBSD 4.5 Released
portscan writes "OpenBSD 4.5 has been released. New and extended platforms include sparc64, and added device drivers. OpenSSH 5.2 is included, plus a number of tweaks, bugfixes, and enhancements. See the announcement page for a full list. OpenBSD is a security-oriented UNIX/BSD operating system." As per OpenBSD tradition, of course there's a song.
A musty atmosphere of neglect pervaded the subbasement of University Library and the books on the shelves were covered in a fine layering of dust. There were dim lights over the small study cubicles at the end of each aisle between the towering shelves which produced only enough illumination for the top of the desks, leaving the surrounding stacks and central walkway shrouded in a perpetual twilight.
I had finally found the copy of the heavy API guide I needed for my work connecting my SQL database to the graphical front end I had been slaving over all weekend. However, the intricacy of the cover of the neighboring book drew my attention and I brought it along to the desk for better inspection under the light. The cover looked a lot newer than the heavily thumbed volumes beside it. Emblazoned across the front was the title "Linux - Unleash the Power of your PC" together with a picture of a fat cartoonish looking penguin. As I opened the book I felt a strange buzzing in my head that quickly passed. I shrugged it off as my attention was drawn to a CD which dropped out and landed on the desk in front of me. It bore the same title as the book, together with something about 'Ubuntu' which was a word I did not recognise.
I had heard of Linux though. The University ran Unix on some of their servers, although I rarely chose to interact with those systems. Perhaps I should broaden my horizons though. I liked to think I knew just about everything there was to know about using Windows, but you could never have too many strings to your bow. Almost without thinking I slipped the CD into my pocket and returned my attention to my work.
A date with my girlfriend Paige followed the work in the library. I was one of the few students on my CS course to actually have a partner since, although computers interested me and would one day be my means of making a living, I was careful not to get drawn into the weird geek subculture that seemed to pervade the department. Some of the guys with their nerdish glasses and unwashed t-shirts grunted at me strangely when I declined to join in their games of Counterstrike or attend Dungeons & Dragons sessions, but I reminded myself that while they were shut up in a grimy lab scoffing Cheetos I was getting laid on a regular basis.
That night in my dorm room while I was getting ready for bed, I remembered the CD in my pocket and fired up my laptop to take a look However I couldn't make out what the strange messages flowing across the screen meant. Perhaps if I sounded them out their meaning would become clear. I tried to phonetically pronounce the words but they disappeared too quickly to be replaced with a blank screen. I gave up, turned off the light and climbed into bed.
The erotic dream started with Paige slowly caressing my back and buttocks. The caressing transitioned into an incredibly gentle massage starting at my neck and shoulders and running down my back. My butt cheeks were being massaged apart and I spread my legs and raised my rear as her hand reached underneath me from behind to stroke my erection. Her hand was very warm and felt wonderful as I started to slowly thrust into her hand as she started jerking me off. A huge long warm and moist tongue started playing over my testicles and anus. It felt fantastic. No one had ever licked me there before. I never knew how sensual it felt.
As her hot hand was expertly running up and down my rigid penis something started probing my anus. It snaked its way into my anal opening and it started slowly expanding. Suddenly I had the urge to move my bowels, but I didn't care, as my attention was totally focused on my imminent orgasm. My penis was released as Paige suddenly grabbed my sides and jammed her hips against my butt.
I woke up to find myself with my rear in the air. Someone was grabbing my sides and hitting my butt. I jolted fully awake as I felt something expanding in my rectum and realized I was being fucked. The cock in my butt was still expanding and was becoming painfully large. I thought I could
Security is something we should get on top of the other features, not with the cost of other features. I am talking about usability and features here.
Sure, the core OpenBSD software is probably the most secure in the world, but what can you really accomplish with it without getting gray hair. Good for routers and other network appliances, but once you start moving towards application servers and (*gasp*) desktop oriented usage it becomes obvious that OpenBSD is not really fit for the duty. In many areas it is practically where most of the Linux distributions were in the 90s.
Heck, you can't even select my native keyboard layout without actually creating the mappings manually. Hah!
What's the difference? If they're immune to Conficker and Ghost-RAT programs; count me as a convert. Otherwise, shutup! Unix is nearly dead. Or is it?
Excuse me, but this sounds like a bad track record, given that they are talking about a quite useless "default install" with only ssh enabled. Why don't you just turn ethernet off in the default install and you'll have 0 remote holes in +infty years? This hole thing is a little bit ridiculous as are the songs and don't make me want to try OpenBSD at all. They really should work on the marketing angle. Arrogance is not the way to go, especially if it doesn't seem to be warranted at all.
Well... The thing is if you're running a jailed version of Firefox on OpenBSD the probability that someone could jailbreak it is really, really low.
especially since OpenBSD doesn't have jails. Oh, wait, they have fake jails which are implemented in userland and are vulnerable to race conditions and other attacks.
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