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1.1 jkatz 12: <h1>OpenBSD</h1>
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17: OpenBSD is not just a kernel hackers' operating system. Several
18: corporations, universities, and ISP's are using OpenBSD to serve their IT,
19: research and security needs. The following list and associated statistics
20: should speak for themselves about the reliability and integrity of an
21: OpenBSD system.<br><br>
22:
23: <i><b>NOTE:</b> Some companies for security purposes have asked that we do
24: not disclose the name of their business. To comply with these wishes you
25: may notice "Undisclosed Company" in some of our listings.</i><br><br>
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1.3 jkatz 31: <li><a href=http://www.secnet.com>Secure Networks, Inc.</a>
32: has been using OpenBSD as their core development
1.1 jkatz 33: platform for their flagship product, Ballista. According to a corporate
34: representative, "it [OpenBSD] has proven to be very stable, and quite well
35: supported for a free operating system." In addition, it should be noted
36: that code from the Ballista project developed on OpenBSD systems was
37: easily ported to Irix and Solaris.
38:
39: <li><a href="http://www.mac.edu">MacMurray College</a> of Jacksonville,
40: Illinois is planning on reviving a VAX 3400 and using OpenBSD/vax as its
41: main server for almost 700 users. By using OpenBSD on existing hardware,
42: MacMurray plans to save the thousands needed to keep a current version of
43: AIX running on their RS/6000 server.
44:
45: <li><a href="http://www.rtmx.com">RTMX, Inc.</a>, produces an OpenBSD
46: derived, IEEE POSIX real time extended system solution. RTMX fully
47: re-implemented previously developed in-house IEEE POSIX realtime
48: extensions using OpenBSD as a root source tree. Nearly all of the IEEE
49: POSIX extensions have been added. Currently all OpenBSD features are
50: supported, but only a reasonable subset of the cpu types & platforms are
51: currently working. <br>
52: RTMX is also a licensed OSF Motif house, and has ported Motif 1.2.3 to
53: most of the supported platforms. Yong Chen's VXP Motif GUI Builder has
54: been licensed for porting to OpenBSD/RTMX systems. In addition, RTMX
55: plans to release a general purpose data base package in the
56: not-too-distant future.<br>
57: RTMX "believes strongly in the OpenBSD approach...and looks forward to
58: supporting the organization as it grows."
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1.3 jkatz 60: <li><a href=http://www.poppe.com>Poppe Tyson Europe</a>
61: is using OpenBSD as a primary DNS, mailserver for
1.1 jkatz 62: 100+ mailboxes, and as their Website Development server for over 50
63: sites.
64:
65: <li>Felix Schröter is developing a generic IP tunneling program which
66: will be able to tunnel IP and other protocols (OS dependant), through a
67: streams based connections. The software can optionally encrypt and
68: integrity check the packets it transfers. This software is aimed
69: as a solution for VPN (virtual private networks).<br>
70: Felix is using OpenBSD because of the pseudo-device "tun" which makes
71: getting IP and other protocol's packets from the kernel quite easily.<br>
72: Licensing negotiations for this product are still underway. Felix hopes to
73: provide a free licence (binary and source) for non-commericial use.
74:
1.3 jkatz 75: <li><a href=http://www.tal.net>TAL Wireless Networks, Inc.</a>
76: uses OpenBSD as a platform for multiple
1.1 jkatz 77: firewall, http proxy and dialup and servers across California. Some of
78: these machines were formerly running the commercial version of BSD,
79: BSD/OS. TALNET S.A., the Argentina based offices of TALNET are using
80: OpenBSD as a mail server, firewall and http proxy.
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1.2 jkatz 82: <li><a href="http://www.etinc.com">Emerging Technologies Inc.</a> makes T1
1.1 jkatz 83: and other synchronous communications hardware and software for the OpenBSD
84: platform. This hardware is in use in many ISPs world-wide and shows how
85: effectively OpenBSD can be used as a communications routing platform for
86: IP routing. These products allow OpenBSD-based machines to directly
87: connect ot 56kbs DDS, T1 lines or frame relay networks, eliminating the
88: need for an external router. <br>
89: On the software end, ET/BWMGR, ET's Bandwith Manager, a part of their
90: software drivers, has been ported to the OpenBSD platform. The bandwith
91: manager can effectively be used as a solution for network managers who
92: need to tune bandwith usage, control the bandwith of their client sites,
93: and clear up network bottlenecks.
94:
95: <li>An undisclosed company is using OpenBSD on a Sparc 1+ as a private
96: firewall and WWW server for 50-100 internal client workstations.
97:
98: <li>CITI labs at the University of Michigan uses OpenBSD as the basis
99: for many intensive research projects. In the
100: <a href="http://www.citi.umich.edu/sinciti/smartcards.html">
101: smart card project</a>, OpenBSD is used for analysing the contents and
102: protocols of a given mag-stripe card, both in isolation and in real
103: applications. Plans are underway to issue cards to allow logins and to
104: store PGP keys. OpenBSD is also used as a test platform for the
105: <a href="http://www.citi.umich.edu/mobile.html">mobile AFS</a>
106: program at CITI. Internally "The Packet Vault" is an
107: OpenBSD machine that captures and records on cd-rom every packet on the
108: local 10 Mbps ethernet. Packet contents are encrypted to comply with
109: privacy requirements. This practice is used for intrusion detection. In
110: addition, a number of people within the department are using OpenBSD as
111: their primary operating system.
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