OpenBSD is a Unix computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) which emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
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OpenBSD, fbtab and X Window [closed]
The afterboot(8) man page of OpenBSD advises "You might wish to tighten up security more by editing /etc/fbtab as when installing X. "
I would like to know what entries in /etc/fbtab would
make sense ...
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Why is systrace insecure?
Why is the:
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=4
Systrace marked as insecure?
Can someone explain the "why"?
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Learn about network and security for securing a server
I'm setting up an OpenBSD server that I want to connect to the Internet (it's going to be used to host a site - so, with Apache, SQLite and the like).
I want it to be as secure as possible. Social ...
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Is running an OpenBSD in QEMU on an OpenBSD machine safe?
Is running an OpenBSD** using QEMU on an OpenBSD safer then running just natively an OpenBSD?
** = only used for apache + scp + ssh
I'm thinking about running the OS/webserver in QEMU because then I ...
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How to best set up public WiFi without giving access to the rest of my network?
For reference, this is just for my home network. Anyway, I have quite a few of my neighbors ask me to share my internet with them. I'd really like to eliminate this "here's the password" portion ...
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Increase security without using “dynamic” kernel modules?
I recently read that NOT using loadable kernel modules could increase security. In my interpretation this consist about recomplying the kernel with only built-in kernel modules. (how to disable ...
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Where to download OpenBSD release ISO's over HTTPS?
OpenBSD claims to be highly secure. So why doesn't it allow downloading the release iso's over HTTPS? Or I'm missing something? Can someone please explain this to me?
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OBSD X11 as non-root?
If running X11 as root is not a very good idea, then can anyone mention a method/solution, how to still use a GUI, and not having X11 as root?
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OpenBSD-based LiveCD / LiveDVD - is it secure? is it offical?
http://jggimi.homeip.net/livecd/downloads.html
Does it get deeply audited like the original OpenBSD?
Is it an offical "port"?
Experiences with it?
Thank you!
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OpenBSD 32 or 64bit installer?
is the 64 bit or the 32 bit installer better? (not counting that if i have x>4 GByte RAM) - so i mean like is there any ASLR in OpenBSD?
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OpenBSD vs. NetBSD security
If i search for the two words: OpenBSD and NetBSD on:
http://www.exploit-db.com/
then i get 17 hits regarding security bugs on OpenBSD, and 8 hits regarding security bugs on NetBSD.
So what are ...
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What is the potential impact of the alleged OpenBSD IPSEC attack?
Recently there is a bit of concern over encryption back doors in IPsec and while the status of this has not been confirmed, I don't know what impact something like this might have.
For instance, does ...
