Questions tagged [openbsd]

OpenBSD is a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system with a focus on security, portability, standardization, code correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

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OpenBSD is an open-source operating system derived from 4.4BSD UNIX and is popular for it's focus on security, portability and code correctness. It was forked from in the mid-1990s.

The project strictly incorporates only source code with ISC or BSD compatible licensing (except the ports tree) with the goal of providing software for any use, including commercial. It is funded by the Canadian non-profit, The OpenBSD Foundation, which also supports related projects such as OpenSSH, LibreSSL, OpenSMTPD, and other popular infrastructure software.

Website: http://www.openbsd.org

OpenBSD Foundation: http://www.openbsdfoundation.org

Distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD

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Having trouble increasing WordPress memory limit on nginx server

I am trying to increase the memory limit on my nginx php-fpm server for wordpress. Specifically the Wordpress plugin WooCommerce needs more available memory. I've set the following in wp-config.php... define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT',…
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OpenLDAP Authentication in Mixed Enviroment

I am preparing to setup a small network with single sign on capability provided by and OpenLDAP server that runs on OpenBSD 5.3. Currently, I am able authenticate an Ubuntu 13.04 client against the server, but for some reason I am having trouble…
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Outline squid server - redirect traffic with pf

What's my goal: know what employee are looking in Internet (what pages, how long etc; no caching). What I did: install squid on openBSD Problem: I see whole traffic (tcpdump), but I can't redirect it to squid How I connected it: [ internet…
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How to reduce the timeout for TIME_WAIT connections on OpenBSD?

I'm running http_load on OpenBSD 5.2, to test how good my nginx setup is, and I've noticed that cold runs are much faster than warm runs, and with every run the performance goes down very dramatically (e.g. from 3735 replies per second on a cold…
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OpenBSD pf 'match in all scrub (no-df)' causes HTTPS to be unreachable on mobile network

First of all: excuse me for my poor usage of the English language. For several years I'm experiencing problems with the 'match in all scrub (no-df)' rule in pf. I can't find out what's happening here. I'll try to be clear and simple. The pf.conf has…
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Port forwarding with URL on OpenBSD 4.5

I need to setup forwarding on gateway machine with following request from client: Is it possible to setup pf.conf on OpenBSD 4.5 machine, but instead IP address to have given URL such as http://example.com? I already done settings of port forwarding…
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Trouble P2Ving OpenBSD 4.0 to VMWare

I've been tasked with migrating a physical OpenBSD 4.0 boxes to our VMWare ESXi farm. I used VMWare's Converter 4.1 CD to perform a cold migration which completed successfully. Prior to the first boot of the VM the network adapter was adjusted to…
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OpenBSD installation on 2 slices

What if I really need OpenBSD to be installed on 2 slices (on virtual machine and not for production purposes): / swap instead of 6: / swap /tmp /var /usr /home I suppose that I must create all that folders on root fs but how can I do that…
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HTTPS only on OpenBSD 4.9?

I've tried this example from OpenBSD http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#HTTPS it works fine, but with Mozilla Firefox 6.0 it's possible to use both http and https, while I want to force users to use only HTTPS. How can I achieve this? Thanks!
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Why does the "boot>" prompt in OpenBSD disappear at startup?

I came home today to find my network unresponsive, and I have managed to narrow the culprit down to my OpenBSD 4.3 firewall. I attempted to power cycle it, but now at boot time it hangs, and all I get is the basic banner message. Using drive 0,…
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How can I install OpenBSD to a SSD without a Optical Drive?

I'm searching for an OpenBSD bootable image that I can install on SSD to run pf on. I've found these images for m0n0wall and pfSense but not for OpenBSD alone. Can somebody link me to an image with instructions on how to install it directly to a…
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Where OpenBSD stores information about pseudo interfaces

On my OpenBSD machine i have several pseudo interfaces for vlan that looks like vlan3: flags=8843 mtu 1500 lladdr 00:04:e2:c5:02:2b vlan: 3 parent interface: sk0 groups: vlan …
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PF OpenBSD states

We have an OpenBSD server used as firewall using the famous pf. The firewall is connected to the Internet form one side and to a local network form the other. we are experiencing a connection outage due to the fact that the pf is attaining its…
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SuperMicro IPMI through OpenBSD PF Firewall

I'm trying to access a SuperMicro IPMI card that is behind an OpenBSD bridged firewall. A couple pieces of information: The OpenBSD firewall itself has a SuperMicro IPMI that I can access across the internet. The IPMI I'm trying to reach can be…
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OpenBSD in a virtual box as a firewall

Is there any merit in installing a virtual machine with OpenBSD and pf (or any other simple and secure OS + iptable) on a mac laptop and routing all the traffic through that machine? I read a similar set up for corporate laptops running windows (I…
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