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OpenBSD 5.5 Released

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 1, 2014

This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.5. For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading to 5.5.

Generic network stack improvements:

  • Added vxlan(4), a virtual extensible local area network tunnel interface.
  • pflow(4) now sends 64 bit time values for pflowproto 10. The changed templates / flows for pflowproto 10 are now parsable by existing receivers.
  • Continued improvement of the checksum offload framework to streamline the calculation of TCP, UDP, ICMP, and ICMPv6 checksums.
  • Enabled IPv6 routing domain support.
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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