Directory of Administration Resources

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Information of interest to system administrators using OpenBSD.

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• Security

Resources in This Category

• Creating Custom Bootable OpenBSD CDs

  http://www.pantz.org/software/openbsd/makinganopenbsdbootcd.html
  Instructions on creating custom, bootable OpenBSD CD-ROM images.

• Introduction to OpenBSD Networking

  http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/248
  Learn how to setup the basic networking features of OpenBSD and turn it into a secure Internet router for your home network.

• IPFilter Upgrading HOWTO for OpenBSD

  http://www.tfsb.org/ipf-openbsd/
  Instructions on how to update the IPF packet filtering code to the latest revision.

• Kernel Panic - OpenBSD Docs

  http://www.kernel-panic.it/openbsd.html
  A collection of documents about OpenBSD.

• OpenBSD Kernel Compilation and Optimization

  http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/10/31/OpenBSD.html
  A walkthrough of the process to recompile your OpenBSD kernel to achieve optimum performance.

• OpenBSD on Virtual PC

  http://slagheap.net/openbsd
  Instructions on running OpenBSD in Connectix Virtual PC.

• OpenBSD Upgrading Mini-FAQ

  http://www.openbsd.org/faq/
  Walkthrough on sync'ing your OpenBSD system to -current or -stable sources.

• OpenBSD: Administration Functionality

  http://www.darwinsys.com/openbsd/admin.html
  A table displaying common services with the name of the program in OpenBSD, how to manage system services, configuration files locations and additional notes.

• Opening the Source Repository with Anonymous CVS

  http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/cranor_f.html
  Whitepaper by OpenBSD founder, Theo de Raadt, and AT&T researcher, Charles D. Cranor, describing the development and concepts of the Anonymous CVS source file distribution mechanism.

• Operating Network Services Under OpenBSD

  http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/27/OpenBSD.html
  Short article discussing how to install, configure, secure, and automate network services.

• proctools

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/proctools
  Provides the pgrep and pkill commands, which, respectively, scan for and send signals to processes that are matched by command line options.

• Soft Updates

  http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix99/mckusick.html
  Whitepaper by Marshall Kirk McKusick and Gregory R. Ganger on eliminating synchronous writes in the Fast Filesystem. Included in OpenBSD since OpenBSD 2.7 Release.

• Soft Updates v. Journaling

  http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/general/seltzer.html
  Whitepaper exploring the benefits of Soft Updates and journaling, comparing their behavior on both micro-benchmarks and workload-based macrobenchmarks.

• Stripped-OpenBSD

  ftp://ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/security/operating-systems/openbsd-stripped/
  Effort to produce a reduced installation of OpenBSD for more secure usage in server environments.

• Vpn IKEv2 between a Windows 8 and an OpenBSD gateway

  http://www.mouedine.net/
  How-to: Vpn IKEv2 between a Windows 8 Road Warrior Host and an OpenBSD gateway.

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