OpenBSD takes 5.6 version with LibreSSL from

OpenBSD has released version 5.6 of its namesake operating system released. In the code is LibreSSL, a fork of OpenSSL, which arose after the Heartbleed bug is a serious vulnerability in the code of OpenSSL was announced.

In the implementation of LibreSSL in OpenBSD 5.6, as mentioned by OpenBSD-projectoprichter Theo de Raadt was announced, many potentially vulnerable and outdated protocols is omitted. So lacking support for SSLv2, TLS compression and the weak ssl ciphers on the basis of US Export regulations.

Also the support for various hardware out the code from LibreSSL removed as this is outdated, or because the appropriate chips of, among others, IBM and Broadcom only with the help of proprietary drivers can be addressed. In OpenSSL, the most widely used open-source ssl/tls implementation, these features are still present.

OpenBSD, based on FreeBSD that last Sunday, his 21st birthday, contains in version 5.6 also an improved installation tool and a wider support for modern hardware. OpenSMTPD is further selected as the default smtp mail daemon, but unlike many other open-source operating systems, Oracles MySQL is not exchanged for MariaDB. Further OpenBSD users to choose from a KDE or Gnome environment. Despite the emphasis on the security of the operating system also contains OpenBSD flaws. So was the previous month, a dangerous bug was discovered that for ten years the source code was present.

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