{"id":137057,"date":"2026-10-20T02:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webdomino.net\/?guid=9e4abe2f9d6053c8ede075c819c639e7"},"modified":"2026-10-20T02:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:14:01","slug":"openbsd-8-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdomino.net\/index.php\/openbsd\/openbsd-8-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenBSD 8.0 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/\">OpenBSD<\/a> project has\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-announce&amp;m=179245843570316&amp;w=2\">announced<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/80.html\">OpenBSD 8.0<\/a>,\r\nits 61<sup>st<\/sup> release.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/80.html\">release<\/a>\r\ncontains a number of significant improvements, including but certainly\r\nnot limited to:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><code>OpenBSD\/amd64<\/code> kernel virtual address space is now 512<abbr>GB<\/abbr> [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260623114653\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>Mitigation for AMD Zen-2 operation cache corruption added [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=177872278127344&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>OpenBSD now uses <abbr>AES<\/abbr> instructions (on <code>amd64<\/code> and <code>arm64<\/code> when available) to increase speed of swap encryption\/decryption [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=178665520119606&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>The <code>OpenBSD\/loongson<\/code> hardware platform has been retired [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260716110034\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/getexecpath.3\"><code>getexecpath(3)<\/code><\/a> added [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=178818926016046&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/drm.4#drm\"><code>drm(4)<\/code><\/a> has been updated to Linux 6.18.53<\/li>\r\n<li><code><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/vmm\">vmm(4)<\/a><\/code>\/<code><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/vmd\">vmd(8)<\/a><\/code> improvements:<ul><li>files are now used to manage <abbr>VM<\/abbr> ownership [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260804054218\">report<\/a>]<\/li><li>multi-processor <abbr>VMs<\/abbr> are now supported [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260927115632\">report<\/a>]<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\r\n<li><abbr>WPA3<\/abbr> support introduced [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260719093851\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><code><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/syslogd\">syslogd(8)<\/a><\/code> privileged and non-privileged parts now separate binaries [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260612080210\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><code><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/qwz\">qwz(4)<\/a><\/code> driver for Qualcomm Technologies WCN7850 wireless network devices added [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=177877544827590&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><abbr>PF<\/abbr> queues break the 4 <abbr>Gbps<\/abbr> barrier [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260319125859\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/httpd.8\"><code>httpd(8)<\/code><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/smtpd.8\"><code>smtpd(8)<\/code><\/a> are now randomly relinked at boot [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260605064136\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/httpd.8\"><code>httpd(8)<\/code><\/a> has seen many improvements:<ul><li>support for custom <abbr>HTTP<\/abbr> headers [See <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260725103657\">earlier<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20261004115249\">reports<\/a>]<\/li><li>header block\/drop rules for request filtering [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20261004115249\">report<\/a>]<\/li><li>improved default <abbr>crypto<\/abbr> methods for <abbr>HTTPS<\/abbr> [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260629165750\">report<\/a>]<\/li><li>cache control for static files [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=177901539991454&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/relayd.8\"><code>relayd(8)<\/code><\/a> has received several improvements:<ul><li>improved default <abbr>crypto<\/abbr> methods for <abbr>HTTPS<\/abbr> [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260629165750\">report<\/a>]<\/li><li>support for <abbr>ECDSA<\/abbr> keys and certificates was added [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260721124747\">report<\/a>]<\/li><li>filter rules gained support for Lua <a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/patterns.7\"><code>patterns(7)<\/code><\/a> [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20261004115249\">report<\/a>]<\/li><li>support for multiple resolvable addresses [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=177900905888386&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/rtrd.8\"><code>rtrd(8)<\/code><\/a>, a <abbr>RTR<\/abbr>-To-Router protocol daemon, and its control program, <a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/rtrctl.8\"><code>rtrctl(8)<\/code><\/a>, were imported [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260927120124\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/acme-client.1\"><code>acme-client(1)<\/code><\/a> gained support for external account binding [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=177941478752981&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>Several improvements in OpenBGPD [See <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260807061435\">earlier<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20261001164002\">reports<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>A number of incremental improvements in <code><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/rpki-client\">rpki-client(8)<\/a><\/code> [See <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260714094547\">earlier<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260824085031\">reports<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/tmux.1\"><code>tmux(1)<\/code><\/a> gained support for floating panes [See <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-cvs&amp;m=178082077386221&amp;w=2\">commit<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>LibreSSL 4.4.0 [See <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260527055600\">earlier<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20261007052424\">reports<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>OpenSSH 10.6 [<a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260706190144\">See<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260811113606\">earlier<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20261007052827\">reports<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li><code>llvm<\/code>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/clang.1\"><code>clang(1)<\/code><\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/ld.lld.1\"><code>lld(1)<\/code><\/a> updated to version 22.1.6 [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260603065856\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>LLVM toolchain added to OpenBSD\/sparc64 [See earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20260730130302\">report<\/a>]<\/li>\r\n<li>compiler-rt, libunwind, libcxxabi, libcxx updated to version 22.1.8<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nIn addition, this release offers a number of bug fixes and as well as numerous improvements in hardware support.\r\n<\/p><p>See the\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/plus80.html\">full changelog<\/a>\r\nfor more details of the changes made over this latest six month\r\ndevelopment cycle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/faq\/faq4.html\"><i>Installation Guide<\/i><\/a>\r\ndetails how to get the system up and running with a fresh install,\r\nwhile those who already run earlier releases should follow the\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/faq\/upgrade80.html\"><i>Upgrade Guide<\/i><\/a>,\r\nin most cases using\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/sysupgrade.8\"><code>sysupgrade(8)<\/code><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Readers are encouraged to celebrate the new release by\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/donations.html\">donating<\/a>\r\nto the project to support further development of our favourite <abbr>OS<\/abbr>!<\/p>\r\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OpenBSD project has<br 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