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Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8)

Hacker NewsPublished Aug 1, 2026

OpenBSD developers had largely stopped maintaining relayd(8) and httpd(8) daemons, but renewed interest from contributors motivated by practical needs and challenges posed by LLMs has revived development efforts, starting with modernizing relayd(8).

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Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8)

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