System Administration

Creating Custom Bootable OpenBSD CDs
Instructions on creating custom, bootable OpenBSD CD-ROM images.
http://www.shockley.net/obsd-bootcd.asp

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.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/248

IPFilter Upgrading HOWTO for OpenBSD
Instructions on how to update the IPF packet filtering code to the latest revision.
http://www.tfsb.org/ipf-openbsd/

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.
http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/dualboot.htm

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.
http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/installation.htm

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.
http://www.darwinsys.com/openbsd/admin.html

OpenBSD 6bone router
Configuring OpenBSD to work as a router for IPv6 networks.
http://rollcage.bl.echidna.id.au/IPv6/openbsd.html

OpenBSD for ResNet
Configuration information for setting up OpenBSD in the university resnet environment.
http://www.unc.edu/~asnaylor/resnet/openbsd.html

OpenBSD Installation
Detailed installation instructions and configuration for OpenBSD 2.9.
http://www.dpsite.com/OpenBSDInstall.html

OpenBSD Kernel Compilation and Optimization
A walkthrough of the process to recompile your OpenBSD kernel to achieve optimum performance.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/10/31/OpenBSD.html

OpenBSD on Virtual PC
Instructions on running OpenBSD in Connectix Virtual PC.
http://slagheap.net/openbsd

OpenBSD post-install
Short list of tasks to do after installing OpenBSD.
http://a.area51.dk/mongers.org/OpenBSD/post-install.php

OpenBSD Upgrading Mini-FAQ
Walkthrough on sync'ing your OpenBSD system to -current or -stable sources.
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-minifaq.html

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.
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/cranor_f.html

Operating Network Services Under OpenBSD
Short article discussing how to install, configure, secure, and automate network services.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/27/OpenBSD.html

proctools
Provides the pgrep and pkill commands, which, respectively, scan for and send signals to processes that are matched by command line options.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/proctools

PureBSD
Information and HOWTOs for OpenBSD.
http://www.purebsd.com

PXE daemon
Implementation of the Intel PXE bootstrap protocol for OpenBSD.
http://www.kano.org.uk/projects/pxe/

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.
http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix99/mckusick.html

Soft Updates v. Journaling
Whitepaper exploring the benefits of Soft Updates and journaling, comparing their behavior on both micro-benchmarks and workload-based macrobenchmarks.
http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/general/seltzer.html

Stephanie
Hardening OpenBSD for multiuser environments. Mike Schiffman (a.k.a route) gives us Trusted Path Execution patches for 2.8 and 2.9.
http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/stephanie/

Stripped-OpenBSD
Effort to produce a reduced installation of OpenBSD for more secure usage in server environments.
ftp://ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/security/operating-systems/openbsd-stripped/