17 May 2013
OpenBSD Errata :: 003 RELIABILITY
OpenBSD Errata :: 004 RELIABILITY
15 May 2013
Undeadly :: Interview with William Allaire
Undeadly spoke with Bill Allaire, winner of the Absolute OpenBSD 2nd Edition auction started by author Michael W. Lucas and reported on by us last month. Bill ended up with the winning bid of $1,145.00 US. Read more...
10 May 2013
Undeadly :: Reduce gray-listing pain by seeding white-list with SPF records.
I have been using gray-listing to thwart spamming for what feels like a very long time. I started using it around the release of OpenBSD 3.5. It was an amazing change from a constant storm of spam and just enabling it got rid of 80% of the spam almost immediately. That amazing improvement didn't come without a cost. Some mail services and servers don't work so well with it. Especially large mailing systems that pass around messages and don't necessarily guarantee the next delivery attempt will come from the same IP or network. Microsoft Exchange was also known to be 'usually' configured in such a way to not work with gray-listing as well.
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07 May 2013
Undeadly :: You've Installed It. Now What? -stable packages!
Introduction
A short while ago an article was published on here on Undeadly, which explained how to use the ports and packages framework. While it was a good read, it focused on -current.
This article will show how to keep your -stable system up to date, without building anything yourself!
Up to date packages....on -stable?OpenBSD is continuously working on providing snapshots for all architectures and to provide the packages that go with it. Read more...
Frederic Bezies :: En vrac’ rapide et libre :)
Alors que les deux prochains jours seront fériés (8 mai et Jeudi de Pentecôte), j’en profite pour faire un en vrac’ rapide et libre, étant donné que je ne compte rien poster jusqu’à vendredi
- La ArchLinux libre au sens entendu par la Free Software Foundation, la Parabola GNU/Linux propose de nouvelles ISOs d’installation ainsi qu’une image LiveCD / LiveUSB qui utilise Lxde. Plus d’info sur la page dédiée du wiki de la distribution.
- Un LiveCD intéressant, car il utilise OpenBSD comme base. FuguIta 5.3 est disponible au téléchargement.
- Après la Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy sortie dimanche, la CrunchBang Linux 11 annonce son arrivée.
- Kwort, la distribution dont on prononce le nom en éternuant, dérivée de la Crux est aussi sortie en version 4.0.
- Linux dans l’espace via la Station Spatiale Internationale ? Merci la NASA !
- Et pour terminer avec les distributions GNU/Linux, la deuxième béta d’ElementaryOS 0.2 est sortie. Plus d’info chez son plus grand fan, Devil505 qui lui consacre un billet.
- J’aurais pu parlé de la sortie de Cinnamon 1.8.0, euh 1.8.1, mais non, j’ai pas envie
Bons jours fériés et au vendredi 10 mai
Par Frederic Bezies
05 May 2013
OpenBSD Errata :: 002 RELIABILITY
02 May 2013
Undeadly :: Introducing ports.su — ports-readmes mirror and ports search
Taking on espie's dated call on doing something cool with databases/sqlports port, and with his own initial work through databases/ports-readmes port, I've decided to fork ports-readmes, and create some very simple web-site to mirror the content generated.
Introducing http://ports.su/ .
The web-site is completely static, and all the pages get regenerated daily by downloading a fresh copy of the sqlports package from the snapshots, and running the forked ports-readmes.
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01 May 2013
Undeadly :: OpenBSD 5.3 Released!
The OpenBSD project today formally released OpenBSD 5.3, the project's 34th release on the steady six monthly release cycle.
Notable news in the present release include the a production ready release of OpenSMTPD, a much-renovated dhclient(8), a slew of new drivers for various hardware, OpenSSH release 6.2 as well as numerous improvements in all parts of the system. The OpenBSD 5.3 release page has more information, with further details given at the changelog page.
The new release is available as an inexpensive CD set and as a free download from mirror sites in several countries worldwide.
Frederic Bezies :: Faisons mumuse avec OpenBSD 5.3… De la bureautique avec Xfce, ça vous dit ?
Comme tous les 6 mois OpenBSD propose sa nouvelle version. En ce premier mai, c’est la version 5.3 qui accueille les curieux.
La chanson officielle de la version 5.3, sacré clin d’oeil au chef d’oeuvre de Ridley Scott « Blade Runner », accompagne une version qui propose des petites choses intéressantes, en dehors de nouvelles versions des technologies OpenSSH et OpenSSL, entre autres :
- Gnome 3.6.2
- Xfce 4.10.2
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 et 18.0.2
- Chromium 24.0.1312.68
- Libreoffice 3.6.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.2
Une logithèque assez récente somme toute. J’ai donc récupéré l’ISO d’installation version AMD64 avec mon wget bien aimé.
[fred@fredo-arch ISO à tester]$ wget -c http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/amd64/install53.iso
–2013-05-01 15:02:04– http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/amd64/install53.iso
Résolution de ftp.fr.openbsd.org (ftp.fr.openbsd.org)… 145.238.209.46
Connexion vers ftp.fr.openbsd.org (ftp.fr.openbsd.org)|145.238.209.46|:80…connecté.
requête HTTP transmise, en attente de la réponse…200 OK
Longueur: 238057472 (227M) [application/octet-stream]
Sauvegarde en : «install53.iso»100%[======================================>] 238 057 472 1,05MB/s ds 2m 50s
2013-05-01 15:04:54 (1,34 MB/s) – «install53.iso» sauvegardé [238057472/238057472]
A la différence de l’article d’octobre dernier, j’ai remplacé gnome 3.6.2 par Xfce 4.10.2.
L’installateur est toujours le même, du mode texte qui fait son travail, et c’est très bien comme cela. J’ai ajouté le support de l’heure en réseau.
Après le démarrage, je me suis connecté en root et j’ai rajouté ceci dans le fichier .profile en utilisant vi :
PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/packages/amd64/
export PKG_PATH
L’installation de Xfce se fait avec un petit : pkg_add -v xfce xfce-extras
Pour Xfce, je suis resté dans les clous en rajoutant Midori en lieu et place de Mozilla Firefox et Claws Mail en lieu et place de Mozilla Thunderbird. Les fichiers audio ? Exaile, voyons
J’ai du quatre ou cinq fois répondre à un choix de paquets. Je ne me suis pas pris la tête, j’ai gardé l’option par défaut
J’en ai profité pour rajouter cups. Et pour être tranquille, j’ai rajouté dbus_daemon et cupsd dans la ligne pkg_scripts du fichier /etc/rc.conf
L’ajout de libreoffice ? pkg_add -v libreoffice-i18n-fr
Pour franciser l’interface dans Xfce, il faut rajouter ceci au fichier ~./profile :
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
MM_CHARSET=UTF-8
LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=POSIX
export LANG MM_CHARSET LC_ALL LC_COLLATE
Pour gérer la connexion en mode graphique, j’ai choisi à savoir slim. Et rajouter slim dans la ligne pkg_scripts du fichier /etc/rc.conf.
Auparavant, il ne faut pas oublier de mettre dans le répertoire utilisateur un fichier .xinitrc contenant : exec startxfce4
Mis à part l’interface partiellement en franglais, l’ensemble approche de quelque chose de vraiment utilisable au quotidien pour une utlisation bureautique.
Que de progrès fait depuis quelques années, on pourra bientôt faire de la bureautique sur un OS orienté sécurité comme OpenBSD sans se prendre la tête
Par Frederic Bezies
Frederic Bezies :: En vrac rapide et plus ou moins libre.
En ce jour de la fête du travail, un petit en vrac’ plus ou moins libre.
- L’équipe de Sabayon Linux nous propose une nouvelle ISO de sa distribution qui apporte un support expérimental de systemd. Plus d’infos et des liens vers les ISOs sur l’annonce officielle.
- Amoureux des systèmes obscurs, soyez ravi : OpenBSD 5.3 sort aujourd’hui. Il y a toujours les notes de publications disponibles.
- Dans la famille des BSDs libre, je demande la libellule. DragonFly BSD annonce la sortie de la version 3.4 de son OS.
- Vers un abandon à terme des versions 32 bits pour Archlinux ? En tout cas ce billet parle de la progression importante des versions 64 bits par rapport aux 32 bits…
- Pas vraiment complètement relié au libre, mais j’en profite pour rappeler le concours en cours sur le blog d’Agnès, et sur le mien
Par Frederic Bezies
29 April 2013
GCU OpenBSD :: “Nan mais j’ai un ami à l’interieur”
Aaaah ce que tu aimerais bien pouvoir te la raconter avec un AuthorizedKeysCommand d’OpenSSH 6.2 et binder ainsi n’importe quel programme externe pour fournir des clés publiques… mais voila, ton parc est truffé de Debian, et même pas trace de 6.2p1 dans experimental.
Mais nous sommes bienveillants, aussi, après que gaston soit parti en éclaireur et m’ait nargué avec son openssh-server_6.2p1-3_amd64.deb, je suis moi aussi parti en guerre, mais en sus, je vous ai documenté ça.
Allez, fais chauffer les builds.
Par iMil
22 April 2013
Undeadly :: You've Installed It. Now What? Packages!
Installing OpenBSD is easy, and takes you maybe 20 minutes. Most articles and guides you find out there will urge you to take a look at the files in /etc/ and explore the man pages to make the system do what you want. With a modern BSD, the base system is full featured enough that you can in fact get a lot done right away just by editing the relevant files and perhaps starting or restarting one or more services. If all you want to do is set up something like a gateway for your network with basic-to-advanced packet filtering, everything you need is already there in the basic install.
Then again, all the world is not a firewall, and it is likely you will want to use, for example, a web browser other than the venerable lynx or editing tools that are not vi or mg. That's where packages and package systems come in. I'll skip a little ahead of myself and make a confession: The machine I'm writing this piece on reports that it has some 381 packages installed.
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17 April 2013
Undeadly :: OpenBSD Foundation benefit Auction / Absolute OpenBSD 2nd Ed.
Author Michael Lucas has kindly donated a signed copy of the very first production copy of Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd Edition to an auction benefitting the OpenBSD Foundation:
OpenBSD Foundation benefit Auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200913454300
A special auction has been arranged with Michael Lucas and No Starch Press to raise funds for the OpenBSD Foundation. See the link above.
This will be an auction of the guaranteed first copy off the press of Michael Lucas's Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd edition, which is due before the end of this month. This copy will be personally signed by the author, and accompanied with a certificate of authenticity. A DRM free digital version will also be made available to the winner.
The auction is handled by Computer Shop of Calgary. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the OpenBSD Foundation.
Auction says Credit Cards or PayPal is accepted, but I am sure we could arrange alternate methods. Hey, the OpenBSD crowd is clever enough to each have a stash of BitCoins, no? Cost you nothing, right? Just a tiny handful would do wonders!
Enjoy the fun!
Austin Hook
OpenBSD project leader Theo de Raadt added:
I would like to thank Michael for coming up with this idea.
For those who missed the fine print, this will go to the OpenBSD Foundation. The donations the Foundation receives go exclusively towards funding OpenBSD project costs.
This will join donations that fund approximately 90% of our hackathon costs (where much of our development happens), and around 90% of our network costs.
The other people who donate don't get an item like this (unless they are bidding against you and win).
This is the perfect chance to grab a unique piece of OpenBSD history, and support the project while you're at it.
Update: The auction is over, and has raised $1,145.00 US for the OpenBSD Foundation! Congratulations to the winning bidder, and another round of thanks to Michael Lucas for making this happen.
04 April 2013
Undeadly :: BXR.SU, OpenGrok service for BSDs in publicly private (IPv6-only) beta
Read more...Publicly private beta? Instead of devising a new scheme on handing out invitations for a new and improved OpenGrok for the BSDs, why not require IPv6 for the beta?
Welcome BXR.SU — Super User's BSD Cross Reference, which is launched 2013-04-01 as an IPv6-only OpenGrok service for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and DragonFly BSD.
01 April 2013
Undeadly :: LOLCODE Scripting Added to OpenBSD Kernel
Given the need for constant feature implementation, and the difficulty normal users have altering their running kernels, the OpenBSD project, after nearly a year of testing and rejecting candidates, is proud to announce the selection of LOLCODE as the in-kernel scripting language.
Example code implementing a basic firewall function is found below:
KAN HAZ INTERNETZ?
BTW Filter packets based on source address
HOW DUZ I SOURCEFILTER YR MBUF
I HAZ A IPHDR ITZ mtod(MBUF, (IPHDR *))
IZ IPHDR->srcip "192.168.1.1"?
YARLY
BTW Have matched a blacklisted address; drop packet
m_freem(MBUF)
NOWAI
BTW Just pass the packet
KTHX
IF U SAY SO
One of the factors driving the adoption of LOLCODE was the unparalleled ability for writing interpreters for other languages, meaning that your options for kernel hacking are virtually limitless.
LOLCODE scripts are loaded/unloaded through the new lolctl(8) command, which accesses the new lol(4) device.
This should be currently available in snapshots; as always, widespread testing is key to a quality release!
20 March 2013
Undeadly :: KMS for Intel GPUs has landed in -current
Read more...Significantly increase the wordlist for ddb hangman, and update our device independent DRM code and the Intel DRM code to be mostly in sync with Linux 3.8.3. Among other things this brings support for kernel modesetting and enables use of the rings on gen6+ Intel hardware. Based on some earlier work from matthieu@ with some hints from FreeBSD and with lots of help from kettenis@ (including a beautiful accelerated wscons framebuffer console!) Thanks to M:Tier and the OpenBSD Foundation for sponsoring this work.
19 March 2013
Undeadly :: OpenSMTPD 5.3 released
At AsiaBSDCon, Eric Faurot (eric@) has announced the release of OpenSMTPD 5.3 which is the first stable and production-ready release of OpenSMTPD.
It will also be shipping with OpenBSD 5.3.
We would like to thank the OpenBSD/OpenSMTPD community for their help in testing the snapshots, reporting bugs, contributing code and packaging for other systems. Read more...
Undeadly :: AsiaBSDCon 2013 wrap-up
AsiaBSDCon 2013 wrapped up on Sunday, and many of the attendees are traveling back to their home countries or extending their time with a holiday in the beautiful country of Japan.
There was a substantial OpenBSD presence at the conference, with 5 talks (including all talks in room 'B' on Sunday).
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17 March 2013
Undeadly :: OpenBSD 5.3 Pre-Orders Have Started
Pre-orders of the upcoming OpenBSD 5.3 release are now accepted via the project's Orders page.
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GCU OpenBSD :: a new postmaster arises
gilles@ à pris sa plus belle plume (sous la menace) pour nous pondre ceci (en exclusivité-zomg-mondiale) :
Récemment, un gros tas de commits à été fait sur OpenSMTPD dans le repository d’OpenBSD. Dans la foulée, une section spécifique est apparue dans la page resumant les bonnes choses à attendre de la prochaine release d’OpenBSD .
Cette section débutait par: “New features: code is now considered stable and suitable for use in production. [...]”C’est pendant son talk “OpenSMTPD: we deliver” à AsiaBSDCon qu’Eric Faurot (eric@) à annoncé la release d’OpenSMTPD.
Elle est loin d’être la premiere release stable, mais c’est la première à être officiellement considérée comme “production-ready”.
Elle est d’ores et déja disponible sur le site officiel en version OpenBSD et portable.
La version OpenBSD est celle qui sera shippée dans OpenBSD 5.3.
Ndm: Pour rappel, undeadly en avait déja parlé dans le passé. Ah, et enjoy la syntaxe du fichier de conf pf-like, ainsi que son pote smtpctl pour le contrôler.
Sendmail n’a qu’a bien se tenir…
Par gaston
15 March 2013
OpenBSD Errata :: 001 RELIABILITY
26 February 2013
Undeadly :: Donation Request: New xserve G4 for ports builds
Antoine Jacoutot(ajacoutot@) wrote to the misc@ mailing list outlining the project's need for another xserve G4 for macppc builds:
We are looking for a second xserve G4 for the OpenBSD ports building infrastructure. Currently, only one machine is doing all the work and a bulk can last up to 1 month which makes it very hard to stay in sync with snapshots. We are also low on RAM on this machine (only 512M) which makes the build even longer and prevent building some ports.
If anyone could donate and ship such a machine and/or compliant RAM (1G would be nice), please contact me. The machine will be hosted in Alberta, Canada.
Thank you
If any of our readers can help, please contact Antoine with any offers of appropriate hardware you may have lying around.
Editor's note: Specific developers and various parts of the project tend to make their hardware needs known via the Hardware Wanted page. And if you know of hardware that might be useful (also items that are not specifically listed on that page), please follow the instructions on that page for contacting the donations coordinator.
21 February 2013
Undeadly :: BSDCan 2013 Program Announced
Read on for further details, registration is expected to open soon.
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10 February 2013
Undeadly :: Love the new dhclient changes - and so I was inspired...
This is a fan letter for my fellow developer Ken Westerback (krw@). Ken is currently partway through the thankless job of modernizing dhclient - it's already much better, and I think it will be really good for 5.3 an will probably take on new life afterwards with more improvements.
If you're like me, and run around with an OpenBSD laptop, dhclient has been the bane of my existence.
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06 February 2013
Undeadly :: AsiaBSDCon 2013: Strong set of OpenBSD talks
The conference takes place in Tokyo, Japan on 14-17 March, 2013. Read on for details, registration will be opening soon. Read more...
05 February 2013
04 February 2013
Undeadly :: Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd Edition is available for pre-order
No Starch Press is now accepting pre-orders for Absolute OpenBSD 2nd edition by Michael W. Lucas. A discount is available if you use the promo code from Michael's Blog.
The book is listed with an April 2013 release date, and it will be up to date with the upcoming OpenBSD 5.3 release.
01 February 2013
Undeadly :: 5.3 -beta tagged, it's snapshots testing time again!
Read more...CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: miod@cvs.openbsd.org 2013/01/31 16:30:40 Modified files: etc/root : root.mail share/mk : sys.mk sys/arch/macppc/stand/tbxidata: bsd.tbxi sys/conf : GENERIC newvers.sh sys/sys : param.h Log message: welcome to 5.3-BETA
Undeadly :: OpenBSD at FOSDEM 2013
OpenBSD developers Mike Belopuhov (mikeb@) will give a talk about IPsec improvements in OpenBSD and Matthieu Herrb (matthieu@) will give a talk about X.Org on non-Linux systems.
Undeadly :: n2k13 update: Hardware VLAN tagging/stripping and performance enhancements for vr(4)
I intended to start the hackathon by finishing off a diff to add hardware VLAN tagging/stripping support for VT6105M chips in vr(4) then moving on to something else. Although I'm not a kernel or hardware hacker, I already had some mostly working code, the data sheet and a test device. How long could this take?Read more...
31 January 2013
Undeadly :: Back from n2k13 new zealand.
Having now returned from n2k13 in new zealand, I thought I'd share a little bit here. We had a very productive time in Dunedin at the University of Otago - where we were provided with some very nice accomodation and a great hacking room organized by Jim Cheetham (Thanks Jim!).
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30 January 2013
Undeadly :: OpenSMTPD: more features, more cleanup, more more
28 January 2013
Undeadly :: WPA Enterprise mode for OpenBSD
This is what he wrote:
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21 January 2013
Undeadly :: Hibernate on amd64




