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Sendmail Virtual Hosting and Redundancy Sendmail Virtual Hosting and Redundancy: Configuration guide on setting up virtual hosts and providing redundant mail service for high-availability on OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://nsacom.inri.net/openbsd/txt/sendmail_redundancy.txt OpenBSD Upgrading Mini-FAQ OpenBSD Upgrading Mini-FAQ: Walkthrough on sync'ing your OpenBSD system to -current or -stable sources. (System Administration) http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-minifaq.html Stripped-OpenBSD Stripped-OpenBSD: Effort to produce a reduced installation of OpenBSD for more secure usage in server environments. (System Administration) ftp://ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/security/operating-systems/openbsd-stripped/ OpenBSD on Virtual PC OpenBSD on Virtual PC: Instructions on running OpenBSD in Connectix Virtual PC. (System Administration) http://slagheap.net/openbsd OpenBSD Ports Tracking OpenBSD Ports Tracking: Unofficial submission tracking of OpenBSD Ports. (System Administration) http://www.infomatrix.ca/obsd/index.html Guide to Building an OpenBSD PPPoE Gateway Guide to Building an OpenBSD PPPoE Gateway: Guide for building a PPP and PPPoE gateway using OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://real.ath.cx/BSDinstall.html OpenBSD ISDN OpenBSD ISDN: Instructions on setting up ISDN on OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://www.zilium.de/joerg/obsd-isdn.html Creating Custom Bootable OpenBSD CDs Creating Custom Bootable OpenBSD CDs: Instructions on creating custom, bootable OpenBSD CD-ROM images. (System Administration) http://www.shockley.net/obsd-bootcd.asp Welcome to IPv6 (using OpenBSD, of course) Welcome to IPv6 (using OpenBSD, of course): Short journal on configuring a simple IPv6 host using OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://www.2600.org.au/openbsd-ipv6.html Soft Updates Soft Updates: 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. (System Administration) http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix99/mckusick.html Soft Updates v. Journaling Soft Updates v. Journaling: Whitepaper exploring the benefits of Soft Updates and journaling, comparing their behavior on both micro-benchmarks and workload-based macrobenchmarks. (System Administration) http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/general/seltzer.html CVSup CVSup: A general network file distribution system optimized for CVS repositories. Use it to sync your OpenBSD source tree with -current. (System Administration) http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/ Opening the Source Repository with Anonymous CVS Opening the Source Repository with Anonymous CVS: 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. (System Administration) http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/cranor_f.html Setting up an OpenBSD NTP server Setting up an OpenBSD NTP server: Instructions for compiling and configuring Network Time Protocol server on OpenBSD, including information on synchronizing Windows clients. (System Administration) http://www.impetus.us/~rjmooney/projects/misc/ntp.html Configuring >8GB HDD Configuring >8GB HDD: Nick Holland explains how to use fdisk to configure OpenBSD to recognize >8GB disk drives. (System Administration) http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd/archive/openbsd-misc/200102/msg01792.html OpenBSD at IDEALX OpenBSD at IDEALX: Various OpenBSD ports and documents (System Administration) http://openbsd.idealx.org/ OpenBSD post-install OpenBSD post-install: Short list of tasks to do after installing OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://a.area51.dk/mongers.org/OpenBSD/post-install.php OpenBSD: Administration Functionality OpenBSD: Administration Functionality: A table displaying common services with the name of the program in OpenBSD, how to manage system services, configuration files locations and additional notes. (System Administration) http://www.darwinsys.com/openbsd/admin.html PPPoE for BSD PPPoE for BSD: Instructions on configuring Roaring Penguin's PPPoE client on OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://home.sprynet.com/~minaret/pppoe/ OpenBSD for ResNet OpenBSD for ResNet: Configuration information for setting up OpenBSD in the university resnet environment. (System Administration) http://www.unc.edu/~asnaylor/resnet/openbsd.html Stephanie Stephanie: Hardening OpenBSD for multiuser environments. Mike Schiffman (a.k.a route) gives us Trusted Path Execution patches for 2.8 and 2.9. (System Administration) http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/stephanie/ OpenBSD Ports OpenBSD Ports: A directory of ports in the current release. (System Administration) http://puffy.nu/ports/ OpenBSD Kernel Compilation and Optimization OpenBSD Kernel Compilation and Optimization: A walkthrough of the process to recompile your OpenBSD kernel to achieve optimum performance. (System Administration) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/10/31/OpenBSD.html OpenBSD - first time installation aids OpenBSD - first time installation aids: Learn how to configure removable storage devices, manage software packages, administer users, installing the bash shell and other miscellaneous tips. (System Administration) http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/installation.htm Operating Network Services Under OpenBSD Operating Network Services Under OpenBSD: Short article discussing how to install, configure, secure, and automate network services. (System Administration) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/27/OpenBSD.html Introduction to OpenBSD Networking Introduction to OpenBSD Networking: Learn how to setup the basic networking features of OpenBSD and turn it into a secure Internet router for your home network. (System Administration) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/248 proctools proctools: Provides the pgrep and pkill commands, which, respectively, scan for and send signals to processes that are matched by command line options. (System Administration) http://sourceforge.net/projects/proctools IPFilter Upgrading HOWTO for OpenBSD IPFilter Upgrading HOWTO for OpenBSD: Instructions on how to update the IPF packet filtering code to the latest revision. (System Administration) http://www.tfsb.org/ipf-openbsd/ System Administration System Administration: Unix System Administration class taught at the University of Colorado that focuses on OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~tor/saclass-2001/ OpenBSD, xDSL, and PPPoE OpenBSD, xDSL, and PPPoE: Setup information for using OpenBSD with PPPoE on a xDSL connection. (System Administration) http://www.princeton.edu/~ferguson/adw/pppoe.shtml OpenBSD 6bone router OpenBSD 6bone router: Configuring OpenBSD to work as a router for IPv6 networks. (System Administration) http://rollcage.bl.echidna.id.au/IPv6/openbsd.html OpenBSD Installation OpenBSD Installation: Detailed installation instructions and configuration for OpenBSD 2.9. (System Administration) http://www.dpsite.com/OpenBSDInstall.html PXE daemon PXE daemon: Implementation of the Intel PXE bootstrap protocol for OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://www.kano.org.uk/projects/pxe/ MultiBoot - OpenBSD and FAT/NTFS Windows MultiBoot - OpenBSD and FAT/NTFS Windows: Guide to setting up a multiboot system with OpenBSD and Windows. Covers partitioning your drive and booting the OS with an appropriate boot loader. (System Administration) http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/dualboot.htm PureBSD PureBSD: Information and HOWTOs for OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://www.purebsd.com SMTP AUTH Mini-HOWTO SMTP AUTH Mini-HOWTO: Describes how to set up Sendmail with SMTP AUTH [RFC 2554] support on OpenBSD. (System Administration) http://www.gnutec.com/~amonk/writing/technical/howtos/obsd-sendmail+sasl.html