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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 17 2017, @12:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the krackattack-free dept.

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow7568

OpenBSD is a lightweight operating system designed with code correctness and security in mind. The project has released OpenBSD 6.2 which features many new drivers, particularly for the ARM architecture, and network packet handling performance improvements. Some key features have been added to the system installer too, including checking for security updates on the system's first boot: "Installer improvements: The installer now uses the Allotment Routing Table (ART). A unique kernel is now created by the installer to boot from after install/upgrade. On release installs of architectures supported by syspatch, "syspatch -c" is now added to rc.firsttime. Backwards compatibility code to support the 'rtsol' keyword in hostname.if(5) has been removed. The install.site and upgrade.site scripts are now executed at the end of the install/upgrade process. More detailed information is shown to identify disks. The IPv6 default router selection has been fixed. On the amd64 platform, AES-NI is used if present."

Further information on OpenBSD 6.2 can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): amd64/install62.iso (330MB, SHA256, signature), i386/install62.iso (320MB, SHA256, signature)

Source: https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09986


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  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Tuesday October 17 2017, @02:45PM (5 children)

    by Wootery (2341) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @02:45PM (#583482)

    I'd have gone with "Modular, Extensible, Lightweight, Correct, Secure", or MELCS. Far more catchy.

    Unrelated question of my own: does OpenJDK run on OpenBSD these days? Seems a reasonable litmus test for serious Unices.

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday October 17 2017, @02:55PM (1 child)

    by RamiK (1813) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @02:55PM (#583487)

    Yes. [reddit.com]

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    • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Tuesday October 17 2017, @03:09PM

      by Wootery (2341) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @03:09PM (#583492)

      Good stuff, thanks.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 17 2017, @03:51PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 17 2017, @03:51PM (#583506)

    Seems a reasonable litmus test for serious Unices.

    And shitty programmers.

    • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Tuesday October 17 2017, @07:55PM

      by Wootery (2341) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @07:55PM (#583625)

      Language fanboyism. From an AC. Cute.

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday October 17 2017, @04:00PM

    by edIII (791) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @04:00PM (#583513)

    Aside from Reddit, I use it every single day in OpenBSD 6.1.

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