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OpenBSD is a security-focused, free software, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Theo de Raadt created OpenBSD in 1995 by forking NetBSD 1.0. The OpenBSD project emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security, and integrated cryptography. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: OpenBSDA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Book of PFThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Maintainability of the kernels of open-source operating systems: A comparison of Linux with FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSDCited 22 times
- Go sideways: OpenBSD security featuresA closely related topic
- Go sideways: LibreSSLA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Maintainability of the kernels of open-source operating systems: A comparison of Linux with FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD
A study of initialization in Linux and OpenBSD
Does OpenBSD and Firefox’s Security Improve With Time?
Implementasi Load Balancing dan High Availability pada Sistem OpenBSD: Tinjauan Metode dan Kinerja
📚 Books worth reading
The Book of PFPeter N. M. Hansteen · 2008
BSD UNIX toolboxChristopher Negus, Francois Caen · 2008
Absolute OpenBSDMichael W. Lucas · 2003
Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD SecurityYanek Korff · 2005
Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PFJacek Artymiak · 2001
Building Linux and OpenBSD firewallsWes Sonnenreich · 2000
Secure Architectures with OpenBSDBrandon Palmer, Jose Nazario · 2004
Absolute OpenBSDMichael W. Lucas
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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- LibreSSL LibreSSL is an open-source implementation of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The implementation is named after Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)…
- IPFilter IPFilter (commonly referred to as ipf) is an open-source software package that provides firewall services and network address translation (NAT) for many…
- Theo de Raadt Theo de Raadt (/də ˈrɔːt/ də RAWT, Dutch: [ˈteːjoː də ˈraːt]; born 19 May 1968) is a South African-born software engineer who lives in Calgary, Canada…
- Hw.sensors The hw.sensors framework is a kernel-level hardware sensors framework originating from OpenBSD, which uses the sysctl kernel interface as the transport…
- PF (firewall) PF (Packet Filter, also written pf) is a BSD licensed stateful packet filter, a central piece of software for firewalling. It is comparable to netfilter…
- Bioctl The bio(4) pseudo-device driver and the bioctl(8) utility to implement a generic RAID volume management interface in OpenBSD and NetBSD. The idea behind…
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