Version 2.3 of the PBI Builder software has been released for FreeBSD 7.x / PC-BSD 7.x. This update adds functionality…
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This beta release fixes an error (missing library) that was
introduced with 1.3b17 and that broke IPsec support.
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This beta release updates the base system to FreeBSD 6.4, changes
the bridging implementation to if_bridge, and
fixes various bugs.
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Adam Dunkels writes “Inspired by the Twitter-sized program that crashes Mac OS X, I just wrote a really, really rudimentary IP stack called twIP, small enough to fit in a Twitter tweet. Although twIP is very far away from a real IP stack, it can do the first task of any IP stack: respond to pings. The entire source code can be found in this 128-character-long tweet. For those who are interested in low-level network programming, a code walkthrough with instructions on how to run the code under FreeBSD is available here. The FAQ: Q: why? A: for fun.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Handbrewer writes “The FreeBSD developer Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) has sued Lenovo in Denmark (Google translation, original here) over their refusal to refund the Windows Vista Business license, even though he declined the EULA during installation. Lenovo argues that they sell the computer as a full product, and that they cannot refund it partially, such as the power supply or the OS even if people intend to use a different one. This seems to be contrary to previous rulings in the EU where Acer and HP has been forced to refund the ‘Microsoft tax.’”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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A vulnerability has been found in BIND’s named server (CVE-2009-0696). An attacker could crash a server with a specially crafted dynamic update message to a zone for which the server is master.
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Reader Sevan Janiyan (Venture37) contributed this little story about DEFCON 17:
Like previously reported in 2008, Wired has given us a brief insight into the DEFCON 17 network, where once again our OpenBSD is in charge of making sure everything runs smoothly.
See Dave Bullock’s Inside the World’s Most Hostile Network on Wired.
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Pre-orders are now being accepted for OpenBSD 4.6, scheduled for release on October 1st, 2009.
The developers bring us an amazing amount of cool new stuff (PF now enabled by default, a new privilege-separated SMTP daemon, routing domain support and lots more).
Of course, t-shirts and posters are available too. Order your set NOW!
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There were 11 new ports for the week of July 20 to July 26:
- archivers:
- audio:
- databases:
- devel:
- mail:
- net:
- productivity:
- www:
- x11:
Some ports had updates that users should be aware of; no port was removed.
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Next Page »Welcome to this years Swedish OpenBSD conference, the 2009 Slackathon!
It will be held August 15th at the Stockholm University, though not in
the same conference room as the previous years, since it couldn’t hold
all visitors anymore!
This year, there will be even more OpenBSD developers attending since
the 2009 Slackathon happens right after the f2k9 Filesystem Hackathon in Stockholm.
Read more…
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