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curprev 16:5616:56, 19 May 2025 95.57.10.252 talk 30,257 bytes −89 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 20:5620:56, 24 April 2025 Laura240406 talk contribs 30,346 bytes −27 →Signify: remove redirect undo

curprev 23:1423:14, 12 December 2024 Laura240406 talk contribs m 30,373 bytes 0 →Cryptography and randomization: Fixed typo undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source

curprev 21:3821:38, 11 December 2024 Laura240406 talk contribs 30,373 bytes +41 →Cryptography and randomization undo

curprev 23:2923:29, 8 April 2024 108.168.92.43 talk 30,332 bytes +5 →API and build changes undo

curprev 23:4323:43, 28 March 2024 85.64.76.29 talk 30,327 bytes +19 Undid revision 1214254210 by Braincricket (talk): Not vandalism—OpenBSD makes learning security unnecessary and eliminates the need to work for further security by being secure by default. This is the point of the sentence (I wrote this). Maybe my phrasing isn't clear enough? undo Tag: Undo

curprev 20:5920:59, 17 March 2024 Braincricket talk contribs 30,308 bytes −19 →Other features: rm possible vandalism undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 01:3801:38, 30 December 2023 85.64.76.29 talk 30,327 bytes +38 Undid revision 1190412567 by TakodaNotDakota (talk): "Could potentially" is redundant — "could" suffices; the topic of this article is security, and when presented with the theoretical options of having security by default versus working for it, the latter objectively "wastes time". undo Tag: Undo

curprev 19:1519:15, 17 December 2023 TakodaOS talk contribs 30,289 bytes −38 →Other features: I've added a Cquote and rephrased a paragraph since it definitely wasn't NPOV. "waste time" really? undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 02:3502:35, 20 November 2023 VulcanSphere talk contribs m 30,327 bytes +76 Adding short description: "Security features as used in OpenBSD operating system" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 22:3222:32, 3 October 2023 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 30,251 bytes 0 v2.05b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 14:2114:21, 19 April 2023 85.64.76.29 talk 26,927 bytes +634 →Other features: OpenBSD 7.3 eliminated the need for manual intervention to enable full disk encryption during installation. undo
curprev 14:0314:03, 19 April 2023 85.64.76.29 talk 26,293 bytes +150 This article is missing information about LibreSSL and the project's tendency to reduce software complexity, as described in the relevant talk section. undo
curprev 13:3013:30, 19 April 2023 85.64.76.29 talk 26,143 bytes +302 This article needs to be updated to reflect the new security features in OpenBSD 7.3. undo

curprev 00:1800:18, 26 March 2023 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 25,841 bytes +139 Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3) (Whoop whoop pull up - 12943 undo

curprev 14:1514:15, 22 December 2022 2.247.243.200 talk 25,702 bytes −1 →Kernel randomization: Grammatik korrigiert undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 10:2910:29, 10 November 2022 PhotographyEdits talk contribs 25,703 bytes −12 MOS:AVOIDBOLD undo

curprev 07:3407:34, 24 October 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 25,715 bytes +4 Add: authors 1-1. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Embedded operating systems | #UCB_Category 32/121 undo

curprev 23:3623:36, 12 July 2022 85.64.76.29 talk 25,711 bytes +3,529 →Cryptography and randomization: Added description of the signify utility, in use since OpenBSD 5.5. undo

curprev 00:1700:17, 17 May 2022 85.64.76.29 talk 22,182 bytes +113 →Other features: OpenBSD 5.8 introduced the 'tame' system call; OpenBSD 5.9 renamed it to 'pledge'. undo
curprev 00:0900:09, 17 May 2022 85.64.76.29 talk 22,069 bytes 0 →Cryptography and randomization: It's OpenBSD 3.8, not 3.9, that enabled swap encryption by default. undo

curprev 15:3015:30, 27 May 2021 Izno talk contribs 22,069 bytes −284 nix CN and sentence since 3 years now undo

curprev 18:1618:16, 14 May 2021 88.243.128.172 talk 22,353 bytes +297 mention unveil(2) undo
curprev 17:5417:54, 14 May 2021 88.243.128.172 talk 22,056 bytes +12 link to the most current manpages undo

curprev 15:5115:51, 22 January 2021 Monkbot talk contribs m 22,044 bytes +19 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 33 templates: hyphenate params (19×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 10:3110:31, 23 September 2019 Monkbot talk contribs m 22,025 bytes +5 →Other features: Task 16: replaced (1×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=; undo Tag: AWB

curprev 06:3106:31, 9 August 2019 68.58.56.64 talk 22,020 bytes +175 →Other features: Added detail about pledge undo

curprev 03:2203:22, 29 June 2019 Tonystewart14 talk contribs m 21,845 bytes −1 clean up undo Tag: AWB

curprev 08:0708:07, 23 May 2019 SasPau talk contribs 21,846 bytes +350 Running X as root no longer supported undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 01:1501:15, 11 February 2019 181.52.72.201 talk 21,496 bytes −117 Drop reference to Electric Fence: it's unrelated and Bruce Perens has no relationship whatsoever with OpenBSD. undo

curprev 00:3000:30, 3 February 2019 188.37.85.106 talk 21,613 bytes −4 Change relative date to an absolute one (so it can't go stale) undo

curprev 19:4519:45, 9 October 2018 68.39.100.192 talk 21,617 bytes −9 Clarity undo
curprev 19:4419:44, 9 October 2018 68.39.100.192 talk 21,626 bytes −61 Cleanup; many citations added since 2016 undo

curprev 20:3820:38, 19 May 2018 Jayftn talk contribs 21,687 bytes +394 →Other features undo

curprev 12:0812:08, 17 May 2018 Narky Blert talk contribs 21,293 bytes +19 Link to DAB page repaired undo

curprev 05:0005:00, 7 May 2018 FT2 talk contribs 21,274 bytes +1,063 kernel relinking undo

curprev 12:1812:18, 19 April 2018 Comp.arch talk contribs m 20,211 bytes −1 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 13:5713:57, 27 January 2018 DePiep talk contribs m 20,212 bytes +28 Citation needed: fix/cleanup reason parameter (via WP:JWB) undo

curprev 17:2317:23, 28 October 2017 CAPTAIN RAJU talk contribs 20,184 bytes −441 AFD closed as keep (XFDcloser) undo

curprev 05:5005:50, 22 October 2017 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 20,625 bytes 0 MOS:CAPS undo

curprev 20:5620:56, 21 October 2017 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 20,625 bytes +8 Dating maintenance tags: {{Citation needed}} undo
curprev 20:3520:35, 21 October 2017 Syrenka V talk contribs 20,617 bytes +488 Added and cited reference: Palmer-and-Nazario-2004 undo

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