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| 2024 | OpenBSD project completed separation from original NetBSD fork, with all original files either modified or removed, except for a single data file in the 'quiz' program. |
| October 14 2022 | New riscv64 platform added, marking the 51st release. |
| October 14 2021 | New powerpc64 platform added. |
| May 1 2021 | 50th release of OpenBSD. |
| February 2021 |
LibreSSL
Gentoo dropped support for LibreSSL.
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| October 18 2020 | 25th anniversary release of OpenBSD. |
| October 17 2020 | Introduction of sysupgrade(8) to automate upgrades to new releases or snapshots. |
| 2019 | An anonymous critic named 'Stein' presented a talk at CCC called 'A systematic evaluation of OpenBSD's mitigations', critiquing the effectiveness of OpenBSD's security mitigations while acknowledging some were effective. |
| January 2019 |
LibreSSL
Alpine Linux dropped LibreSSL as its primary TLS library after supporting it for three years.
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| 2018 |
Hackathon
ShamHacks at Missouri University of Science and Technology focused on problem statements to improve quality of life factors for US veterans, partnering with veteran-owned company sponsors.
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| 2018 |
Bioctl
In OpenBSD 6.4, a dozen drivers register with the bio framework, expanding the bioctl subsystem's capabilities for RAID volume management.
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| 2017 | Smartisan continued to be the top financial contributor to the OpenBSD Foundation during the fundraising campaign. |
| 2017 |
Hackathon
The University of Mauritius Computer Club and Cyberstorm.mu organized a Hackathon called 'Code Wars', focused on implementing an IETF RFC in Lynx.
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| December 2017 | Ilja van Sprundel, director at IOActive, gave a talk at CCC and DEF CON titled 'Are all BSDs created equally? — A survey of BSD kernel vulnerabilities', analyzing security vulnerabilities in BSD systems and acknowledging OpenBSD as the 'clear winner' in terms of security. |
| 2016 | Smartisan, a Chinese company, emerged as the leading financial contributor to the OpenBSD Foundation during the fundraising campaign. |
| September 1 2016 | Introduction of doas(1) as a replacement for sudo, focusing on simplicity and security. |
| 2015 | Microsoft became the first gold-level contributor to the OpenBSD Foundation, donating between $25,000-50,000 to support OpenSSH development. |
| 2015 |
Hackathon
PennApps became the largest college hackathon with its 12th iteration, hosting over 2000 participants and offering over $60,000 in prizes.
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| October 18 2015 | LibreSSL fork of OpenSSL developed, marking a significant security and cryptographic initiative. |
| September 1 2015 | Introduction of doas(1) as a replacement for sudo. |
| 2014 | The OpenBSD Foundation began receiving significant corporate contributions from Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and the Core Infrastructure Initiative. |
| 2014 | Mircea Popescu donated US$20,000 in bitcoins to the OpenBSD project, helping it raise a total of US$150,000 and secure its short-term financial future. |
| 2014 |
Hackathon
Bitcamp was established at the University of Maryland, College Park, which has since grown to attract over 1,000 high school and college students annually.
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| October 18 2014 | LibreSSL fork of OpenSSL introduced, replacing the original OpenSSL. |
| July 8 2014 |
LibreSSL
Code porting for macOS and Solaris began.
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| June 21 2014 |
LibreSSL
Theo de Raadt welcomed BoringSSL and outlined plans for LibreSSL-portable.
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| June 20 2014 |
LibreSSL
Google created BoringSSL, another fork of OpenSSL, and promised to exchange fixes with LibreSSL. Code porting for Linux also began on this date.
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| June 5 2014 |
LibreSSL
Several OpenSSL bugs became public, with Theo de Raadt alleging that OpenSSL developers intentionally withheld information from OpenBSD and LibreSSL.
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| May 17 2014 |
LibreSSL
Bob Beck presented 'LibreSSL: The First 30 Days, and What The Future Holds' at the BSDCan conference, detailing the project's initial progress.
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| April 22 2014 |
LibreSSL
The LibreSSL project was officially named and announced publicly.
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| April 11 2014 |
LibreSSL
The libressl.org domain was registered, marking the initial step in the LibreSSL project's formation.
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| January 14 2014 | Bob Beck issued a public request for funding to cover electrical costs, warning the project might shut down without sustainable funding. |
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