NetBSD Real-Quick(TM) NewsLetter.
		    Things Happening in NetBSD.
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Port of NetBSD to MIPS Computer Systems Inc. family of workstations 
and servers 

In July, Wayne Knowles , a researcher in New Zealand, successfully ported 
NetBSD to his RC3230 made by MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. The RC3230 was a 
R3000A desktop box commonly called R3000 Magnum; a popular workstation that 
was re-badged by companies such as Bull and Olivetti. The port name was 
decided to be NetBSD/mipsco so other computers by MIPS Computer Systems 
could be included in it. 

In early August, NetBSD/mipsco was merged into the main NetBSD tree, and 
has seen many improvements since. Changes were committed to allow the 
kernel to read either a BSD disklabel created under NetBSD/sparc or a MIPS 
volume header created under Risc OS. This change allowed the stand alone 
shell to directly load a NetBSD kernel and mount a filesystem - 
NetBSD/mipsco became self-sufficient. 

Currently the Magnum 3000, Mips 3230 Server, and Bull DPX/Prostation M-20 
are supported. Support for other models is planned for the future. 

MORE: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=1167
LINK: http://www.de.netbsd.org/Changes/#mipsco

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Port of NetBSD to Embedded PowerPC Started

A port to the Motorola MPC8xx series of embedded PowerPC devices has begun. 
This series of devices includes several dozen variants with many different 
on-chip peripherals, notably high-speed communications ports offering just 
about every known protocol, including 10/100 Ethernet. These chips have 
become quite popular in the telecom industry. 

The port is being performed by David Querbach, and is sponsored by 
Real-Time Systems Inc., an industrial embedded controller design house. 

MORE: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=1161
LINK: http://www.netbsd.org/Changes/#embedded-powerpc

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NetBSD: quality without compromises

Federico Lupi has written an article for the July/August issue of the 
Italian magazine Login. It covers among other things the history and 
philosophy of NetBSD. 
The Italian title is "NetBSD: la qualita' senza compromessi" which 
translates to something like "NetBSD: quality without compromises". 

MORE: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=1159
LINK: http://online.infomedia.it/riviste/login/23/pdf/articolo12.pdf

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Unified BSD Package Collection

Just imagine what would happen if we could combine the
efforts of all the people who maintain each of the existing
3rd party software compiling infrastructures into one project.

MORE: http://www.daemonnews.org/200009/editorial.html

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RSA Security Releases RSA Encryption Algorithminto Public Domain 

RSA today announced it has released the RSA public key encryption algorithm 
into the public domain, allowing anyone to create products that incorporate 
their own implementation of the algorithm. 

Note:Only the algorithm is being released, not code. 

MORE: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=1165

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Using Postfix

Alan Laudicina gives a basic guide on configuring and installing the 
Postfix mail server. 

MORE: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=1164

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BSD Support Forum on Daemon News

Need help getting your BSD system working?  Daemon News has expanded its 
news forum to accomodate the growing number of new BSD users who need 
quick answers to their questions.

This is the first support forum to cover all BSD. Daemon News login accounts 
will work on both the News forum and the support forum. 

MORE: http://support.daemonnews.org

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Chris Coleman  <chrisc@vmunix.com>

Daemon News			 O'Reilly Networks -- Open Source Editor
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