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From: Theo de Raadt Subject: OpenBSD 2.3 released Date: 1998/05/25 Message-ID: Approved: spamguard@courtesan.com Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc Organization: Courtesan Consulting Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ | . | ___ ___ ._ _ | . >/ __>| . \ /_, > <__ / | | || . \/ ._>| ' || . \\__ \| | | / / _ <_ \ `___'| _/\___.|_|_||___/<___/|___/ /___|<_><___/ |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - OpenBSD 2.3 RELEASED ------------------------------------------------- May 19, 1998. We are quite pleased to announce that the new OpenBSD 2.3 release is now available. OpenBSD 2.3 continues along the path our developers started on more than two years ago by providing significant improvements in nearly all areas of the system: - Hardware support is improved (http://www.OpenBSD.org/plat.html) - Security is strengthened even more (http://www.OpenBSD.org/security.html) - More cryptography integrated (http://www.OpenBSD.org/crypto.html) - Thousands of other bugs fixed (http://www.OpenBSD.org/plus.html) - A greatly improved "ports" tree (http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html) Those who wish to see a list of what has changed between OpenBSD 2.2 and OpenBSD 2.3 can look at http://www.OpenBSD.org/plus.html#22 This is a summary of the most important changes we made to OpenBSD, but even then, it is a very very long list. This is our fourth OpenBSD release, and the third release which is available on our own CDROM. Our releases have been spaced six months apart, and we plan on continuing that timing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - SECURITY ------------------------------------------------------------- Between the creation of the OpenBSD 2.3 FTP/CDROMs binaries and the actual OpenBSD 2.3 release, our team found and fixed some new security problems (note: most are minor, and in subsystems that are not enabled by default). Our continued research into security means we will find new security problems -- we always provide patches as soon as possible. Therefore, we advise regular visits to http://www.OpenBSD.org/security.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - CDROM SALES ---------------------------------------------------------- OpenBSD 2.3 is also available on CDROM. A 2-CD set which costs $30USD is available via mail order and from a number of contacts around the world. The set includes a colourful booklet which carefully explains the installation of OpenBSD. Two cute little stickers are also included (sorry, but our FTP mirror sites do not support STP, the Sticker Transfer Protocol). Profits from the sale of these units are the primary income source for the OpenBSD project -- in essence selling these CDROM units ensures that OpenBSD will continue to make another release six months from now. For more information on ordering CDROMs, see http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html All of our developers strongly urge you to buy a CDROM and support our future efforts. As well, other donations to the project would be highly appreciated, as described in more detail at http://www.OpenBSD.org/goals.html#funding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - FTP/HTTP INSTALLS ---------------------------------------------------- If you choose not to buy an OpenBSD CDROM, OpenBSD can be easily installed via either the FTP or HTTP protocols. Typically you need a single small piece of boot media (ie. a boot floppy) and then the rest of the files can be installed from a number of locations, including directly off the Internet. What follows is a simple set of instructions to ensure that those who install via FTP or HTTP find all the documentation they need while doing an install (with the CDROMs, the documentation is easier to find). 1) Read either of the following two files for a list of ftp/http mirrors which provide OpenBSD, then choose one near you: http://www.OpenBSD.org/ftp.html ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/ftplist 2) Connect to that ftp/http mirror site and go into the directory pub/OpenBSD/2.3/, which contains these files and directories. This is a list of what you will see: Changelogs/ X11.tar.gz i386/ powerpc/ HARDWARE alpha/ mac68k/ root.mail README amiga/ mvme68k/ sparc/ README.packages arc/ packages/ src.tar.gz README.ports ftplist pmax/ srcsys.tar.gz SIZES hp300/ ports.tar.gz tools/ It is quite likely that you will want at LEAST the following files which apply to all the architectures OpenBSD is supported on. README - generic README HARDWARE - list of hardware we support SIZES - recommended partition sizes README.ports - description of our "ports" tree README.packages - description of pre-compiled packages root.mail - a copy of root's mail at initial login 3) Read the file README. It is short, and a quick read will make sure you understand what else you need to fetch. 4) Next, go into the directory that applies to your architecture, say it is i386. This is a list of what you will see: CKSUM INSTALL.os2br comp23.tar.gz misc23.tar.gz INSTALL.ata INSTALL.pt etc23.tar.gz text23.tar.gz INSTALL.chs MD5 floppy23.fs xbase23.tar.gz INSTALL.dbr base23.tar.gz game23.tar.gz xfont23.tar.gz INSTALL.i386 boot.catalog* index.txt xlink23.tar.gz INSTALL.mbr bsd* man23.tar.gz xserv23.tar.gz If you are new to OpenBSD, fetch _at least_ the file INSTALL.i386 and floppy23.fs; both of which the README file would have told me to fetch. 5) If you are an expert, follow the instructions in the file called README; otherwise, use the more complete instructions in the file called INSTALL.i386. INSTALL.i386 may tell you that you need to fetch other files. 6) Just in case, take a peek at: http://www.OpenBSD.org/errata.html This is the page where we talk about the mistakes we made while creating the 2.3 release, or the significant bugs we fixed post-release which we think our users should have fixes for. Patches and workarounds are clearly described there. Note: If you end up needing to write a raw floppy using MSDOS, look in pub/OpenBSD/2.3/tools for the "rawrite.*" files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - XFree86 FOR MOST ARCHITECTURES --------------------------------------- XFree86 has been integrated more closely into the system. Most of our architectures ship with XFree86, even the sparc and alpha. During installation, you can install XFree86 quite easily. Be sure to try out xdm(1) and see how we have customized it for OpenBSD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - PORTS TREE ----------------------------------------------------------- The OpenBSD ports tree contains automated instructions for building third party software. The software has been verified to build and run on the various OpenBSD architectures. The 2.3 ports collection including many of the distribution files, is included on the 2-CD set. Please see README.ports for more information. Note: some of the most popular ports, e.g. the apache web server and several X applications, are now a standard part of OpenBSD. Also, other popular ports have been pre-compiled for those who do not desire to build their own binaries (see PACKAGES, below). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - BINARY PACKAGES WE PROVIDE ------------------------------------------- A number of binary packages are provided. Please see README.packages (ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/README.packages) for more details. We especially recommend the use of the ssh package. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - SYSTEM SOURCE CODE --------------------------------------------------- The CDROMs contain source code for all the subsystems explained above, and the README (ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/README) file explains how to deal with these source files. For those who are doing an FTP/HTTP install, the source code for all four subsystems can be found in the pub/OpenBSD/2.3/ directory: X11.tar.gz ports.tar.gz src.tar.gz srcsys.tar.gz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -THANKS ---------------------------------------------------------------- We would like to specially thank Secure Networks, makers of the Ballista network security auditing tool, for their kind financial contribution which permitted this release to be made. Without their support at the right time, this release probably would not have happened. People who care about network security should check their web site and download their demo software: http://www.securenetworks.com OpenBSD 2.3 also introduces a new daemon image which we will be seeing a lot more of in the future -- thanks to Erick 'nemickol' Green for creating it and Dug Song for convincing him to do so. CDROM artistic layout by Fred Holliss. Ports tree and package building by Marco S Hyman. System builds by Theo de Raadt, Niklas Hallqvist, Todd Fries, Per Fogelstrom, Mats O Jansson, and Ryan Kereliuk. ISO-9660 filesystem layout by Theo de Raadt. We would also like to thank all the people who sent in bug reports, bug fixes, donation cheques, hardware we use, and who bought our previous CDROMs. Those who did not support us financially have still helped us with our goal of improving the quality of the software. -- This space not left unintentionally unblank. deraadt@openbsd.org www.OpenBSD.org -- We're fixing security problems so you can sleep at night. (If it wasn't so fascinating I might get some sleep myself...)
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