Star OpenBSD 4.2 Released
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Nov 2007 22:51 UTC, submitted by Earin
OpenBSD OpenBSD 4.2 has been released. "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.2. This is our 22nd release on CD-ROM (and 23rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install." Update: A what's new article at ONLamp.
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RE: How?
by indiocolifa on Thu 1st Nov 2007 23:48 UTC in reply to "How?"
indiocolifa
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2006-06-20

Sorry, but please tell what "rich modern" features you expect that are related to security holes.

Edited 2007-11-01 23:49

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RE[2]: How?
by flanque on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 00:15 in reply to "RE: How?"
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2005-12-15

You're misunderstanding. I don't know anything about OpenBSD. I don't know what's available for it.

I'm asking is this security record is due to them being very good at making the operating system, or if its due to there being less features than other operating systems.

It may be as feature rich as others, I just don't know, so that's why I'm asking.

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RE[3]: How?
by DoctorPepper on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 01:01 in reply to "RE[2]: How?"
DoctorPepper Member since:
2005-07-12

Good programming practices and code audits.

And probably a few other things I don't know about.

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RE[3]: How?
by de_wizze on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 01:39 in reply to "RE[2]: How?"
de_wizze Member since:
2005-10-31

They rewrite every thing with best security practices and even improve on poor design as the need arises (as in the case of Xorg I believe it was)

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