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“The Code Is Fine; What’s Wrong with You?” In most cases, people do not have problems with OpenBSD itself. The software runs, and it runs well. Most problems people have with OpenBSD come from their own understanding, or lack thereof. When a program behaves unexpectedly, you probably have a gap […]

OpenBSD Community Support If you have only worked with commercial UNIX before, you might find OpenBSD’s support process a little surprising. There is no toll-free number to call and no vendor to escalate within. No, you may not speak to a manager. There isn’t one. And there’s a good reason […]

Chapter 1: Additional Help Overview Countless documents: man pages, web, and HOWTOs: If you can find them. So, now that you’ve bought This Blog, you might think that you possess all the information you will ever need about OpenBSD. You hold in your hands the […]

Contents Overview Here’s a brief description of what you’ll find in the next several chapters. Chapter 1, Additional Information Resources, discusses the system documentation available both in the installed system and on the World Wide Web. You might need this information to complete your installation tasks, so we present it up front. […]

Who Should Read This Blog? This Blog is written for an experienced UNIX user or system administrator who is interested in adding OpenBSD mastery to his repertoire. It assumes you’re familiar with programs and commands such as tail(1), chmod(1), ping(8), and so on. In many cases we’ll discuss programs that […]

OpenBSD’s Uses So, OpenBSD has all these nifty features, abilities, and strengths. Where does it fit into your “computing strategy”? That ultimately depends on what your strategy is and where you need it. OpenBSD can be used anywhere you need a solid, reliable, and secure system. I recommend OpenBSD for […]

OpenBSD Security Even though OpenBSD is tightly secured, computers running OpenBSD are still broken into. That might seem contradictory, but in truth it means that the person running the computer didn’t understand computer security. OpenBSD has many integrated security features, but people frequently assume that these features […]

We know what a free license should say. It should say * Copyright foo * I give up my rights and permit others to: distribute sell give modify use * I retain the right to be known as the author/owner When it […]

OpenBSD’s Strengths So, what makes OpenBSD OpenBSD? Why bother with another open-source UNIX-like operating system when there are many out there, many closely related to OpenBSD? What makes this OS worth a computer, let alone entrusting with your corporate firewall? Portability OpenBSD is designed to run […]

OpenBSD Developers So, how can a group of volunteers scattered all over the world actually create, maintain, and develop an operating system? Almost all discussion takes place via email and online chat. This can be slower than a face-to-face meeting, but is the only means by which people everywhere in […]