Why “OpenBSD” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
No, I didn't. NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD all have wireguard support in-tree. That there is a Linux implementation and several portable userspace versions running around is bes…
by yjftsjthsd-h · Oct 7, 2026
OpenBSD has arc4random_uniform() avoiding "modulo bias". https://man.openbsd.org/arc4random.3#arc4random_uniform
by kidmin · Oct 7, 2026
Knowing openbsd and Theo de Raadt I'm sure he will never ever comply with an order like that.
by wolvoleo · Oct 7, 2026
OpenSSH -portable is maintained by the OpenSSH developers, who are also OpenBSD developers.
by brynet · Oct 7, 2026
It is based upon what the OpenBSD Foundation gets. Last year: https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2025.html Now I am going to call out IBM. Last I checked,…
by jmclnx · Oct 7, 2026
Who is "they" ? AFAIK the OpenSSH team focuses on the OpenBSD version and others people/teams use the new releases to create/update a portable version. So I think it w…
by jmclnx · Oct 7, 2026
Interest
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OpenBSD is a security-focused, free software, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Theo de Raadt created OpenBSD in 1995 by forking NetBSD 1.0. The OpenBSD project emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security, and integrated cryptography. Read more on Wikipedia