Some may not have noticed that #OpenBSD has quietly gained support for MediaTek 𝗠𝗧𝟳𝟵𝟮𝟱 via mwx(4).
Thanks to claudio and @mlarkin2012 for the initial patches.
marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=1…
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Is "block path "/admin/*"" in #relayd case-sensitive? Yes. Header names? No. Header values? Yes. Cookies?
Wrote up how relayd matches, the new glob / glob ignorecase feature, and an old bug found on the way.
rsadowski.de/posts/2026/rela…
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Ori Bernstein (ori@) has sent a follow-up mail about his experimental #GEFS port to #OpenBSD tech@, including an updated diff with newfs_gefs(8) utility, and more error handling.
marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=…
Ori Bernstein (ori@) has sent an "early preview" diff for GEFS , the "Good enough file system" to #OpenBSD tech@ 😎
marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=…
While still experimental, GEFS has been used in production on 9front/plan9.
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LPC 2026 Video recordings are available!
Please check out our latest blog post for details.
lpc.events/blog/current/inde…
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Updating #nextcloud on #OpenBSD is hard but I want to make stsp@ happy again.
x61.sh/log/2026/10/27-1147-n…
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Apparently my pet project tlgs.one is affected by the Brotli vuln. But OpenBSD's allocator and relinked libc saved my day.
Same principal is now applied to everything I run. Even on Linux, per launch!
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A new dbupdate(8) utility is being backported and released as a syspatch(8) update for #OpenBSD 7.9/8.0. This will make it easier for users to periodically update /etc/ssl/cert.pem and /usr/share/zoneinfo.
It's also available as an errata patch: openbsd.org/errata80.html#p0…
#eMudhra
Errata patches released to address the eMudhra certificate compromise: openbsd.org/errata80.html (More details: emudhra.we-have-a-problem.co…)
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pbxscience.com/wine-is-being…
Wine Is Being Ported to OpenBSD, and The Witcher 3 Remaster Already Runs.
#OpenBSD developer Thomas Frohwein proposed the port on the project's ports mailing list on October 19, calling it perhaps the most surprising port proposal of the year....
#BSD
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vincentschmalbach.com/cve-20…
httpd(8):
header block "Content-Type" "*multipart*" 403 "multipart blocked"
relayd(8):
block request quick header "Content-Type" value pattern "[Mm][Uu][Ll][Tt][Ii][Pp][Aa][Rr][Tt]" label "multipart blocked"
Ordered another 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 5GbE NIC from Amazon. As hoped, a new hardware revision.
amazon.com/BrosTrend-PCIe-Wi…
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The PHP security team is giving advance notice: Upcoming security release Wed, Oct 21st 2026, 14:00UTC, two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSSv4 9.2.
PHP users are encouraged to prepare to update. Earlier release if details become public or active exploit evidence.
kevlo retweeted
OpenBSD 8.0 release song? Oh yes— there's a release song.. 😏
"The Simps on AI"
openbsd.org/lyrics.html#80
ALT "The Simps on AI" - Composed & produced by Bob Kitella.
Surprise! #OpenBSD 8.0 is released! Happy release day! 🐡
openbsd.org/80.html
This is the 61st release of OpenBSD. Now get to upgrading/installing on all your machines. 👍
Announcement mail: marc.info/?l=openbsd-announc…
kevlo retweeted
OpenBSD 8.0 is out now! See what's new: openbsd.org/80.html
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Pigs really can fly, the moon is made of cheese and Wine now runs on #OpenBSD! 😅
Largely made possible by the work of Andrii (NethIafin), fabien@, and thfr@, 64-bit Windows applications (yes, games) run on -current!
WIP ports@ patch here: marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m…
#PlayOnBSD 🎮
Oh yeah btw, Thomas Frohwein (thfr@) is currently streaming some Death Stranding on OpenBSD. 😉
video.gamerstavern.online/w/…
#PlayOnBSD
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Heads up, Theo de Raadt has committed some additional tightening of setuid/setgid programs in #OpenBSD -current.
marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=1…
"If [a binary] has become setuid/setgid accidentally, unintentionally, or due to attacker control, and libc will log the event and abort."
kevlo retweeted
It's close to that time again.. if you're looking for some OpenBSD #80HYPE I have a summary post over on the fediverse, which allows more longform posts. 😎
#OpenBSD 8.0 releases later this month!
bsd.network/@brynet/11740703…
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Mischa Peters from over at OpenBSD Amsterdam with their fancy AMD EPYC servers showed off OpenBSD running with 64 VCPUs in vmm/vmd(8). 😆
dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=…
Blink and you might have missed it, mlarkin@ landed vmm/vmd(8) SMP guest support in #OpenBSD -current! 😁
This includes a new "cpus" param in vm.conf(5), and '-p' flag for vmctl(8). The default number of virtual guest CPUs is 1, with current max of 64.
github.com/openbsd/src/commi…
