OpenBSD 4.4 available for pre-orders

OpenBSD 4.4 is now available for pre-orders.

In no particular order, here's what I'm looking forward to in the new release:

• New sysmerge tool to assist in upgrading config files
  
• OpenSSH 5.1, including chroot support and visual fingerprinting
  
• Better PF record keeping
  
• tcpbench TCP benchmarking tool
  
• relayd enhancements
  
• dhclient is now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes
  
• WPA
  
• vmt driver: basically VMware tools
  
• Improved malloc (pretty much a rewrite -- ph33r otto@!)
  
• OpenCVS improvements
  
• Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed -- great news for those of us installing headless boxes!
  

Remember to order early! The OpenBSD team ships CDs on a first come, first served basis.

And what OpenBSD released would be released without a song -- this time, it's the Star Wars themed "Trial of the BSD Knights"! It's a tribute to the 4.4BSD team (because it's OpenBSD 4.4).

I've already started working on building the AccessEnforcer source code on post-OpenBSD 4.4 snapshots to get ready for the new release. Really looking forward to it! :)

A big thanks to the OpenBSD team for what I'm sure is a rock-solid release!