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<h3><font color=#0000e0>Project Goals</font></h3>

<h2><font color=#0000e0>Project Goals</font></h2>

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Each person working on OpenBSD has their own aims and priorities,

Each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims and priorities,

but the goals of project as a whole are to:

but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:

<ul>

<li>Provide the best development platform possible - with full source access

for developers and users. Code should be as FREE as possible, for

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with no restrictions. <a href=policy.html>We have a page that describes

the copyright issues in more detail.</a>

<li>Work towards a machine independent source tree.

<li>Pay attention to security problems and fix them. (Try to be the #1 most

<li>Pay attention to <a href=/advisories> security problems and fix them</a>.

secure operating system).

(Try to be the #1 most secure operating system).

<li>Work towards greater integration of cryptographic software where

possible. This means IPsec, IPv6, key engines, and other forms

of strong crypto. OpenBSD is from Canada and may export crypto

of strong crypto. OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada

and due to Canadian law it is legal to export crypto to the world.

(As

researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as

layed out in the Export Control list of Canada</a>.

explicitly documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>.

The project is seeing active research and development on IPSEC and the

OpenBSD developers are doing active research and development on

IPSEC and the

Photuris key engine</a>.

<li>Track and implement standards (POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)

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</ul>

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<h2><font color=#0000e0>Project Funding</font></h2>

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Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to

internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone