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! 5: system,Unix,Un*x,BSD,linux,secure,secure,secure">
! 6: <title>OpenBSD at work</title>
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! 9: <h1>OpenBSD</h1>
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! 11:
! 12: OpenBSD is not just a kernel hackers' operating system. Several
! 13: corporations, universities, and ISP's are using OpenBSD to serve their IT,
! 14: research and security needs. The following list and associated statistics
! 15: should speak for themselves about the reliability and integrity of an
! 16: OpenBSD system.<br><br>
! 17:
! 18: <i><b>NOTE:</b> Some companies for security purposes have asked that we do
! 19: not disclose the name of their business. To comply with these wishes you
! 20: may notice "Undisclosed Company" in some of our listings.</i><br><br>
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! 24: <ul>
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! 26: <li>Secure Networks, Inc. has been using OpenBSD as their core development
! 27: platform for their flagship product, Ballista. According to a corporate
! 28: representative, "it [OpenBSD] has proven to be very stable, and quite well
! 29: supported for a free operating system." In addition, it should be noted
! 30: that code from the Ballista project developed on OpenBSD systems was
! 31: easily ported to Irix and Solaris.
! 32:
! 33: <li><a href="http://www.mac.edu">MacMurray College</a> of Jacksonville,
! 34: Illinois is planning on reviving a VAX 3400 and using OpenBSD/vax as its
! 35: main server for almost 700 users. By using OpenBSD on existing hardware,
! 36: MacMurray plans to save the thousands needed to keep a current version of
! 37: AIX running on their RS/6000 server.
! 38:
! 39: <li><a href="http://www.rtmx.com">RTMX, Inc.</a>, produces an OpenBSD
! 40: derived, IEEE POSIX real time extended system solution. RTMX fully
! 41: re-implemented previously developed in-house IEEE POSIX realtime
! 42: extensions using OpenBSD as a root source tree. Nearly all of the IEEE
! 43: POSIX extensions have been added. Currently all OpenBSD features are
! 44: supported, but only a reasonable subset of the cpu types & platforms are
! 45: currently working. <br>
! 46: RTMX is also a licensed OSF Motif house, and has ported Motif 1.2.3 to
! 47: most of the supported platforms. Yong Chen's VXP Motif GUI Builder has
! 48: been licensed for porting to OpenBSD/RTMX systems. In addition, RTMX
! 49: plans to release a general purpose data base package in the
! 50: not-too-distant future.<br>
! 51: RTMX "believes strongly in the OpenBSD approach...and looks forward to
! 52: supporting the organization as it grows."
! 53:
! 54: <li>Poppe Tyson Europe is using OpenBSD as a primary DNS, mailserver for
! 55: 100+ mailboxes, and as their Website Development server for over 50
! 56: sites.
! 57:
! 58: <li>Felix Schröter is developing a generic IP tunneling program which
! 59: will be able to tunnel IP and other protocols (OS dependant), through a
! 60: streams based connections. The software can optionally encrypt and
! 61: integrity check the packets it transfers. This software is aimed
! 62: as a solution for VPN (virtual private networks).<br>
! 63: Felix is using OpenBSD because of the pseudo-device "tun" which makes
! 64: getting IP and other protocol's packets from the kernel quite easily.<br>
! 65: Licensing negotiations for this product are still underway. Felix hopes to
! 66: provide a free licence (binary and source) for non-commericial use.
! 67:
! 68: <li>TAL Wireless Networks, Inc. uses OpenBSD as a platform for multiple
! 69: firewall, http proxy and dialup and servers across California. Some of
! 70: these machines were formerly running the commercial version of BSD,
! 71: BSD/OS. TALNET S.A., the Argentina based offices of TALNET are using
! 72: OpenBSD as a mail server, firewall and http proxy.
! 73:
! 74: <li><a href="http://www.et.com">Emerging Technologies Inc.</a> makes T1
! 75: and other synchronous communications hardware and software for the OpenBSD
! 76: platform. This hardware is in use in many ISPs world-wide and shows how
! 77: effectively OpenBSD can be used as a communications routing platform for
! 78: IP routing. These products allow OpenBSD-based machines to directly
! 79: connect ot 56kbs DDS, T1 lines or frame relay networks, eliminating the
! 80: need for an external router. <br>
! 81: On the software end, ET/BWMGR, ET's Bandwith Manager, a part of their
! 82: software drivers, has been ported to the OpenBSD platform. The bandwith
! 83: manager can effectively be used as a solution for network managers who
! 84: need to tune bandwith usage, control the bandwith of their client sites,
! 85: and clear up network bottlenecks.
! 86:
! 87: <li>An undisclosed company is using OpenBSD on a Sparc 1+ as a private
! 88: firewall and WWW server for 50-100 internal client workstations.
! 89:
! 90: <li>CITI labs at the University of Michigan uses OpenBSD as the basis
! 91: for many intensive research projects. In the
! 92: <a href="http://www.citi.umich.edu/sinciti/smartcards.html">
! 93: smart card project</a>, OpenBSD is used for analysing the contents and
! 94: protocols of a given mag-stripe card, both in isolation and in real
! 95: applications. Plans are underway to issue cards to allow logins and to
! 96: store PGP keys. OpenBSD is also used as a test platform for the
! 97: <a href="http://www.citi.umich.edu/mobile.html">mobile AFS</a>
! 98: program at CITI. Internally "The Packet Vault" is an
! 99: OpenBSD machine that captures and records on cd-rom every packet on the
! 100: local 10 Mbps ethernet. Packet contents are encrypted to comply with
! 101: privacy requirements. This practice is used for intrusion detection. In
! 102: addition, a number of people within the department are using OpenBSD as
! 103: their primary operating system.
! 104:
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