Software-update: OpenBSD 7.7

De nieuwe halfjaarlijkse release van OpenBSD is uitgekomen. Op deze pagina is een uitgebreide lijst van ftp- en http(s)-downloadlocaties te vinden. OpenBSD stamt af van de originele Berkeley Software Distribution en heeft als kenmerk dat de ontwikkelaars alleen opensourcesoftware willen gebruiken. Verder staat het besturingssysteem bekend om zijn uitstekende documentatie en veiligheid. De complete releasenotes kunnen op deze pagina worden gevonden; dit is de aankondiging voor deze uitgave:

OpenBSD 7.7 Released

The OpenBSD project has announced OpenBSD 7.7, its 58^th release. The new release contains a number of significant improvements, including but certainly not limited to:

• Multiple SMP improvements have been made. TCP output and TCP timers now run in parallel. Only TCP input still uses exclusive netlock.
• drm(4) has been updated to to Linux 6.12.21
• Performance policy specification is now more flexible. [See earlier report]
• sysctl(8) now supports an input file. [See earlier report]
• Improvements to network hardware support include new drivers ice(4) for Intel E810 Ethernet devices, and ixv(4) for virtual functions of Intel 82598EB, 82559, and X540.
• By default, sysupgrade(8) now upgrades to the next release. [See earlier report]
• fw_update(8) now supports arbitrary dmesg files. [See earlier report]
• Support for FRAME sockets was added. [See earlier report]
• ifconfig scan can now detect/display WPA3 access points.
• (Limited) EFI boot manager support has been added to installboot(8).
• unwind(8) now supports wildcards in block list. [See earlier report]
• rpki-client(8) now has a stricter aging policy for Trust Anchor certificates. [See earlier report]
• LibreSSL 4.1.0 [See earlier report for version 4.0.0]
• OpenSSH 10.0 [See earlier reports on sshd(8) splitting, and on release]

See the full changelog for more details of the changes made over this latest six month development cycle. The Installation Guide details how to get the system up and running with a fresh install, while those who already run earlier releases should follow the Upgrade Guide, in most cases using sysupgrade(8).

Versienummer	7.7
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	BSD
Website	OpenBSD
Download	https://www.openbsd.org/
Licentietype	Voorwaarden (GNU/BSD/etc.)