Packet Inspection Using Divert Sockets
For a long time ago, I did not write about OpenBSD which remains one of my favorite operating system. The last version (4.7) was released in May and introduced, as usual, a lot of interesting changes....
View ArticleUnix OS Security Audit/Assurance Program
I’m just back from the last ISACA Belgian Chapter meeting. Topic of today was about the UNIX OS security audit process. A very large topic! The speaker was Sanjay Vaid. For years now, Linux is...
View ArticleFsck’ing OpenBSD File Systems on a Dedibox
Dedibox is a French collocation service part of the Iliad group. They rent dedicated servers at a very good price. In the standard offer, servers can be installed with standard operating systems: UNIX...
View ArticleNetwork Monitoring and Accounting Using OpenBSD
“Know your Network!” All network administrators have to know what append on their networks: what are the flows of information between hosts, to Internet, between VLANs. This is a requirement for...
View ArticleBSDanywhere 4.3 is out!
It’s always useful to have a Live CD with us and much more if it’s a CD of my favourite UNIX flavor! BSDanywhere 4.3 is out!
View ArticlePuffy is(was) Alive!
Puffy is the well-known mascot of the OpenBSD project. I found the original one on a small market on the Ré island during my holiday: Puffy
View ArticleFollow Multiple Files with OpenBSD “tail”
On UNIX, the tail[1] command displays the last ten lines of a file by default. But there are many other options: Especially the “follow” flag (-f) which displays all new lines appended to the watched...
View ArticleNew NAS @ home
Ok, my summer holidays started a few hours ago and I’m still online . The first project will be to reinstall my home server and enforce its primary functionality: provide storage for the whole family....
View Article4.1 released on May 1st
The new OpenBSD release 4.1 will be released on May the 1st! Here is a list of changes.
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