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The Design of the OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Cryptographic transformations are a fundamental building block in many security applications and protocols. To improve performance, several vendors market hardware accelerator cards. However,...

Provided by: Columbia University

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Active-Active Firewall Cluster Support in OpenBSD

February 1, 2009 12:00am PST

The OpenBSD UNIX-like operating system has developed several technologies that make it useful in the role of an IP router and packet filtering firewall. These technologies include support for...

Provided by: Tokyo University of Science

Blog Posts

The Book of PF is the canonical reference for the PF firewall

February 7, 2011 5:00am PST

Chad Perrin takes a thorough look at the second edition of The Book of PF, a practical reference to the OpenBSD firewall. Find out what it offers and what it lacks.

Blog Posts

What can the OpenBSD IPsec backdoor allegations teach us?

December 16, 2010 7:10am PST

Recent allegations that the FBI slipped some backdoors into OpenBSD encryption software raise an important question about government involvement in security.

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Blog Posts

Use firewall software like PF to protect your desktop systems

December 13, 2010 6:00am PST

PF is the default firewall software for OpenBSD, and is an excellent example of a powerful, flexible firewall system. Something like it should be used to protect your desktop computer, and a...

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Q&A

OpenBSD Strange Firewall

March 12, 2008 12:50am PDT

OpenBSD Strange Firewall I have some issue with my openbsd firewal. I have lost my dns name file. Do u all know where is it ? Thanks. I was in London the other day I was sure I saw it hiding...

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Blog Posts

Security news roundup: October 13, 2007

October 13, 2007 9:10pm PDT

Here is a collection of recent news stories posted on TechRepublic's IT Security blog, which cover vulnerabilities found and patched in Asterix, CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup, the DHCP server in...

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OpenBSD DHCP vulnerability fixed

October 13, 2007 8:55pm PDT

A vulnerability in the OpenBSD's DHCP has been patched. This vulnerability could allow attackers on the local network to successfully launch a Denial-of-Service attack.

Articles

OpenSSH gains ASCII visual fingerprints

July 24, 2008 4:45pm PDT

The OpenBSD project has implemented the ability to view SSH keys as an ASCII visualisation in the latest version of the OpenSSH tool, which was released yesterday.

Articles

Lock IT Down: Highly critical flaw affects NetBSD and OpenBSD

August 18, 2003 7:00am PDT

Get the details on a NetBSD and OpenBSD flaw and learn how to combat it.

Articles

OpenBSD declares war on buffer overruns

April 28, 2003 7:00am PDT

OpenBSD has long been considered one of the most secure operating systems on the planet. Now, the leaders of that OS are looking to raise the bar for OS security by eliminating buffer overruns.

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Articles

Poll: Most don't expect many clients to implement OpenBSD 3.2

November 29, 2002 8:00am PST

Respondents don't expect many of their clients to implement OpenBSD 3.2. Check out these Polling Place Quick Poll results to see more about the number of respondents who do expect to implement...

Software

Firewall Builder 5.0.1.3592 (Mac)

December 26, 2011 12:00am PST

Firewall Builder is a multi-platform firewall configuration and management system. It consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. It helps users maintain a...

Provided by: Netcitadel

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Firewall Builder 5.0.1.3592 (Mac)

December 26, 2011 12:00am PST

Firewall Builder is a multi-platform firewall configuration and management system. It consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. It helps users maintain a...

Provided by: Netcitadel

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Firewall Builder 5.0.1 (Windows)

December 23, 2011 12:00am PST

Firewall Builder consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. It helps users maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop...

Provided by: Netcitadel

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Firewall Builder 5.0.1 (Windows)

December 23, 2011 12:00am PST

Firewall Builder consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. It helps users maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop...

Provided by: Netcitadel

Software

VirtualBox 4.1.8 (Windows)

December 19, 2011 12:00am PST

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise...

Provided by: InnoTek

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VirtualBox 4.1.8 (Windows)

December 19, 2011 12:00am PST

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise...

Provided by: InnoTek

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Simulation With Real World Network Stacks

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Network simulation is used widely in network research to test new protocols, modifications to existing protocols and new ideas. The tool used in many cases is ns-2. The nature of the ns-2...

Provided by: University of Waikato

Software

Sharity 3.9 (Mac)

November 8, 2010 12:00am PST

Sharity mounts shares exported by Windows, Samba and other SMB/CIFS servers in the file system of Unix computers. Sharity implements Resource Browsing similar to the Windows Network Neighborhood...

Provided by: Objective Development