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| | OpenBSD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | OpenBSD is a freely available Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix derivative created by the University of California, Berkeley. | | | OpenBSD includes a number of security features not found or optional in other operating systems and has a tradition of developers auditing the source code for software bugs and security problems. | | | OpenBSD currently runs on 16 different hardware platforms, including the DEC Alpha, Intel i386, AMD AMD64 and Motorola 68000 processors, Apple's PowerPC machines, Sun SPARC and SPARC64-based computers, the VAX and the Sharp Zaurus. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD
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| | OpenBSD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | OpenBSD was created because of philosophical and developer personality differences between de Raadt and the other founders of NetBSD. | | | OpenBSD uses a password-hashing algorithm derived from Bruce Schneier's Blowfish block cipher. | | | As part of the recent "string cleaning", countless occurrences of strcpy, strcat, sprintf, and vsprintf were replaced with bounded, safer variants like, strlcpy, strlcat, snprintf, vsnprintf, and asprintf. |
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http://www.encyclopedia-online.info/OpenBSD
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| | OpenBSD Security |
| | These are the OpenBSD 3.7 advisories -- all these problems are solved in OpenBSD current and the patch branch. | | | These are the OpenBSD 3.8 advisories -- all these problems are solved in OpenBSD current and the patch branch. | | | These are the OpenBSD 3.6 advisories -- all these problems are solved in OpenBSD current and the patch branch. |
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http://www.openbsd.org/security.html
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| | OpenBSD/sparc64 |
| | OpenBSD 3.0 was the first official release of OpenBSD/sparc64, and since that release support for many more devices has been added (including devices required for X11R6 support) and bugs exposed by the 64 bit big endian nature of UltraSPARC in many obscure places have been fixed. | | | The porting to OpenBSD started in August 2001 and in the end of September the first binary snapshot was released. | | | Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also, Ultra 1, 1E and 2 systems might require a PROM update (they usually don't if they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the installation notes for details. |
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http://www.tr.openbsd.org/sparc64.html
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| | OpenBSD News |
| | The founder of the OpenBSD operating system has criticised the quality of Linux software claiming that it is full of code hacks, according to reports. | | | Slides are now available from all of the presentations which were given by OpenBSD developers at OpenCON 2005: OpenBSD Hackathon Report by Peter Valchev Exploit Mitigation Techniques by Theo OpenBSD Networking... | | | Says Theo de Raadt, the maker of OpenBSD, for the most popular open-source operating system Linux. |
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http://www.topix.net/tech/openbsd
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| | Feature: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support |
| | OpenBSD's new ral driver was reverse engineered from the now GPL'd Linux driver developed by Ralink Technology. | | | The new ath driver in OpenBSD began with merging Sam's original efforts with Reyk's reverse engineered binary object, although work is currently being done to simplify the whole thing, possible now that the binary object has been reverse engineered. | | | As a result, even though OpenBSD includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and users have to find these files on their own. |
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818
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| | OpenBSD 101 - OpenBSD 3.8 Tutorial for Beginners |
| | Absolute OpenBSD - Is written for experienced UNIX users who want to add OpenBSD to their repertoire. | | | Small admin mistakes are sometimes dampened by the design of OpenBSD but poor admin practices are something that can never be corrected by any operating system. | | | Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and developers of OpenBSD. |
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http://www.wbglinks.net/pages/openbsd
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| | joshua stein: openbsd on laptops |
| | the oqo's 20gb hard drive comes pre-loaded with windows xp, which i re-formatted and split 2gb for windows and the rest for openbsd. | | | the problem is that the controllers have no bios-assigned interrupts, so they don't get mapped under openbsd. | | | xfree86 4.2 on the i815 chip works fine with 24-bit color at 1024x768 with the new agpgart support in openbsd 3.2. |
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http://jcs.org/laptops
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| | OpenBSD: The most secure OS around - TechUpdate - ZDNet |
| | Unlike most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive rather than reactive to security problems. | | | I talked to almost every operating system vendor in creation recently, and with the exception of Sun, all plan to build more features into the operating system. | | | Since 1996, the operating system has had a team of auditors working on finding potential problems and fixing them before they can develop into security holes. |
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http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html
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| | =8> NoMoa.com/bsd OpenBSD a networking solution |
| | OpenBSD and the Open Source movement provides an opportunity to acquire quality system software for configuring your network and these pages document how we were able to configure OpenBSD to work for us. | | | Networking your computers is a big task and networking software can be very expensive to purchase install, configure and maintain. | | | After that, do some more research on the OpenBSD mailing lists, on the Internet and practise safe Computing. |
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http://www.nomoa.com/bsd
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| | Review: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition - OSNews.com |
| | OpenBSD is used in data centers all over the world, is the basis for several security products (from OpenBSD's site), and is even the basis for Microsoft's Services For Unix. | | | This contrasts with Solaris and Linux, where 64-bit and 32-bit binaries, libraries, and kernels live together in harmony. | | | This program will help you install OpenBSD in a simple and rational way. |
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892
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| | OpenBSD 3.8 Tips and Tricks |
| | OpenBSD's timezone it set from the /etc/localtime binary file which will be soft linked (symbolic link) to one of the files located in the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory structure. | | | That being said there really is no need to have the same amount of documentation for OpenBSD compared to what one expects to find when using Linux, FreeBSD or Windows. | | | Instead create then edit a file called /etc/rc.conf.local which will be read before the /etc/rc.conf file during reboot. |
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http://www.wbglinks.net/pages/openbsd/tipstricks.html#four
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| | OpenBSD 2.9 Installation Instructions @ dpsite.com |
| | If a CD-ROM drive in your OpenBSD computer can't be made bootable (as it won't be if you have downloaded the sources and burned them onto an ISO9660-comliant CD), create a boot disk floppy first. | | | Reboot the machine with both the new OpenBSD boot floppy and the OpenBSD 2.9 CD-ROM inserted. | | | Go to the root directory of your CD with OpenBSD 2.9 files (from the command line), insert a blank 1.44Mb floppy, and type: |
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http://www.dpsite.com/OpenBSDInstall.html
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| | OpenBSD Support and Consulting |
| | OpenBSD and Linux Firewall Installation - Especially for VPN appliances using OpenVPN software. | | | OpenBSD routers and firewalls, OpenBSD training for system administrators. | | | OpenBSD developer with nearly 20 years of Unix experience. |
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http://openbsd.chem.uw.edu.pl/support.html
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| | FreeOS.com - Directory :-FreeOS-OpenBSD |
| | OpenBSD has done a lot of things right and there are some things that the Linux community should study and emulate. | | | In real world terms, this means you could feasibly operate a purely IPv6 network of OpenBSD machines, or have them participate in an IPv6 internetwork. | | | A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. |
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http://www.freeos.com/projdetails/1-8
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| | OpenBSD Bridging Firewall Configuration |
| | No reconfiguration of the original network setup on the systems is required because of the transparent nature of the bridge. | | | However, scheduling downtime on this particular firewall is easily accomplished because of the infrequent need to upload data from the protected systems. | | | The 3.1 release has bug fixes and enhancements to the bridging and firewall code. |
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http://cfm.gs.washington.edu/security/firewall/pf-bridge
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| | OpenBSD 2.6 Release |
| | This is because the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a young project as of this release. | | | OpenSSH was developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux. | | | The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. |
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http://openbsd.rt.fm/26.html
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| | Binary patches for OpenBSD |
| | Unlike the traditional method of patching the source tree, applying binary patches doesn't need extra disk space to hold the whole source tree, compilers or a powerful enough CPU to build the programs patched in a reasonable period of time. | | | binpatch is a framework for creating binary patches for OpenBSD on all platforms in a semi-automatic way. | | | The binpatch framework resemblances the OpenBSD ports subsystem in many ways. |
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| | David Jorm explains the default security features implemented by OpenBSD and why they are important to Internet enabled computers. | | | David Jorm shows us how OpenBSD makes the perfect file server for cross-platform client networks, including Windows, Macintosh and Unix as well as for complex internetworks. | | | Learn how to setup the basic networking features of OpenBSD and turn it into a secure Internet router for your home network. |
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/q/OpenBSD_Explained
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| | GeodSoft How-To: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers: Contents |
| | The hardening OpenBSD tutorial closes with Users, Groups and Security which is UNIX oriented and not OpenBSD specific. | | | Hardening is making a computer more secure by removing unneeded functions, restricting access and tracking changes and processes. | | | The recovery CD ROM also contains executable programs deleted in the Removing Files section so that they may be used when the CD ROM is in the drive and mounted but are otherwise not available. |
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http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden
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| | OpenBSD |
| | OpenBSD and the Open Source movement provides an opportunity to acquire quality system software for configuring your network and these pages document how we were able to configure OpenBSD to work for us.” | | | http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/index.html “NoMoa.com — OpenBSD Guides: Networking your computers is a big task and networking software can be very expensive to purchase install, configure, and maintain. | | | “OpenBSD’s primary focus is on correctness and security.” —“Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX” |
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http://www.osdata.com/oses/openbsd.htm
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| | OpenBSD AnonCVS |
| | This means that you have the full set of CVS commands available to control merging and updating your changes with other source changes and for performing diffs, change histories and other queries against the central repository. | | | The major strength of CVS is that it has the ability to perform intelligent merges of changes to the central repository with changes that you make to your local copy. | | | Therefore, it is suggested that you first install the latest snapshot before attempting a tree build from source. |
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| | OpenBSD/alpha |
| | Currently, all the hardware listed in the supported hardware section below boots multi-user, and supports enough of the on-board devices to be generally usable, unless specified otherwise. | | | Booting off the OpenBSD CD provides an El Torito 2.88MB floppy image that contains drivers for the most popular devices found in alpha hardware. | | | Drivers for hardware marked with (-) are not available on the installation floppies, or the cd-rom installation kernel, but are available in the GENERIC kernel that will be installed. |
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| | BSD Newsletter: Quickly installing OpenBSD 3.3 |
| | On i386 (IBM PC or Intel type) hardware, OpenBSD uses two partitioning schemes: one for BIOS standards using fdisk; and the other for BSD-style partitions using disklabel. | | | Introduction to OpenBSD for Linux users (Part 1) | | | The installer will ask where you will retrieve these sets; the choices are CD-ROM, local disk, ftp, http, nfs and tape device. |
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http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/2003/10/Features106.html
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| | OpenBSD Users Documentations projects |
| | These documents do not replace the OpenBSD FAQ but are here to provide supplementary instructions on the setup of said software/applications. | | | This HOWTO covers the installation of VirusScan for Linux using Linux emulation under OpenBSD and using qmail-scanner to provide gateway SMTP antivirus protection on your qmail server. | | | Gallery software working in chroot apache in OpenBSD |
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| | Advocating OpenBSD |
| | Perhaps Linux does crash more often than OpenBSD (although I have no hard data on this, just anecdotes, so I don't know if it is true; remember, facts only). | | | This is advocacy, and it's one good way to spread the word on OpenBSD. | | | One of us might consider the other an idiot, but that's life. |
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http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/advocating-openbsd.html
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| | benzedrine.cx - OpenBSD Packet Filter |
| | Updated pf.conf and nat.conf examples, shows filtering an IPv6 tunnel on the gif(4) interface. | | | Pyun YongHyeon has ported pf to FreeBSD, and Max Laier is working on the port and maintains this page with installation instructions and a mailing list. | | | HOWTO - DSL Router mit OpenBSD 3.2 by Juergen Graf (german) |
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http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf.html
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| | Flashdist :: Embedded OpenBSD installer |
| | When you are done using the flash disk on the computer, unplug the USB adapter from the computer first, then remove the flash disk from the USB adapter. | | | If you are using a USB adapter with flashdist on your host computer, read on. | | | This script creates a binary image that you can use for multiple flash cards. |
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http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris
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| | OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions |
| | 4.1 - Overview of the OpenBSD Installation Procedure. | | | 12.2 - Upgrading from various versions of OpenBSD via CVS. | | | $OpenBSD: index.html,v 1.174 2003/05/05 22:02:49 nick Exp $ |
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| | IT Anthems: OpenBSD - ZDNet UK Insight |
| | The fastest hardware that has an X bit is the Ultrasparc III, but Sun Microsystems did not co-operate closely enough for the OpenBSD team. | | | Could the secure openBSD operating system be more tuneful than the Free Software Foundation? | | | These songs are included on the distribution CDs of OpenBSD, a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based Unix-like operating system. |
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http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020481,2133221,00.htm
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| | OpenBSD/hp300 |
| | More information about hardware configuration may be found on the hp300 FAQ page. | | | OpenBSD/hp300 runs 8k pagesize executables natively (the first operating system for the hp300 to do so), maintaining the standard binary format used by all other OpenBSD m68k platforms. | | | OpenBSD follows in the footsteps of 4.4BSD by supporting the hp300; most types of machine are supported with 68020 or better processors, along with SCSI and HP-IB storage devices. |
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http://www.openbsd.org.ua/hp300.html
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| | OpenBSD CD Bootable Firewall System |
| | This project allows you to set up a full featured OpenBSD firewall without the use of a hard disk. | | | The latest version, based on OpenBSD 3.5, adds several new features. | | | UMASS device may detect as device not in /dev on CD |
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http://www.jtan.com/jtanoss/cdboot
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| | BSDvault: For the Users, By the Users! |
| | KernelTrap has spoken with OpenBSD creator Theo de Raadt and several other OpenBSD developers regarding their recent efforts to add comprehensive wireless hardware support to OpenBSD. | | | Much of the feature focuses on the difficulties involved in convincing many American corporations to make their firmware and documentation freely available, and on why this openness is important. | | | The article takes an in depth look at several of the dozen new drivers found in the upcoming OpenBSD 3.7 release, exploring the stories behind their development. |
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http://bsdvault.net/article.php?sid=845
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| | OpenBSD ordering |
| | University of Toronto Computer Shop Always has the latest release of OpenBSD, even if they dont always show it in their online catalog. | | | The main place for ordering CDROMs is via the Computer Shop of Calgary (until recently we were the oldest continuously operating computer store in the world, now we are only virtual). | | | Bulk orders from OpenBSD North America to any location worldwide, are handled for us as a special service, courtesy of Computer Shop of Calgary. |
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http://openbsd.chem.uw.edu.pl/orders.html
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| | OpenBSD |
| | OpenBSD supports binary emulation of most programs from SVR4 (Solaris), FreeBSD, Linux, BSD/OS, SunOS and HP-UX. | | | The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. | | | OpenBSD is freely available from our FTP sites, and also available in an inexpensive 3-CD set. |
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| | OpenBSD |
| | I have a (currently preliminary) port of chrsh, a chroot wrapper for ordinary shells written by Aaron Gifford. | | | OpenBSD’s motto is, “Free, Functional, and Secure.” At some point, I’ll write a rant about software licensing, but suffice it to say that, for all the GPL’s positive effects, the BSD license is more sane. | | | I’ve been using OpenBSD since version 2.6, and buying CDs since 2.7. |
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http://www.trumpetpower.com/OpenBSD
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| | openbsd-mobile@monkey.org |
| | openbsd-mobile@monkey.org - a mailing list covering mobile computing issues as they relate to OpenBSD. | | | be sure to check out the OFFICIAL OpenBSD i386-laptop page as well: http://www.openbsd.org/i386-laptop.html |
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http://monkey.org/openbsd-mobile
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| | OpenBSD |
| | OpenBSD - OpenBSD is a freely-available UNIX-like system based heavily on 4.4BSD with additional enhancements. | | | The entire code base has been subjected to a world-wide security and quality audit, earning OpenBSD a reputation for being "probably the most secure operating system available." It runs on Intel, SPARC, Alpha, HP, and a few other architectures, and can be obtained on CD-ROM or via the Internet. | | | OpenBSD Explained - Articles explaining topics in some detail, and user experiences |
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http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?I=openbsd&F=1111111111&G=Y
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| | OpenBSD/macppc |
| | The OpenBSD/macppc port started as OpenBSD/powerpc, and was initially focused on Motorola computers with Open Firmware, and VI Power4e boards. | | | Having OpenBSD multiboot, or share, a disk with Mac OS X/Mac OS 9 is possible as long as the disk is first partitioned with the Mac OS utility, Drive Setup (Mac OS 9) or System Disk Utility (Mac OS X). | | | In the meantime, a new port was started, focusing on Apple hardware, and based on code from NetBSD/macppc, and after a lot of work from Dale Rahn, OpenBSD 2.8 was released with a powerpc port. |
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http://www.tr.openbsd.org/macppc.html
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| | DVD+RW |
| | Thanks to the help of Scott Presnell, the tools have now also been ported to NetBSD, and should work on that platform as well. | | | Note that for OpenBSD (and probably other BSD) you will need to use the /dev/rcd0c device, rather than the /dev/cd0c device, in order to succesfully use these tools. | | | Because these tools were linux specific, I had to port them to OpenBSD in order to use them. |
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http://www.mosha.net/05-dvdrw/dvdrw.shtml
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| | eTrust Spyware Encyclopedia - OpenBSD backdoor |
| | Exploit : A way of breaking into a system. | | | From the doc: 'This is a simple but useful backdoor for OpenBSD based on a FreeBSD lkm by pragmatic/THC' | | | The same technology used to protect Fortune 500® companies is now available for your PC! |
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http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=43953
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| | Today's Internet: you might be paranoid, but are you paranoid enough? |
| | Today's Internet: you might be paranoid, but are you paranoid enough? | | | OpenBSD is the world's most secure networked operating system, in wide use by Internet Service Providers, corporations, and embedded systems manufacturers. | | | While it certainly covers installation and configuration of OpenBSD systems, it goes into depth on the features that set OpenBSD apart from the crowd of free UNIX-like operating systems. |
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http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com
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| | OpenSSH |
| | OpenSSH is primarily developed by the OpenBSD Project, and its first inclusion into an operating system was in OpenBSD 2.6. | | | The software is developed outside the USA, using code from roughly 10 countries, and is freely useable and re-useable by everyone under a BSD license. | | | Sales of these items help to fund development. |
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| | OpenSSH for OpenBSD |
| | Since OpenSSH is developed by the OpenBSD group, OpenSSH is included in the base operating system, starting at OpenBSD release 2.6. | | | We replaced the 3.2.2 release with 3.2.3 because of a bug in the BSD_AUTH access control code, login/tty problems on Solaris and build problems on Cygwin systems. | | | The following versions of OpenSSH are available for putting on your OpenBSD machines: |
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http://www.openssh.com/openbsd.html
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| | OpenBSD On-Line Ordering |
| | OpenBSD 3.7 (3 CD set) - Released May 19, 2005 | | | OpenBSD 3.1 (3 CD set) - Released May 19, 2002 | | | OpenBSD 3.3 (3 CD set) - Released May 1, 2003 |
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http://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu
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| | Getting OpenBSD |
| | Second level mirrors are chosen from sites with good network connectivity and maintainers known to the openbsd development community. | | | OpenBSD organizes FTP mirrors based on a master fanout site, used to feed second level mirrors, which other sites should mirror and retrieve from. | | | The file structure of each server is roughly: |
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http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
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| | OpenBSD |
| | However, if you want to talk about OpenBSD applications not strictly related to kernels, you can do so here. | | | Be warned, there are no guarantees that you will receive answers, or if you do that the information provided is helpful or even safe. | | | Discussion about the OpenBSD stateful packet filter, PF. |
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http://kerneltrap.org/forum/openbsd
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| | OpenBSD IPsec Clients |
| | If you have gotten value from the information on these pages, please support us by using "Allard" as your referral code when buying The Greenbow VPN client. | | | Make sure your network design is compatible with running vpn | | | If you want to explore OpenBSD and IPsec clients further please join the mailing list with some 400+ others discussing these and other setups. |
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http://www.allard.nu/openbsd
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| | Technorati Tag: openbsd |
| | To contribute to this page, just post to your blog and include this code. | | | OpenBSD project leader Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green live on The Business Show. | | | This past week was catchup week, spent taking care of all of the little details and errands I need to accomplish and won't be able to in the upcoming... |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/openbsd
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| | San Francisco OpenBSD Users Group: Home |
| | We read parts of the SILC server code, and Ted Unangst talked about the security features in OpenBSD's malloc. | | | 3 February 2004: SFOBUG member Peter Hessler on his experiences with the OpenBSD Ports system. | | | A mailing list for people new to OpenBSD everywhere (not just SFOBUG members!). |
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http://www.sfobug.org
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