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<h2>Matthew Haas says this:</h2>

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<h3>Matthew Haas says this:</h3>

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I've been very impressed with OpenBSD since my decision to install it.

Definitely a great system, reminds me of my Slackware days, but better.

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Thanks.

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<a href="mailto:webmaster@2600.org.au">Grant Bayley</a>,

an IT Manager from Australia, writes:</h2>

an IT Manager from Australia, writes:</h3>

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By way of success stories, since a few of us at 2600 Australia started

using OpenBSD about 12 months ago now in some form or another, we've seen...

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onto their servers, mostly using stock components and software from the

ports tree (qmail, cucipop etc).

<h2>System and Network Administrator Jeff Schneiter offers this:</h2>

<h3>System and Network Administrator Jeff Schneiter offers this:</h3>

<p> With a frozen budget it sure makes one squeeze every last

bit of power out of whatever hardware one can lay his hands

on... and thanks to OpenBSD, I have been doing just that.

<h2><a name=sarendal href="mailto:tony@polarcap.org">Tony Sarendal</a> says this:</h2>

<h3><a name=sarendal href="mailto:tony@polarcap.org">Tony Sarendal</a> says this:</h3>

<p>I tried OpenBSD because of the IPsec support.

The reason I stick with it is because it really is nice to use

and it gives a feeling of quality which no other OS can match.

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Keep up the good work guys.

<h2>Security Engineer Tyler Allison writes:</h2>

<h3>Security Engineer Tyler Allison writes:</h3>

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I have installed, secured, and maintained Linux, Windows NT and OpenBSD in

highly secure environments. (yes you can secure Linux and Windows NT in

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root level exploit that works on OpenBSD. I dare say you won't find any that

are less than 12 months old.

<h2>Jan Johansson gave this reply to a "how do I build a cheap web server?" query:</h2>

<h3>Jan Johansson gave this reply to a "how do I build a cheap web server?" query:</h3>

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I work today with Solaris, OpenBSD, NT Server, NT Workstation and Win 95.

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OpenBSD CD-ROM and Apache...

William Yodlowsky</a> at Devry Institute wrote:</h2>

William Yodlowsky</a> at Devry Institute wrote:</h3>

<p>[A few] years ago I was just getting into system administration. I learned

Linux first. Then one of our old (I mean *really* old) BSDi servers

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It was a P133 with 64MB ram. And it didn't go down. It got a bit slower,

but never crashed :-)

<h2>John J. Adelsberger III said this about us in Bruce Schneier's

<h3>John J. Adelsberger III said this about us in Bruce Schneier's

Crypto-Gram</a>:</h2>

Crypto-Gram</a>:</h3>

(the comments he is responding to are Schneier's)

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<br>> Real systems show no signs of becoming less

<br>> complex. In fact, they are becoming more complex,

<br>> faster and faster. Microsoft Windows is a poster

<br>> child for this trend to complexity.

<br>

<br>...

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<br>> The other choice is to slow down, to simplify,

<br>> and to try to add security.

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my purpose is to point out that not only is this approach feasible,

but it is being done.

<h2>Andrew Hermetz commented as follows:</h2>

<h3>Andrew Hermetz commented as follows:</h3>

<p>Hey all,

<p>Just wanted to drop a line and thank all who have worked to make OpenBSD

such a clean, cool, & efficient project.