OpenBSD

Paranoid · 04-28-2004, 02:52 PM

http://www.openbsd.com/

Just looking aroound in the Linux world.
This OS seems to be designed with security in mind.
Anyone has experience with speed/stability/compatiblity of this OS?
A lot about (hardware) network encryption on that site but it's not clear to me if OpenBSD also does HD encryption.

Paranoid would love some feedback.....

Alexander Turcic · 04-29-2004, 05:46 AM

It does support HD encryption. It doesn't have geom-gbde that FreeBSD has though. You can

1) use cfs instead: cd /usr/ports/security/cfs/ && make install clean
2) use vnconfig (easier) -> click here for more info

You can even encrypt your swap partition.

Greets
Alex

Paranoid · 04-29-2004, 03:12 PM

"Size Limit -- Until OpenBSD 3.0 was patched to exceed it, the maximum usable encrypted virtual filesystem size was about 2.2 GB. Now, although I have not actually verified it myself, I understand that the maximum size is about 8.2 GB, this limit being due to a limitation of mkfs when working through a vnd mounted filesystem."

8.2GB I hope that a joke. I want at least 100GB.....
Besides of that I was hoping for full HD encryption.

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Alexander Turcic · 04-30-2004, 02:51 AM

Paranoid I suggest you dwelve a little bit more into it, then. CFS should support both, greater size and full encryption. You brought up OpenBSD. I suggested earlier that you give FreeBSD with gbde a try.

Paranoid · 05-04-2004, 01:16 AM

Sure you gave that suggestion Alexander.
But I just stumbled upon OpenBSD accidently and it's sounds/sounded the most secure OS around. Even compared to other Linux/BSD versions.
Second reason of goinf for OpenBSD was that FreeBSD anounced a new release very shortly. (1st May)
Don't worry FreeBSD is certainly not of my list

04-28-2004, 02:52 PM	#1
Paranoid Member Posts: 16 Karma: 31 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Under a rock Device: None	OpenBSD http://www.openbsd.com/ Just looking aroound in the Linux world. This OS seems to be designed with security in mind. Anyone has experience with speed/stability/compatiblity of this OS? A lot about (hardware) network encryption on that site but it's not clear to me if OpenBSD also does HD encryption. Paranoid would love some feedback.....

04-29-2004, 05:46 AM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	It does support HD encryption. It doesn't have geom-gbde that FreeBSD has though. You can 1) use cfs instead: cd /usr/ports/security/cfs/ && make install clean 2) use vnconfig (easier) -> click here for more info You can even encrypt your swap partition. Greets Alex

04-29-2004, 03:12 PM	#3
Paranoid Member Posts: 16 Karma: 31 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Under a rock Device: None	"Size Limit -- Until OpenBSD 3.0 was patched to exceed it, the maximum usable encrypted virtual filesystem size was about 2.2 GB. Now, although I have not actually verified it myself, I understand that the maximum size is about 8.2 GB, this limit being due to a limitation of mkfs when working through a vnd mounted filesystem." 8.2GB I hope that a joke. I want at least 100GB..... Besides of that I was hoping for full HD encryption. -------------

04-30-2004, 02:51 AM	#4
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Paranoid I suggest you dwelve a little bit more into it, then. CFS should support both, greater size and full encryption. You brought up OpenBSD. I suggested earlier that you give FreeBSD with gbde a try.

05-04-2004, 01:16 AM	#5
Paranoid Member Posts: 16 Karma: 31 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Under a rock Device: None	Sure you gave that suggestion Alexander. But I just stumbled upon OpenBSD accidently and it's sounds/sounded the most secure OS around. Even compared to other Linux/BSD versions. Second reason of goinf for OpenBSD was that FreeBSD anounced a new release very shortly. (1st May) Don't worry FreeBSD is certainly not of my list

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