MidnightBSD 3.0.1 Released With Security Fixes, rc.d Scripts Cleanup

Written by Michael Larabel in BSD on 5 April 2023 at 06:00 AM EDT. 3 Comments
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Building off last month's release of MidnightBSD 3.0 for this desktop-focused, FreeBSD-forked operating system the v3.0.1 update is now available.

This Xfce-using desktop BSD OS has seen several fixes and other minor refinements with today's MidnightBSD 3.0.1 unveiling from security fixes to cleaning up of rc.d service scripts.

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The brief 3.0.1 release announcement sums up the new version as:
"3.0.1 was tagged in our git repository and we've started building ISOs for it.? It includes several security updates such as OpenSSL 1.1.1t, doas 6.3p9, a fix for a telnetd vulnerability.? It also includes some cleanup work on rc.d scripts, fixes for periodic scripts that were incorrect around ntpd and restoring msearch/mport db backups.? ?We also updated mport to 2.2.9 which fixed the mport mirror list command."

The new release can be downloaded at MidnightBSD.org.
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