Notices by Peter N. M. Hansteen (pitrh@mastodon.social), page 4

PROTIP: If you run a "cloud mapping experiment", make sure the contact address you give is deliverable -

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I just saw a post that referred to ChatGPT as "Mansplaining as a service", and it is so wonderfully correct - instant generation of superficially plausible yet totally fabricated nonsense presented with unflagging confidence, regardless of topic, without concern, regard, or even awareness of the expertise of its audience :D #chatgpt #mansplaining #GenerativeAiIsGoingGreat

@feld @mms I suppose the wording in the Handbook https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#configtuning-configfiles section 14.2.4 could be made less ambiguous then (the note vs the paragraphs following)

@mms OpenBSD forked from NetBSD back in 1995. There has been parallel development ever since, so there will be differences. But I do not think any of them went as far as replacing the entire init system.

@mms I'd say variations on a theme. FreeBSD and NetBSD both have the defaults in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and you edit /etc/rc.conf while OpenBSD has the defaults in /etc/rc.conf and you edit /etc/rc.conf.local, close enough that it's obvious they share a common origin.

OpenSMTPD 7.4.0p1 Released https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231116120437 #openbsd #opensmtpd #email #smtp #mail

For friends in #Bergen (or wishing you were) - Bergen Open Source https://boskonf.no/ is a new open source conference organized by #Fribyte on November 2, 2023 (with yours truly giving a talk) #opensource

Viable ROP-free roadmap for i386/armv8/riscv64/alpha/sparc64 https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230925061225 #openbsd #retguard #rop #rop-free #security #roadmap

3D printing on OpenBSD? Yes, that’s a thing! https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230914075444 #openbsd #3dprinting #3d #prusa #slicing #design

New routed IPsec VPN mode committed https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230807094305 #OpenBSD #VPN #IPSec #routed #security

rpki-client 8.5 released https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230730110711 #openbsd #rpki-client #bgp #routing #security

Mandatory enforcement of indirect branch targets https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230714121907 #OpenBSD #BTI #IBT #security

OpenBGPD 8.1 released https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230713110230 #openbgpd #openbsd #bgpd #bgp #routing

Wayland on OpenBSD https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230711113344 #OpenBSD #Wayland #xenocara #x11 #xwindows

Soft updates (softdep) disabled for future VFS work https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230706044554 #OpenBSD #softdep #softupdates #VFS #current #development

Game of Trees 0.90 released https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230624054334 #openbsd #got #git #gameoftrees #versioncontrol #development

[CFT] Major pfsync(4) Rewrite on the Horizon https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230621081948 #openbsd #pf #pfsync #firewalls #redundancy

Youth Hacking 4 Freedom Registration still open -

* Participants must be 14-18 years old, living in Europe, to register at
https://yh4f.org
* The registration is extended till the end of January
* Six winners will be awarded again with cash prizes and a trip to Brussels.
* The competition takes place online. The Award Ceremony is in Brussels.
* The coding period started on the 1st of January and ends on the 30th of
June 2023.

#freesoftware #programming #hacking

lladdr-tied Config Support May Soon Land in ifconfig(8) and netstart(8) https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221125104917 #openbsd #networking