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This is a general maintenance release base OS has been upgraded to OpenBSD 7.4 and supports both x86_32 bit and x86_64 bit CPUs.

Tyler M.

This version is a maintance release. It's rebased on the newly released OpenBSD 6.7 and runs on amd64 and i386.

Hello TKMsense users I'm very proud to annouce this release of TKMsense. A big feature was added in this version for more information please download the changelog or just keep reading below.

Thank you for using TKMsense and have a good day.
Also to everyone reading this please stay safe amid these COVID-19 times we are living in right now.

TKMsense_V0.0.3b_p3 changelog
Features:
Added unbound dns server automatic setup enables it for entire LAN by default.... read more

Hello again.

In regards to the post "IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTICE! CVE-2019-19521" from yesterday.

I've released TKMsense_V0.0.3_p2 for amd64 and i386.
This version adds a system patching function "under system settings option 6".
If it isn't desirable for you to install the new version simply follow the instructions in the post from yesterday.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Tyler M.

Hello.

In regards to these developments spanning December 4th-8th 2019
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5
https://www.zdnet.com/article/openbsd-patches-severe-authentication-bypass-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities/
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155572/Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenBSD-Authentication-Bypass-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19521
I only just found out about this on 12/9/2019. In fact I just got through patching my main firewall.... read more

Hi.
First don't panic. To restart TKMsense either reboot and login again. Or type the command "/usr/sbin/TKMsense_VX.X.X.sh" If the release your running includes a letter in the version add that after the last number. eg TKMsense_VX.X.Xb.sh

Hello, today I released a security update to TKMsense.

OpenBSD 6.6 was released in October 2019, but this release got held up because of some QA issues I discovered. For future reference I release updates as in sync as possible with OpenBSD's release cycle. Every 6 months give or take a month. In case this concerns anyone... Remember the only way to access TKMsense is a keyboard/monitor that's plugged directly into it. Or over a network using ssh OpenBSD's OpenSSH to be exact and i've disabled it by default. TKMsense doesn't contain a gui/web interface php etc. I also haven't modified the Kernel or Userland of OpenBSD. Meaning TKMsense retains all the security advantages of using a stock OpenBSD system. My program just makes it straight forward to control the underlaying tools in OpenBSD.... read more

Hello,

If you want to review/download the source code take a look under files in the "TKMsense_Source_Code" folder. TKMsense consists of the TKMsense shell program and a custom profile that starts it when you execute a login shell.

If your logged into TKMsense at the moment.

to see the profile run
"less /etc/profile"
to see TKMsense_VX.X.X.sh run
"less /usr/sbin/TKMsense_VX.X.X.sh"

Thanks and have a great day.