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BSD News 25/07/2016

BSD News 25/07/2016
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Releases: pfSense, FreeBSD, PacBSD, DragonFlyBSD
Other news: NetBSD, BSDnow, PC-BSD, Lumina Desktop, DragonFlyBSD, n2k16, BSDSec,


BSDSec


Releases

pfSense 2.3.2-RELEASE Now Available!
We are happy to announce the release of pfSense® software version 2.3.2!
This is a maintenance release in the 2.3.x series, bringing a number of bug fixes. The full list of changes is on the 2.3.2 New Features and Changes page.
This release includes fixes for 60 bugs, 8 features and 2 todo items completed.
If you haven’t yet caught up on the changes in 2.3.x, check out the Features and Highlights video. Past blog posts have covered some of the changes, such as the performance improvements from tryforward, and the webGUI update.
As always, you can upgrade from any prior version directly to 2.3.2. The Upgrade Guide covers everything you’ll need to know for upgrading in general.  There are a few areas where additional caution should be exercised with this upgrade if upgrading from 2.2.x or an earlier release, all noted in the 2.3 Upgrade Guide.
For those upgrading from a 2.3 beta or RC version who have not yet upgraded to 2.3-RELEASE, please see this post.
While, nearly all of the common regressions between 2.2.6 and 2.3-RELEASE have been fixed in subsequent releases, the following still exist:
  • IPsec IPComp does not work. This is disabled by default. However in 2.3.1, it is automatically not enabled to avoid encountering this problem. Bug 6167
  • IGMP Proxy does not work with VLAN interfaces, and possibly other edge cases. Bug 6099. This is a little-used component. If you’re not sure what it is, you’re not using it.
  • Those using IPsec and OpenBGPD may have non-functional IPsec unless OpenBGPD is removed. Bug 6223
Compared to pfSense 2.2.x, the list of available packages in pfSense 2.3.x has been significantly trimmed.  We have removed packages that have been deprecated upstream, no longer have an active maintainer, or were never stable. A few have yet to be converted for Bootstrap and may return if converted. See the 2.3 Removed Packages list for details.  pfSense 2.3.2 does bring back ntopng, and the vnstat (traffic totals) package is new.
Downloads are available on the mirrors as usual.
Downloads for New Installs and Upgrades to Existing Systems – note it’s usually easier to just use the auto-update functionality, in which case you don’t need to download anything from here. Check the Firmware Updates page for details.


FreeBSD 11.0-BETA2

The development of the upcoming major version of FreeBSD, whose final release is scheduled for early September, continues at a fast pace. Although delayed by a week, the 11.0-BETA2 build was finally announced yesterday: "The second BETA build of the 11.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 11.0-BETA1 includes: several build- and toolchain-related fixes; WITNESS and INVARIANTS have been disabled on powerpc, powerpc64, arm and armv6 architectures; freebsd-update(8) has been updated to allow '*-dbg' distribution sets; ctld(8) no longer exits when reloading the configuration with invalid initiator-portal clauses; GENERIC-NODEBUG kernel configurations have been removed; the callout code has been updated to avoid a system panic with TCP timers; several other changes." See also the (incomplete) release notes which are still work-in-progress. Quick links to download the amd64 and i386 installation DVD images: FreeBSD-11.0-BETA2-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,479MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-11.0-BETA2-i386-dvd1.iso (2,203MB, SHA512).

New PacBSD ISO Available

A new iso is available for testing for 64bit. Currently there are two install media, one for DVD/CD and one for USB devices. Be sure to select the right media. Dot img for usb and dot iso for CD/DVD.
Download is available here
Currently the main packages available for testing are: LXDE, chromium, Xorg, wine, transmission and a few Window Managers. New Packages are added daily and more DE should be available in a few days.
xfce4, firefox and vlc will be next uploaded. Though there are multiple PKGBUILD for these already available at
Github
Also you can view daily reports of the repository, which includes broken packages, packages which fail to pull in dependencies, outdated packages (Checked against freebsd ports) and other information:
Repository Report
Installation help can be found at:
ZFS Install Guide
If You need additional help, feel free to join irc.freenode.net ‪#‎pacbsd‬-dev as this is quite active. All new uploaded packages, git commits, repository reports are posted here daily.
One more note, any issues can be reported to us directly on #pacbsd-dev on IRC, or on our bug tracker.
Bug Tracker

DragonFly 4.6 release candidate 2 available

DragonFly 4.6 release candidate 2 has been tagged.  You can pull it directly from the master site in img or iso form (check your local mirror instead if possible), or shift to the new tag.
“Where is RC1?” you may ask?  I tagged the first release candidate some days ago, and this bug was immediately found right after.  It was easier to go right to RC2 once a fix was found.
This candidate will probably lead directly to a release version, so if you want to run the release version exactly, wait a few days.

News

New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2016-006 (mail.local)

A new security advisory was published:
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.

Fuzzy Auditing | BSD Now 151

This week on BSDNow, we have all sorts of interesting news, including a Kernel Fuzzing audit done for OpenBSD, a much improved ‘C’ client for LetsEncrypt, an interview with Dru Lavigne and more! Stick around for your place to B...SD!
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BSDNews 04/04/2016

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Releases:OpenBSD, SoloBSD, pfSense,
Other news:pfSense, BSDnow, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD


BSDSec


Releases

OpenBSD 5.9 released (early!)

The release of OpenBSD 5.9, previously scheduled for the usual May 1st, has just been officially announced! 
We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 5.9.
This is our 39th release on CD-ROM (and 40th via FTP/HTTP).  We remain
proud of OpenBSD's record of more than twenty years with only two remote
holes in the default install.
The release page mentions most of the major improvements, and the detailed changelog has a much longer list. Here are some of the bigger things incorporated into 5.9 that we're excited about. Read more...

SoloBSD 10.3-PRERELEASE-v44

There is a new build of SoloBSD 10.3-PRERELEASE based on the latest HardenedBSD stable branch version 44
You can grab it from Here. (45.8 Mb)
root password: solobsd

pfSense 2.3 Release Candidate

We are proud to announce pfSense® software version 2.3 Release Candidate is now available!
The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system being converted entirely to FreeBSD pkg (including the base system and kernel). The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going forward, rather than the monolithic updates of the past.
For the highlights, check out the Features and Highlights video. Past blog posts have covered some of the changes, such as the performance improvements from tryforward, and the webGUI update.
The full list of changes is on the 2.3 New Features and Changes page.
In the process of getting here, we’ve closed out 742 total tickets, with most of those being items related to the Bootstrap conversion. Of those, 136 bugs have been resolved that affect 2.2.x and prior versions.
New Installs
Upgrades
You can upgrade straight to 2.3 from any previous release. Check the Upgrade Guide for details.

News

Speciality MWL | BSD Now 135

This week on the show, we interview author Michael W Lucas to discuss his new book in the FreeBSD Mastery series: “Specialty Filesystems”. That plus the latest news, feedback & more!
View attached file (650 MB, video/mp4)
 

Features and Highlights of pfSense 2.3

Unless you’ve been completely out of the loop, you know that the official release of pfSense 2.3 is on the horizon. In anticipation of that event, Netgate, host of the pfSense® open-source software community and technical leader of the pfSense project, has put together a video that highlights many of the new and exciting changes in this release. Incalculable hours of engineering and testing time has been invested in this release. It’s certainly our biggest yet. As soon as it’s released, you can get it on official pfSense hardware at netgate.com. Enjoy!


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BSD News 21/03/2016

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Releases:SoloBSD, FreeBSD, HardenedBSD
Other news: BSDSec, PC-BSD, FreeBSD, HardenedBSD, FreeBSD Foundation, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, BSDnow,


BSDSec



Releases 

FreeBSD 10.3-RC3 Available

The third Release Candidate build for the FreeBSD 10.3 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv6, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.


New stable release: HardenedBSD-stable 10-STABLE v42.2

HardenedBSD-10-STABLE-v42.2 - https://github.com/HardenedBSD/hardenedBSD-stable/releases/tag/HardenedB...


RELEASE: SoloBSD 10.3-PRERELEASE-v42.2

There is a new build of SoloBSD 10.3-PRERELEASE based on the latest HardenedBSD stable branch version 42.2
You can grab it from Here. (45.7 Mb)
root password: solobsd



News 

FreeBSD Not a Linux Distro

 In this session George Neville-Neil presents the history of FreeBSD.


Call For Artists: New Icon Theme

Source: Call For Artists: New Icon Theme
Since the founding of the Lumina desktop project, one of the most common questions I get asked is: “I am not a programmer, but how can I help out?” Well today I would like to open up a new method of contributing for those of you that are graphically-inclined: the creation of a brand new icon theme for the Lumina desktop!
This new icon theme will adhere to the FreeDesktop specifications[1] for registering an icon theme, and the good news is that I have already handled all the administrative setup/framework for you so that all you need to do to contribute is basically just send in icon files!
Here are the highlights for the new theme:
  1. Included within the main Lumina source repository
  2. All icons will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. This is comparable to the 3-clause BSD license, but specifically for static images/files (whereas the BSD license is for source code).
  3. This will be a high-contrast, high-resolution, fully-scalable (SVG) theme.
  4. The general concept is a white foreground, with a black outline/shadow around the icon, and colorized emblems/overlays for distinguishing between similar icons (“folder” vs “folder-network” for instance). We are going for a more professional/simple look to the icons since tiny image details generally do not scale as well across the range we are looking at.
The details on how to contribute an icon to the theme are listed on the repository page as well, but here is the summary:
  1. Icons which are still needed are listed in the TODO.txt files within each directory.
  2. Submit the icon file via git pull request
  3. Add an entry for your icon/submission to the AUTHORS file (to ensure each contributor gets proper credit for their work)
  4. Remove the icon from the appropriate TODO.txt file/list
If you are not familiar with git or how to send git pull requests, feel free to email me the icon file(s) you want to contribute and I can add them to the source tree for you (and update the AUTHORS/TODO files as necessary). Just be sure to include your full name/email so we can give you the proper credit for your work (if you care about that).

As an added bonus since we don’t have any actual icons yet (just the general guidelines), the first contributor to send in some icons will get to help decide the overall look-n-feel of the icon theme!

[1] FreeDesktop Specifications
  • Theme Registration: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html
  • Icon Names: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/latest/ar01s04.html

 

NetBSD: Happy 23rd Birthday, src!

And so it began...

revision 1.1
date: 1993-03-21 10:45:37 +0100; author: cgd; state: Exp;
branches: 1.1.1;

Initial revision

and we continue this legacy.
 

Introducing a New Website and Logo for the Foundation


The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce the debut of our new logo and website, signaling the ongoing evolution of the Foundation identity, and ability to better serve the FreeBSD Project. Our new logo was designed to not only reflect the established and professional nature of our organization, but also to represent the link between the Project and the Foundation, and our commitment to community, collaboration, and the advancement of FreeBSD.

We did not make this decision lightly.  We are proud of the Beastie in the Business Suit and the history he encompasses. That is why you’ll still see him make an appearance on occasion. However, as the Foundation’s reach and objectives continue to expand, we must ensure our identity reflects who we are today, and where we are going in the future. From spotlighting companies who support and use FreeBSD, to making it easier to learn how to get involved, spread the word about, and work within the Project, the new site has been designed to better showcase, not only how we support the Project, but also the impact FreeBSD has on the world. The launch today marks the end of Phase I of our Website Development Project. Please stay tuned as we continue to add enhancements to the site.

We are also in the process of updating all our collateral, marketing literature, stationery, etc with the new logo. If you have used the FreeBSD Foundation logo in any of your marketing materials, please assist us in updating them. New Logo Guidelines will be available soon. In the meantime, if you are in the process of producing some new literature, and you would like to use the new Foundation logo, please contact our marketing department to get the new artwork.

Please note: we've moved the blog to the new site. See it here.




IPv6 errata for 5.7/5.8, pledge errata for 5.9

Errata patches were recently issued for an IPv6 bug that affects users of both OpenBSD 5.7 and 5.8, as well as a patch for pledge in the upcoming 5.9 release. Quoting the patch:
Insufficient checks in IPv6 socket binding and UDP IPv6 option processing allow a local user to send UDP packets with a source (IPv6 address + port) already reserved by another user.
Users that don't use IPv6 are not affected by this issue. Users who are using IPv6 should apply the patch, rebuild their kernel and reboot.
Though not officially released, unrelated an errata patch was issued for 5.9 on the same day:
Incorrect path processing in pledge_namei() could result in unexpected program termination of pledged programs.
Just as a heads up, you'll want to apply this one after installing 5.9 when it hits. Seasoned users know it's always good to check the errata page after doing an install.
Head over to the 5.7 errata or 5.8 errata pages to make sure you're all up to date.


AsiaBSDCon OpenBSD papers

This year's AsiaBSDCon has come to an end, with a number of OpenBSD-related talks being presented. Two developers were also invited to the smaller "bhyvecon" event to discuss vmm(4) and future plans.

  • Antoine Jacoutot (ajacoutot@) - OpenBSD rc.d(8) (slides | paper)
  • Henning Brauer (henning@) - Running an ISP on OpenBSD (slides)
  • Mike Belopuhov (mikeb@) - Implementation of Xen PVHVM drivers in OpenBSD (slides | paper)
  • Mike Belopuhov (mikeb@) - OpenBSD project status update (slides)
  • Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) - OpenBSD vmm Update (slides)
  • Reyk Floeter (reyk@) - OpenBSD vmd Update (slides) Videos will likely be uploaded later on. And finally, you can usually find most of the OpenBSD-related presentations at openbsd.org/papers. Future conferences can also be seen at openbsd.org/events.html.

    • Multiple card slots accessible in DragonFly

    If you somehow have a device with multiple SD/MMC card slots, you can now access all of them under DragonFly.  (Apparently done to make a tablet run DragonFly better, going by IRC conversation)

    The Tokyo Debrief | BSD Now 133

    This week on BSDNow, Allan and I are back from AsiaBSDCon & we have an interview with Brad Davis about the new “Packaging Base” call-for-testing. We’ll be sharing our thoughts and stories on how the week went, along with updating you on the latest news.
    View attached file (494 MB, video/mp4)
     

    World rebuild needed for DragonFly 4.5

    DragonFly BSD Digest by Justin Sherrill
    If you are running bleeding-edge DragonFly, Sepherosa Ziehau has made some networking changes that both reduce CPU usage in high-traffic situations and change some underlying network structures.  This means a full buildworld is needed on your next update.
    If you’re using DragonFly 4.4.x or older, you are unaffected.

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    BSD News 01/02/2016

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    Releases: OPNsesne, HardenedBSD
    Other news:Talks, HardenedBSD, NetBSD, Minix, FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD, ZFS, HardenedBSD, PC-BSD, OPNsense, LibreSSL, BSDSec, BSDTalk

    BSDSec


    Releases 

    OPNsense 16.1 Released

    It has been more than a year since OPNsense first came out. Back then it was FreeBSD 10.0. Not even two months after, 10.1 was introduced along with the opnsense-update utility. Today is the day for FreeBSD 10.2, the latest and greatest release currently available for broader driver support and stability improvements. 16.1 is nick-named “Crafty Coyote” in honour of our beloved childhood TV sessions. It is the accumulation of 6 months of work, having had our focus on reengineering the captive portal, native intrusion prevention, plugin support, and transforming the reporting frontend into something more modern and flexible just to name a few[1]. Apart from the recently published security advisories (see patch notes below), we have included a quick navigation feature which can be activated by pressing (TAB) followed by search keywords and hitting (ENTER) to go to the desired page. Last but not least, a larger batch of improvements and fixes went into assorted sections of the GUI that certainly help to get your work done without ending up dazed and confused.
     

    HardenedBSD New development versions.

    New stable versions: HardenedBSD-stable 10-STABLE and 11-CURRENT v40

    New stable versions: HardenedBSD-stable 10-STABLE and 11-CURRENT v40.1

    HardenedBSD-10-STABLE-v40.1 - https://github.com/HardenedBSD/hardenedBSD-stable/releases/tag/HardenedB...
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    [hardenedbsd] HBSD: Don't check for ZFS KLD when non-root.
    [hardenedbsd] HBSD: Harden KLD-related syscalls
    [hardenedbsd] HBSD: Add /proc to the hbsd-update's skipped files list.
    [hardenedbsd/freebsd] HBSD: ktrace: tidy up ktrstruct
    [freebsd] Merge OpenSSL 1.0.1r.
    [freebsd] Add EFI ZFS boot support
    [freebsd] e1000 driver update
    HardenedBSD-11-CURRENT-v40.1 - https://github.com/HardenedBSD/hardenedBSD-stable/releases/tag/HardenedB...
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    [hardenedbsd] HBSD: Don't check for ZFS KLD when non-root.
    [freebsd] Merge OpenSSL 1.0.2f. (SA candidate)
    [hardenedbsd] HBSD: Add /proc to the installer's skipped files list.

    News

    A Reimplementation of NetBSD Using a Microkernel

    This talk covers some of the history of Minix 3, what it is and why Andrew started the project, and how after years of fighting it why he realized that Minix 3 should be more like BSD than being its own thing.
    Join the discussion  on site. 

    New Member - CTurt

    We've added a new member to the HardenedBSD team! CTurt will be working with us to research, exploit, and produce patches for kernel-level vulnerabilities. We'll be working on getting these kernel security enhancements upstreamed to FreeBSD after the fixes have been deemed stable in HardenedBSD first.

    License corrections for DragonFly

    This has no effect on the actual operation of DragonFly, but it makes me feel better that it’s done: Rimvydas Jasinskas has gone through DragonFly source and removed the unnecessary 3rd BSD license clause, which is no longer needed.

    illuminating the future on PC-BSD | BSD Now 126

    This week on BSDNow, we are going to be talking to Ken Moore about the Lumina desktop environment, where it stands now and looking ahead. Then Allan turns the tables and interviews both myself and Ken about new ongoings in PC-BSD land. Stay tuned, lots of exciting show is coming your way right now on BSDNow, the place to B...SD!
    View attached file (699 MB, video/mp4)
     

    bsdtalk261 - Jails and System Management with Kris Moore

    An interview with Kris Moore about the Warden jail management system, iocage, and progress on a new system management API.

    File Info: 30Min, 14MB.

    Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/BSDTalk261/BSDTalk261.ogg 

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    Wallpaper of the week 

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    BSD News 11/01/2016

    BSD News 11/01/2016
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    Releases: none
    Other news:DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, BSDnow, BSDnow, FreeBSD, PC-BSD,


    BSDSec

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    Releases

    seems to be none

    News 

    opensource.com PC-BSD review

    Joshua Allen Holm of opensource.com gave PC-BSD an awesome review on their web blog!   Head on over and check it out!   Make sure to comment on their blog to show your thanks for supporting PC-BSD.
    https://opensource.com/life/15/12/bsd-desktop-user-review-pc-bsd

    ZFS in the trenches | BSD Now 123

    This week on BSDNow, we will be talking shop with Josh Paetzel of FreeNAS fame, hearing about his best dos and don'ts of using ZFS in production. Also, a quick look back at 2015 & lots of stuff to start talking about for 2016; Welcome to another exciting year of BSD Now!
    View attached file (780 MB, video/mp4)

    New ports utility for DragonFly: Synth

    John Marino has opened up his new utility for testing: Synth.  It’s made for building custom package repositories, similar to poudriere, but much less setup work.  If you’ve ever said “I like binary installs, but I want my own build options”, this is for you.  The README includes screenshots to show all the things it can do.
     

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     from http://kde-look.org/

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    BSD News 07/12/2015

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    Releases: seems to be none
    Other news: BSDSec, FreeBSD, BSDTalk, OpenBSD, BSDnow, PC-BSD, DragonFly BSD, 


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    Releases

    seems to be none

    News 


    BSD is go for Launch | BSD Now 118
    We know init systems have been all the rage recently, from systemd to openrc, launchd & even nosh, a lot of work is being done in this arena. Today we will be interviewing Mark Heily to discuss his efforts on relaunchd & how it differs from the rest!
    View attached file (598 MB, video/mp4)


    Preparing multitouch support - request for tests

    Ulf Brosziewski (bru@) writes to tech@:
    The diffs below contain a complete and extensive rewrite of the input-processing parts of wsmouse and the interface it provides to the hardware drivers. It prepares the support for various kinds of multitouch input, as well as an extended support for touchpads by wsmouse.
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    bsdtalk259 - Supporting a BSD Project

    A recording from vBSDCon 2015 of the talk titled "Supporting a BSD Project" with Ed Maste and George Neville-Neil.
    File Info: 65Min, 31MB.
    Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk259/bsdtalk259.ogg
     

    Show Your Support for FreeBSD

    Dear FreeBSD Community Member:
    Did you know your contribution to the FreeBSD Foundation makes a direct impact on the FreeBSD Project?
     Your donations:
    • Fund work to improve FreeBSD such as improving UEFI booting and the vt(4) system console and porting FreeBSD to the new AArch64 64-bit ARM architecture.
    • Send people to conferences to meet and work with other developers.
    • Buy hardware needed to improve the Project’s infrastructure.
    • Advocate for FreeBSD to recruit new people to the Project, and educate people on FreeBSD.
    That’s just the beginning. In honor of #GivingTuesday, help the Foundation by sending in your donation today. It's only with your help that we can continue and increase our support to make FreeBSD the high-performance, secure, and reliable OS you know and love.
    Thank you for your support. We can't do this without you!
    Deb Goodkin
     

    Update for recent DragonFly-master systems

    If you are running DragonFly-master (i.e. 4.5), and you have a system between these two updates (roughly between November 27th and now), please rebuild your kernel to avoid a TCP bug.

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    BSD News 07/09/2015

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    Virginia BSD Assembly | BSD Now 105

    It's already our two-year anniversary! This time on the show, we'll be chatting with Scott Courtney, vice president of infrastructure engineering at Verisign, about this year's vBSDCon. What's it have to offer in that’s different in the BSD conference space? We'll find out.
    View attached file (426 MB, video/mp4)

    Coming Soon to OpenBSD/amd64: A Native Hypervisor

    Earlier today, Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) published a teaser for something he's been working on for a while. Then a little later in the day, an announcement appeared on tech@:
    TL;DR - a native hypervisor is coming. stay tuned.
    For the last few months, I've been working on a hypervisor for OpenBSD. The idea for this started a few years ago, and after playing around with it from time to time, things really started to take shape around the time of the Brisbane hackathon earlier this year. As development accelerated, the OpenBSD Foundation generously offered to fund the project so that I could focus on it in more earnest.
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    OpenBSD 5.8's third song announced

    he third of the expected four OpenBSD 5.8 release songs, A Year in the Life, has been released.
    The song is available in mp3 and ogg formats, with lyrics mainly about the LibreSSL story (remember this?), but as the song notes point out,
    The pattern of LibreSSL development is a pattern that has repeated itself many times in OpenBSD -- a decision is made by a few people to do something, followed by action, and letting the world share it if they like it (such as with OpenSSH).
    Bob Beck's full announcement reads:
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    pkgsrc-wip migrating to NetBSD.org, git

    If everything goes as planned, the pkgsrc-wip CVS repository will be converted to git and hosted on NetBSD.org by end of September.
    In July we cleaned up the repository so it can be converted easily; since then we've been working on the infrastructure and details of the conversion. The main tasks are now finished. We have set up a server for it which hosts a preliminary git conversion (on wip.pkgsrc.org) of the CVS repository, created a mailing list for the commit messages, pkgsrc-wip-changes, and prepared a list of authors for the conversion.
    We've also provided a conversion of pkgsrc-wip based on data from July so that it can be tested on (nearly) live data. If you are interested in beta-testing the setup, send a suggestion for a username and an SSH public key to me. Details on how to test are on the NetBSD wiki but will probably change some more over time.
    We still need help for the conversion: if you are or were a wip contributor, please let me know by September 15 what name and email to use for the conversion from CVS to git. This conversion will not be done again, so after that date, the commit data will be final.

    New Release Schedule for PC-BSD

    The PC-BSD team has always been dedicated to bringing you the best graphical BSD desktop possible. We received some great feedback after our last release cycle that made us rethink our release schedule.
    In the past, we tracked FreeBSD major releases, and also added our own quarterly updates that tended to add in a good bit of code for new features and utilities. Going forward, PC-BSD releases will track FreeBSD releases only, such as 10.2 -> 11.0 -> 11.1. Once the code base is frozen for a major release, an update can be pushed out to EDGE users who wish to act as advanced users and beta testers for the updates. During that several week testing period, if something goes wrong we’ll count on EDGE users to help report issues so that we can
    quickly get those bugs fixed during the code freeze. After the several week testing period, we can release the update for PRODUCTION users, once we are confident that the kinks are worked out and EDGE users are happy.
    We’re also changing the way the EDGE and PRODUCTION branches work a little bit. EDGE packages will now only be built with the ‘stable’ branch of PC-BSD code, to avoid radical changes that could break functionality to the PC-BSD tool-chain. This also allows us to focus our QA and testing on the new 3rd party packages themselves.
    However, all packages that are built on FreeBSD -CURRENT will include PC-BSD’s ‘master’ branch, and are considered bleeding edge. These images will continue to be rolled monthly and are only intended for advanced users or developers who can debug and otherwise help fix issues as they arise.
    The PRODUCTION package branch will be switching to a monthly update schedule instead of quarterly. The PC-BSD tool-chain will also be based upon “stable”, which will not radically change between releases. We are hoping this change will balance between the need for stability and bringing in the latest packages / security updates to end users in a timely manner.


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    BSD News 24/08/2015

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    Last week in BSD

    Releases: SmallWall, NetBSD, OPNsense, PC-BSD
    Other news: BSDSec,RaspBSD, OpenBSD, BSDnow, HardenedBSD, Wallpaper

    BSDSec

     

    Releases

    SmallWall 1.8.4b9 beta release

    Just released a new beta with a MUCH newer version of SNMP. Now supports v2 and 64bit counters for network monitoring. Also may have fixed some memory and CPU monitoring bugs from a long way back. 

    NetBSD 7.0_RC3

    The full list of changes can be found near the bottom of http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC3/CHANGES-7.0
    Binaries of NetBSD 7.0_RC3 are available for download at:
    http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC3/
    Those who prefer to build from source can either use the netbsd-7-0-RC3 tag or follow the netbsd-7 branch.

    OPNsense 15.7.9 Released

    These are the full patch notes:
    • firmware: functional rework of update fetch and install, show reboot needed in alert box
    • interfaces: fixed spurious truncated interface names from showing up in the assignments
    • intrusion detection: improved rule select/deselect behaviour and alert querying
    • firewall/rules: fix missing apply button when another language is being used
    • crash reporter: multiple fixes, layout and submission improvements
    • firewall/logs: can now filter using IP version
    • firewall/nat: add anti-lockout rule for redirection
    • certificates: fix generation for LibreSSL flavour
    • openvpn: allow advanced settings for all server types
    • openvpn: reworked all configuration pages (especially client export)
    • ipsec: reworked all configuration pages

    PC-BSD 10.2-RELEASE Now Available

    • FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE base system
    • Many bugfixes and enhancements to installer to dual-boot setups
    • New CD-sized network installation media, with Wifi Configuration via GUI
    • Switched to “iocage” for jail management backend
    • Disk Manager GUI now available via installer GUI
    • Bug-fixes and improvements to Life-Preserver replications
    • Improved localization options for login manager
    • Options to Enable / Disable SSHD or IPv6 at installation
    • New “Plugins” system for AppCafe, allowing download of pre-built jail environments
    • Improvements to look-n-feel of AppCafe for package management
    • Improved fonts and better support for 4K monitor setups
    • Enterprise package repo, which only has security updates, allowing users to run a server / desktop or jail with fairly consistent package versions.
    • Firefox 40.0_1,1
    • Chromium 44.0.2403.130
    • Thunderbird 38.1.0
    • Lumina 0.8.6
    • GNOME 3.16.2

    Other news

    Raspberry Pi gains new FreeBSD distribution

    Raspberry Pi owners can dig out their SD-card formatting tools of choice again, because a new version of FreeBSD has emerged for the machines,
    RaspBSD will work on the Pi models B and B+ and promises to run on more “soon”. The “more” looks like including the BeagleBone Black and the Banana Pi.
    FreeBSD has been available on the Pi for some time, as recorded in this post by the Pi foundation. This cut of the OS is the work of FreeBSD contributor and forum administrator Brad Davis, who says “The Goal of this project is to build images easily useable by anyone. Sometimes that means images preloaded with different packages to help new users get started.”
    “Initially they will start off pretty basic, but will expand in different directions to support different goals. Initial goals include Education and Entertainment. All of our images are built using publicly available tools and any enhancements will be pushed upstream.”
    If that sounds like you, raspbsd.org offers you the chance to download and play with the new OS.

    OpenBSD 5.8 Preorders Enabled, Release Song Published

    Two important events of the OpenBSD 5.8 release cycle happened today:
    • On the Orders page, pre-orders for the new release have been enabled
    • On the Lyrics page, the OpenBSD 5.8 release song has been published, with links to OGG and MP3 formats available.
    The release date is October 18th, to mark the 20th anniversary of creation the OpenBSD CVS tree, as Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) noted in the announcement:
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    Ubuntu Slaughters Kittens | BSD Now 103

    Allan's away at BSDCam this week, but we've still got an exciting episode for you. We sat down with Bryan Cantrill, CTO of Joyent, to talk about a wide variety of topics: dtrace, ZFS, pkgsrc, containers & much more. This is easily our longest interview to date!
    View attached file (776 MB, video/mp4)
     

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    BSD News 29/06/2015

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    Releases: pfSense
    Other news: DragonFly BSD, pfSense, BSDnow, PC-BSD, FreeBSD, freeNAS, OpenBSD, MidnightBSD

    Releases

    pfSense 2.2.3-RELEASE Now Available

    pfSense® software version 2.2.3 release is now available, bringing a number of bug fixes and some security updates.
    Security Fixes
    • pfSense-SA-15_06.webgui: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in the pfSense WebGUI
      • The complete list of affected pages and fields is large and all are listed in the linked SA.
    • FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl: Multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities (Including Logjam): CVE-2015-1788, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-1792, CVE-2015-4000
    The bug fixes and changes in this release are detailed here.


    News

    PC-BSD Documentation can now be Translated Using Pootle

    Kris has finished integrating the source files for the PC-BSD Handbook documentation into Pootle, meaning that translators can now use their web browser to translate the Handbook into their native language. As translations are completed, we’ll make sure that the build server generates HTML copies and includes them in /usr/local/share/pcbsd/doc/html (right away for EDGE users and with the next release for PRODUCTION users).
    To translate the documentation, go to http://translate.pcbsd.org/translate/, click the “All Projects” drop-down menu, and select “PC-BSD Handbook”. You can then click the link for the language to translate. Currently, German and French are available. If you want to translate to a different language, send an email to the translations mailing list and request that it be added.


    Bitrot Group Therapy | BSD Now 95

    This time on the show, we'll be talking some ZFS with Sean Chittenden. He's been using it on FreeBSD at Groupon, and has some interesting stories about how it's saved his data. Answers to your emails and all of this week's headlines, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

    Seeking Package Mirrors

    HardenedBSD is gaining a lot of traction. We maintain our own packages to ensure proper ABI/API compatibility with HardenedBSD. We are looking for those who would be interested in mirroring our package repositories. You'd be looking at 2x50GB per repository. Right now, we only have one repo for 11-CURRENT/amd64. But we will soon be expanding to also building 10-STABLE/amd64 packages as well. We are currently restructuring the way our repo works. Of course, if you decide to become an official mirror, your name will be listed on our donors page. We appreciate the help and support the community has given us already and we look forward to working further with the community as we grow. Please contact us at core@hardenedbsd.org to discuss further details.

    Leap Seconds and FreeBSD Article

    A new article, FreeBSD Support for Leap Seconds, gives a quick overview of leap second handling. The next leap second will occur at 2015-Jun-30 23:59:60 UTC.

    Handling Leap Seconds the OpenBSD Way

    Christian Weisberger (naddy@) let us all know what we need to do to prepare for the impending leap second: 
    As you may have heard, a leap second will be upon us at 23:59:60
UTC on June 30.

The sky will fall, civilization will end, and dinosaurs will roam
the earth again.  Well, maybe not.

Neither the OpenBSD kernel nor OpenNTPD handle leap seconds in any
way.  So what will happen?
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    BSD News 01/06/15

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    Releases: OPNsense
    Other news: Lumina Desktop, pkgsrcCon, BSDnow, Hammer, PC-BSD, DragonFly BSD, Wallpaper

    Releases

    OPNsense version 15.1.11 Released


    Here is the full list of changes for 15.1.11:
    • core: removed unused package dependencies b42-fwcutter, bwi-firmware-kmod, dmidecode, ifstated, pecl-ssh2
    • core: switched back from bind-tools to the latest full bind 9.10 package due to various requests
    • src: fix panic in pf(4) in conjunction with ALTQ[3]
    • src: updated to FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p10[4][5]
    • src: reverted two more custom patches to align with FreeBSD
    • ports: updated to ca_root_nss 3.19, sqlite3 3.8.10.1, php56 5.6.9[6], openssh-portable 6.8p1_7[7]
    • opnsense-update: exclude /etc/tty from the upgrade
    • bsdinstaller: reworked the internals to align to modern port standards
    • captive portal: switched rules generation to new template engine
    • firmware: reimplement the GUI firmware update using MVC code
    • menu: remove collapse/expand inconsistencies
    • dashboard: fix disabled widgets dialog
    • nat: fixed delete of multiple item
    • nat: fix display of disabled rules
    • queues: the legacy ALTQ traffic shaper is now found under “Firewall: Queues” to make room for the upcoming traffic shaper reimplementation based on IPFW/dummynet
    • core: fix faulty read of /var/log/dmesg.boot

    OPNsense version 15.1.11.1 Released 


    • crypto: regenerate DH parameters for 1024, 2048 and 4096 bit
    • crypto: tweak the web server config to harden against Logjam


    Other news

    Announcing pkgsrcCon 2015 in Berlin 


    The 10th pkgsrcCon is happening on the weekend of July 4th and 5th 2015 in Berlin. Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend.
    More details can be found on the pkgsrcCon 2015 website.
    Everyone is welcome to make a presentation. So please do! If you already have title or topic please send an email to wiedi@frubar.net.


    HardenedBSD Poll: linuxulator Removal 



    The linuxulator (the Linux emulation/translation layer in FreeBSD) has recently undergone a major overhaul. Many of FreeBSD's userbase relies on the linuxulator to provide things like the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin, linux browsers, and certain linux-centric tasks. The linuxulator provides a set of security challenges. It is yet another attack vector. The core HardenedBSD team would like to completely remove the linuxulator from HardenedBSD's codebase.
    What would be removed:
    1. linuxulator and its dependents
    2. linprocfs (pending investigation, this might not be removed)
    3. packages that require the linuxulator
    Should the linuxulator be removed?

    Recent dragonfly-master users: update 



    If you were running a version of DragonFly 4.1 (i.e. the master version, not release) built between the 20th and 25th, rebuild.  There’s a UFS bug introduced in that short timeframe.
    If you are running 4.0.x release or built your version of DragonFly-master outside of that date range – you are unaffected.

    Vox Populi | BSD Now 91   

    This week on the show, we've got something pretty different. We went to a Linux convention and asked various people if they've ever tried BSD and what they know about it. Stay tuned for that, all this week's news and, of course, answers to your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.


    Code stuff

    Recent Hammer2 work
    More Hammer 2 improvements 
    In Other BSDs for 2015/05/30 

    Interesting articles

    Lumina Desktop Status Update/FAQ 
    PC-BSD 10.1.2: an Interview with Kris Moore
    [05/29/2015] zfscron - A great idea from the BSDNow podcast to backup your home directory.

    Wallpaper of the week

    from https://www.freebsd.org/logo.html


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    BSD News 25/05/15

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    Last week in BSD

    Releases: PC-BSD
    News: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, ArchBSD, PacBSD, Hammer, BSDnow, pkgsrcCon, HardenedBSD, Wallapper

    Releases

    PC-BSD 10.1.2 Released

    • New PersonaCrypt Utility
      • Allows moving all of users $HOME directory to an encrypted USB Drive. This drive can be connected at login, and used across different systems
      • Stealth Mode — Allows login to a blank $HOME directory, which is encrypted with a one-time GELI key. This $HOME directory is then discarded at logout, or rendered unreadable after a reboot
    • Tor mode — Switch firewall to running transparent proxy, blocking all traffic except what is routed through Tor.
    • Migrated to IPFW firewall for enabling VIMAGE in 10.2
    • Added sound configuration via the first boot utility
    • Support for encrypted iSCSI backups via Life-Preserver, including support for bare-metal restores via installer media
    • New HTML handbook, updated via normal package updates
    • Media Center support allowing direct login to Kodi and PlexHomeTheater for the 10ft user experience
    • Switch to new AppCafe interface, with remote support via web-browser
    • Improvements to Online Updater, along with GRUB nested menus for Boot-Environments
    • Migrate all ports to using LibreSSL instead of OpenSSL
    • Switch from NTPD to OpenNTPD
    • Lumina desktop 0.8.4
    • Chromium 42.0.2311.135
    • Firefox 38.0
    • NVIDIA Driver 346.47
    • Pkg 1.5.2

     

    HotFix release to 10.1.2 – Now available 


    A minor hotfix update to the 10.1.2 ISO’s has been released today. This includes fixes to advanced installation using raidz, cache and log devices, as well as a fix to the text-installer when booted in UEFI mode. Users who have already installed 10.1.2 will not need to download, and can instead online-update to install any fixes.
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    Other news

    Heads Up: spamd(8) PF Rule Change


    With a recent commit, Reyk Flöter (reyk@) flipped the switch on spamd(8)'s pf interfacement: 
    hange spamd to use divert-to instead of rdr-to.

divert-to has many advantages over rdr-to for proxies.  For example,
it is much easier to use, requires less code, does not depend on
/dev/pf, works in-band without the asynchronous lookup (DIOCNATLOOK
ioctl), saves us from additional port allocations by the rdr/NAT code,
and even avoids potential collisions and race conditions that could
theoretically happen with the lookup.

Heads up: users will have to update their spamd PF rules from rdr-to
to divert-to.  spamd now also listens to 127.0.0.1 instead of "any"
(0.0.0.0) by default which should be fine with most setups but has to
be considered for some special configurations.
    Those of you running spamd setups looking to upgrade need to double-check your pf configurations to make sure they still work the way you expect.

    ArchBSD changes to PacBSD 


    Over the next few days we will be migrating to a new name for the project. Due to potential trademark issues with using ArchBSD and our current logo. We have decided to rename the project.
    The new name can currently be used to browser the website, but our current certificates only work with ArchBSD.net, so there will be warnings when browsing with https. We will have to wait a few days before our new certificate will be generated to work with *.pacbsd.org.
    The Organization on git has been updated and can be found: PacBSD
    After the migration to our new name PacBSD we will be switching to a new website and new logo.

    ZFS Armistice | BSD Now 90   


    This time on the show, we'll be chatting with Jed Reynolds about ZFS. He's been using it extensively on a certain other OS, and we can both learn a bit about the other side's implementation. Answers to your questions and all this week's news, coming up on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD. 

    Announcing pkgsrcCon 2015 in Berlin   


    The 10th pkgsrcCon is happening on the weekend of July 4th and 5th 2015 in Berlin. Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend.
    More details can be found on the pkgsrcCon 2015 website.

    Everyone is welcome to make a presentation. So please do! If you already have title or topic please send an email to wiedi@frubar.net.



    Code stuff

    Automatic encryption of swap
    Hammer abort-cleanup added 
    In Other BSDs for 2015/05/23 

    Interesting articles

    freebsd-wifi-build, or "wait, you can run freebsd on atheros MIPS access points? where do I get that?" 
    A scanning tip 
    Lumina Desktop Status Update/FAQ

    Wallpaper of the week


    Not really. http://fapp.to/hardenedbsd-mate-desktop/

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