7 Apr 17:06
13 Mar 20:46
NetBSD 6.0_BETA binaries available for testing
<riz <at> NetBSD.org>
2012-03-13 19:46:52 GMT
2012-03-13 19:46:52 GMT
On behalf of NetBSD developers, I'm happy to announce the availability of a public beta of NetBSD 6.0, for your testing pleasure. (For a more-marked-up version of this announcment, see the NetBSD blog: http://blog.NetBSD.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_6_0_beta_binaries ) This beta is substantially feature-complete; there may be some additional changes to the installer and possibly some additional hardware support if some is found missing and is easily added, but the major changes are done. What we need now is for you, the end users, to test it in your preferred configuration. Please DO keep in mind, however, that this is a beta release; we fully expect there are some lurking bugs, so use with caution. Binaries of NetBSD 6.0_BETA are available for download at: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.0_BETA/ Bootable (for many arches) ISO images are also available, in ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.0_BETA/iso Here are some highlighted changes since NetBSD 5.0. As always, full details can be found in doc/CHANGES and doc/CHANGES-6.0: time_t is now 64 bits. syslog improvements: Reliable TCP connections, encryption, syslog protocol API. LKMs removed; superseded by the new module(7) framework. Boot loaders on some arches (i386, amd64) support loading modules at boot. Added crash(8) a new utility based on ddb(4) to diagnose kernel crashes.(Continue reading)
6 Mar 19:22
NetBSD/xen available for Multi-Processor machines
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer <at> NetBSD.org>
2012-03-06 18:22:44 GMT
2012-03-06 18:22:44 GMT
*** NetBSD/xen available for Multi-Processor machines
The NetBSD Foundation is pleased to announce completion of
Multiprocessing Support for the port of its Open Source Operating
System to the Xen hypervisor.
The NetBSD Fundation started the Xen MP project 8 month ago; the goal
was to add SMP support to NetBSD/Xen domU kernels. This project has
officially completed, and after a few bug fixes in the pmap(9) code it
is now considered stable on both i386 and amd64. NetBSD 6.0 will ship
with option MULTIPROCESSOR enabled by default for Xen domU kernels.
The availability of Xen MP support in NetBSD allows to run the NetBSD
Open Source Operating Systems on a range of available infrastructure
providers' systems. Amazon's Web Services with their Elastic Cloud
Computing is a prominent examples here.
Xen is a virtualization software that enables several independent
operating system instances ("domains") to run concurrently on the same
computer hardware. The hardware is managed by the first domain (dom0),
and further guest/user domains (domU) are spawned and managed by dom0.
Operating systems available for running as dom0 and domU guests
include Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Linux besides NetBSD.
NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open
Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of
platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to
handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features
make it excellent for use in both production and research
environments, and the source code is freely available under a
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4 Mar 17:07
Announcing EuroBSDcon 2012 & Call for Proposals
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg <at> NetBSD.org>
2012-03-04 16:07:06 GMT
2012-03-04 16:07:06 GMT
EuroBSDcon 2012 =============== EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for users and developers on BSD-based systems. The EuroBSDcon 2012 conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland from Thursday 18 October 2012 to Sunday 21 October 2012, with tutorials on Thursday and Friday and talks on Saturday and Sunday. Call for Proposals ------------------ The EuroBSDcon conference is inviting developers and users of BSD-based systems to submit innovative and original papers not submitted to other European conferences on BSD-related topics. Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to applications, architecture, implementation, performance and security of BSD-based operating systems, as well as topics concerning the economic or organizational aspects of BSD use. Presentations are expected to be 45 minutes. Call for Tutorial Proposals --------------------------- The EuroBSDcon conference is inviting qualified practitioners in their field to submit proposals for half or full day tutorials on topics relevant to development, implementation and use of BSD-based systems.(Continue reading)
1 Mar 23:27
BSD-Day 2012
Gabor PALI <pgj <at> FreeBSD.org>
2012-03-01 22:27:19 GMT
2012-03-01 22:27:19 GMT
Dear All, I am glad to inform you that we are again organizing a "DanuBSDCon" (aka. BSD-Day) [1]. It is going to be held at the UAS Technikum Wien [2] in Vienna, Austria [3] on May 5, 2012 as part of the Austrian Linuxweeks (Linuxwochen Österreich). We are inviting all developers to spread the word on NetBSD -- anybody who is just looking for an excuse to make a short trip to Central Europe, spend a nice weekend in Vienna, join us for a beer, talk about her favorite topic, or meet fellow developers from the region (and from other BSD flavours), or accidentally will not be able to make it to CanadaSo, please contact me if you would be interested in doing a talk! [1] http://bsdday.eu/ [2] http://www.technikum-wien.at/en/home/ [3] http://g.co/maps/679eb
11 Feb 05:29
Announcing NetBSD 5.1.2
Soren Jacobsen <snj <at> NetBSD.org>
2012-02-11 04:29:37 GMT
2012-02-11 04:29:37 GMT
On behalf of the NetBSD developers, I am pleased to announce that
NetBSD 5.1.2 is now available for download. NetBSD 5.1.2 is the second
critical/security update of the NetBSD 5.1 release branch. It
represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical for security or
stability reasons. All users are encouraged to upgrade.
For full details, please see the release notes at:
http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html
ISO images can be downloaded using BitTorrent, and we encourage users
who wish to install via ISO images to take advantage of this, as the
images are well seeded.
http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/torrents/
Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 5.1.2 are available for download
at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP,
HTTP, AnonCVS, and other services can be found at:
http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/
========================================================================
NetBSD 5.1.2 is dedicated to the memory of Yoshihiro Masuda, who passed
away in May 2011. He was a spiritual pillar of the BSD community in
Japan. Through an impressive number of books and articles on BSD, he
gave courage to BSD developers. We remember his passion and deep love
for BSD.
========================================================================
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3 Feb 20:06
Announcing NetBSD Hackathon - February 10th to 12th, 2012
Matthias Scheler <tron <at> NetBSD.org>
2012-02-03 19:06:47 GMT
2012-02-03 19:06:47 GMT
The 16th NetBSD hackathon will be run from February 10th to February 12th. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. Everybody that has an interest in NetBSD, from developers, documentation writers, translators, to advanced users are invited to attend. To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of the new release we would like to fix as many bugs as possible. For a list of bugs and more information look at the Wiki Page under <https://wiki.netbsd.org/hackathon/> please. If you are able to help us fixing these bugs by supplying patches or testing fixes please consider to participate. We are also in need of people to supply documentation fixes, preferably in the form of patches. Release notes and/or manual pages! Join us on the IRC channel #netbsd-code on freenode (irc.freenode.net). Just join, have a look around and ask your questions or what work needs to be done. We are looking forward to seeing you! Matthias Scheler On behalf of the NetBSD project
31 Jan 21:04
IPv4 address change for <many>.NetBSD.org
S.P.Zeidler <spz <at> NetBSD.org>
2012-01-31 20:04:41 GMT
2012-01-31 20:04:41 GMT
Dear all,
{mail, www, anoncvs, blog, wiki, releng}.NetBSD.org are
changing IPv4 address from something in 204.152.190 to
something in 149.20.53. Do not be alarmed. :)
There may be some glitches due to IP addresses hiding in
unexpected corners; we apologize in advance for any issues
caused by the renumbering.
The old addresses are going to be available at least another
week.
best regards,
spz
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19 Dec 00:31
Updated: NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-008: OpenPAM privilege escalation
NetBSD Security Officer <security-officer <at> NetBSD.org>
2011-12-18 23:31:51 GMT
2011-12-18 23:31:51 GMT
NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-008 ================================= Topic: OpenPAM privilege escalation Version: NetBSD-current: affected prior to 20111109 NetBSD 5.1: affected prior to 20111119 NetBSD 5.0: affected prior to 20111119 NetBSD 4.0.*: affected prior to 20111119 NetBSD 4.0: affected prior to 20111119 pkgsrc: security/openpam package prior to 20111213 Severity: Privilege escalation Fixed: NetBSD-current: Nov 9th, 2011 NetBSD-5-1 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-5-0 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-5 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-4-0 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-4 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 pkgsrc security/openpam: openpam-20071221nb1 Please note that NetBSD releases prior to 4.0 are no longer supported. It is recommended that all users upgrade to a supported release. Abstract ========(Continue reading)
16 Dec 01:00
NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-009: BIND resolver DoS
NetBSD Security Officer <security-officer <at> NetBSD.org>
2011-12-16 00:00:54 GMT
2011-12-16 00:00:54 GMT
NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-009
=================================
Topic: BIND resolver DoS
Version: NetBSD-current: affected prior to 20111116
NetBSD 5.1: affected prior to 20111118
NetBSD 5.0: affected prior to 20111118
NetBSD 4.0.*: affected prior to 20111120
NetBSD 4.0: affected prior to 20111120
pkgsrc: net/bind96, net/bind97 and net/bind98
packages prior to 20111116
Severity: Denial of Service
Fixed: NetBSD-current: Nov 16th, 2011
NetBSD-5-1 branch: Nov 18th, 2011
NetBSD-5-0 branch: Nov 18th, 2011
NetBSD-5 branch: Nov 18th, 2011
NetBSD-4-0 branch: Nov 20th, 2011
NetBSD-4 branch: Nov 20th, 2011
pkgsrc net/bind96: bind-9.6.3.1.ESV.5pl1 mitigates this issue
pkgsrc net/bind97: bind-9.7.4pl1 mitigates this issue
pkgsrc net/bind98: bind-9.8.1pl1 mitigates this issue
Please note that NetBSD releases prior to 4.0 are no longer supported.
It is recommended that all users upgrade to a supported release.
Abstract
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16 Dec 01:00
NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-008: OpenPAM privilege escalation
NetBSD Security Officer <security-officer <at> NetBSD.org>
2011-12-16 00:00:14 GMT
2011-12-16 00:00:14 GMT
NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-008 ================================= Topic: OpenPAM privilege escalation Version: NetBSD-current: affected prior to 20111109 NetBSD 5.1: affected prior to 20111119 NetBSD 5.0: affected prior to 20111119 NetBSD 4.0.*: affected prior to 20111119 NetBSD 4.0: affected prior to 20111119 pkgsrc: security/openpam package prior to 20111213 Severity: Privilege escalation Fixed: NetBSD-current: Nov 9th, 2011 NetBSD-5-1 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-5-0 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-5 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-4-0 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 NetBSD-4 branch: Nov 19th, 2011 pkgsrc security/openpam: openpam-20071221nb1 Please note that NetBSD releases prior to 4.0 are no longer supported. It is recommended that all users upgrade to a supported release. Abstract ========(Continue reading)
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