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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Nov 2007 22:51 UTC, submitted by Earin

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[2]: How?

by flanque on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 00:15 UTC 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?"

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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[4]: How?

by Bink on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 01:34 in reply to "RE[3]: How?"

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2006-02-19

Don�t forget the �secure by default� configuration��out of the box,� most services are off or have been reconfigured and/or rewritten with security in mind.

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RE[4]: How?

by Doc Pain on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 01:45 in reply to "RE[3]: How?"

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2006-10-08

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

Good documentation inside the source files, man pages, handbook and FAQ.

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RE[4]: How?

by kaiwai on Fri 2nd Nov 2007 14:19 in reply to "RE[3]: How?"

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2005-07-06

Good programming practices and code audits.

The also tend to add features which have been well tested; take SMP for example. Sure, OpenBSD could go off, and fine-grain everything under the sun, but the net result could be a huge mountain of bugs being exposed due to these changes.

What I see in OpenBSD is a gradual move forward. Rather than add a tonne of features and sort out the issues later, things are improved gradually. Although I'd hate to use this as an example, Windows Vista is a prime example of a tonne of changes being crammed into a single release then rushing around like headless chickens afterwards trying to fix up thing as the wheels fall off.

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