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Information of interest to system administrators using OpenBSD.

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• - Instructions on configuring Roaring Penguin's PPPoE client on OpenBSD.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Short article discussing how to install, configure, secure, and automate network services.
  
• - Detailed installation instructions and configuration for OpenBSD 2.9.
  
• - Instructions on setting up ISDN on OpenBSD.
  
• - A walkthrough of the process to recompile your OpenBSD kernel to achieve optimum performance.
  
• - Guide for building a PPP and PPPoE gateway using OpenBSD.
  
• - Effort to produce a reduced installation of OpenBSD for more secure usage in server environments.
  
• - Short list of tasks to do after installing OpenBSD.
  
• - Walkthrough on sync'ing your OpenBSD system to -current or -stable sources.
  
• - Whitepaper exploring the benefits of Soft Updates and journaling, comparing their behavior on both micro-benchmarks and workload-based macrobenchmarks.
  
• - Instructions on how to update the IPF packet filtering code to the latest revision.
  
• - Information and HOWTOs for OpenBSD.
  
• - Various OpenBSD ports and documents
  
• - Configuration guide on setting up virtual hosts and providing redundant mail service for high-availability on OpenBSD.
  
• - Learn how to setup the basic networking features of OpenBSD and turn it into a secure Internet router for your home network.
  
• - Provides the pgrep and pkill commands, which, respectively, scan for and send signals to processes that are matched by command line options.
  
• - Hardening OpenBSD for multiuser environments. Mike Schiffman (a.k.a route) gives us Trusted Path Execution patches for 2.8 and 2.9.
  
• - Implementation of the Intel PXE bootstrap protocol for OpenBSD.
  
• - A general network file distribution system optimized for CVS repositories. Use it to sync your OpenBSD source tree with -current.
  
• - Instructions on creating custom, bootable OpenBSD CD-ROM images.
  
• - Nick Holland explains how to use fdisk to configure OpenBSD to recognize >8GB disk drives.
  
• - Quick notes on configuring the Transparent Cryptographic File System on OpenBSD.
  
• - Instructions on running OpenBSD in Connectix Virtual PC.
  
• - A table displaying common services with the name of the program in OpenBSD, how to manage system services, configuration files locations and additional notes.
  
• - Setup information for using OpenBSD with PPPoE on a xDSL connection.
  
• - Configuration information for setting up OpenBSD in the university resnet environment.
  
• - Learn how to configure removable storage devices, manage software packages, administer users, installing the bash shell and other miscellaneous tips.
  
• - Describes how to set up Sendmail with SMTP AUTH [RFC 2554] support on OpenBSD.
  
• - Configuring OpenBSD to work as a router for IPv6 networks.
  
• - Instructions for compiling and configuring Network Time Protocol server on OpenBSD, including information on synchronizing Windows clients.
  
• - Unix System Administration class taught at the University of Colorado that focuses on OpenBSD.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Unofficial submission tracking of OpenBSD Ports.
  
• - A directory of ports in the current release.
  
• - Guide to setting up a multiboot system with OpenBSD and Windows. Covers partitioning your drive and booting the OS with an appropriate boot loader.
  
  

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