Security Patch Announcements
Dear , ;-) Using 5.0 I have now installed the two patches issued: 1) BIND patch from 01/12/2011 2) libcrypto patch from 23/04/12 What I cannot understand is that I have been registered on the following mailing lists since 5 April 2012: misc tech security-announce However, I haven't seen an announcement of the libcrypto patch on these lists. Did I miss something? Was it announced on another list? Mike
Re: Security Patch Announcements
Martin, Aaaa! I see. So I didn't miss anything. Thanks for the swift response. Mike
Re: OpenBSD forked
Would it be right to say that the "OpenBSD forked?" discussion has been forked into a discussion about the best way to learn C? In my experience - the following ways are the best to learn: 1) Get a basic understanding of how a program is structured, how to interface with other programs and the user, and how the compilation and linker tools work. 2) Have an idea for a program you want to write. The rest is based on your determination. Mike On 21/06/12 15:11, Gilles Chehade wrote: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 04:35:16PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 08:26:31AM -0400, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:16:24PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:39:44AM -0500, John wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:28:22AM +0530, Jay Patel wrote: Hi all users, I am users too. Thanks cody. I am learning C too. from "C primus plus" any thoughts from devs. which we should read? You may want to give this a try: http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/learn-c-the-hard-way.html John IMO tHe most valuable book is Kernighan & Ritchie "The C Programming Language". -Otto +1 Pff... that's so 80's... Cool kids these days want ``C in 21 days'' or some crap like that. pfff... C for dummies in two volumes is much much better !
OpenBSD - UEFI Secure Boot
Dear , I have been considering the implications for BSD and Linux and any non-MS O/S of the implementation of UEFI Secure Boot (SB). As I understand it, ARM devices wishing to receive Win8 cert are required to enable SB by default and prevent the disabling of SB. Meanwhile, x86 devices are supposed to ship with SB enabled but allow disabling... For some commentators, the x86 situation has been presented as MS leaving a back-door for other OSes such as BSD or Linux etc. i.e. "Don't worry about it" I think it is, in fact, that MS is seeking to temporarily provide a back-door for Win XP, Vista and Win7. As each MS OS reaches end-of-paid-for-support (e.g. XP in 2014) MS will slowly relax the UEFI SB specification such that the ability to disable SB will gradually disappear from x86-based devices. I am surprised that there is so little discussion of this developing situation on BSD and/or Linux lists because for me, the red lights are flashing, all bells and hooters are sounding, "We gotta get out of here!!" We are potentially talking about the end of BSD (or Linux...) on x86 hardware. Am I overly pessimistic? Have I missed something? OR Am I Jeremiah shouting "There's a flood coming! There's a f** flood coming, PEOPLE!" while everybody else is roasting sausages on their barbecues? Mike
Re: OpenBSD - UEFI Secure Boot
T, A!! Oh Yes I see what you are doing... Ah-hahaha, Yes - I agree Talk is so much puff... We need to DO... Time to work on CoreBoot or our own (who else will do it?) aftermarket BIOS solutions... Mike's plan: 1) Get EPROM programmer with PLCC adaptor 2) Get surface mount torch 3) Take over the world... Mike On 07/07/12 16:05, Theo de Raadt wrote: Be realistic. Talking about it on misc won't change anything. Dear , I have been considering the implications for BSD and Linux and any non-MS O/S of the implementation of UEFI Secure Boot (SB). As I understand it, ARM devices wishing to receive Win8 cert are required to enable SB by default and prevent the disabling of SB. Meanwhile, x86 devices are supposed to ship with SB enabled but allow disabling... For some commentators, the x86 situation has been presented as MS leaving a back-door for other OSes such as BSD or Linux etc. i.e. "Don't worry about it" I think it is, in fact, that MS is seeking to temporarily provide a back-door for Win XP, Vista and Win7. As each MS OS reaches end-of-paid-for-support (e.g. XP in 2014) MS will slowly relax the UEFI SB specification such that the ability to disable SB will gradually disappear from x86-based devices. I am surprised that there is so little discussion of this developing situation on BSD and/or Linux lists because for me, the red lights are flashing, all bells and hooters are sounding, "We gotta get out of here!!" We are potentially talking about the end of BSD (or Linux...) on x86 hardware. Am I overly pessimistic? Have I missed something? OR Am I Jeremiah shouting "There's a flood coming! There's a f** flood coming, PEOPLE!" while everybody else is roasting sausages on their barbecues? Mike
Re: OpenBSD - UEFI Secure Boot
Tomas (and David and E.V.R. Else-Body) Yes - I'd read the thread(s) (Gentoo too..) - but the ultimate conclusion of much of the discussion is "buy different hardware". I bought Betamax (because it was the best)... until... I bought SAAB (because it was the best)... until... I bought Amiga (because it was the best)... until... I don't want to be saying... I bou.. erm.. got... OpenBSD (because it was the best)... Mike On 07/07/12 18:25, Tomas Bodzar wrote: You are probably not reading misc@ or other forums (not even OpenBSD specific) too much, right? http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=133857397722515&w=2 - for example
Not receiving messages from the list
Would anybody be able to explain why I am not regularly receiving messages from misc? I haven't received anything since 22 August 2012. Comments much appreciated. Mike
