OpenBSD has attracted a critical mass of developers, support organizations, and consultants such that it is now safe to commit to using OpenBSD in your projects. The following individuals and organizations have indicated that they are able to provide support as indicated. However, the OpenBSD Project does not necessarily endorse any of these. Please contact each site directly.
These entries are arranged geographically, so that you can find a consultant near you.
If you want to submit your own entry, the format is quite rigid; please use this template (do not just copy and paste plain text from your browser!). When you think it's ready, mail it to me, ian at openbsd.org, with a Subject: line containing at least the words "support update".
Contact Name/ Organization/ Address | Notes |
Australia | |
Gregory D. Baker The Institute for Open Systems Technologies Suite 17, 57 Culloden Rd Marsfield , NSW 2122 Phone: 0500 545 856 Email: greg.baker@ifost.org.au URL: http://www.ifost.org.au/ | We supply OpenBSD-based firewalls and internet-gateways, often to small businesses needing an "administrator-less" solution. We do consulting and education work on OpenBSD and on other UNIXes as well. |
David Jorm Consultant 6/65 Good st. Granville Sydney , NSW 2614 Phone: (02) 9281 2844 FAX: N/A Email: davidj@wiretapped.net URL: http://openbsd.documenta.net/ | 4 years experience with OpenBSD. Specifically firewalling, routing, sendmail and apache/ssl. Main focus on small-medium business systems providing mail/firewalling/proxy/web hosting |
Con Zymaris Cybersource Pty. Ltd. Level 9, 140 Queen Street Melbourne , Victoria 3000 Phone: +61 3 9642 5997 FAX: +61 3 9642 5998 Email: info@cyber.com.au URL: http://www.cyber.com.au/ | Cybersource has been working with open source Unix/BSD/Linux platforms and technologies for nearly 10 years. We have a strong focus on systems administration and network security, and offer consulting services in these areas. |
Gavin Cameron ITworks Consulting Level 8, 488 Bourke street Melbourne , Victoria 3000 Phone: +61 3 9642 5477 FAX: +61 3 9642 5499 Email: openbsd@itworks.com.au URL: http://www.itworks.com.au/ | *BSD installation, maintenance and consulting services. We can also consult on Apache, Squid, Samba, Qmail and MySQL. |
Austria | |
Tom Knienieder Consultant Seifensweg 3 A-6161 Natters , Tirol Phone: ++43 (0) 676 311 7692 Email: knienieder@ms.netwing.at | OpenBSD setup, support and consulting. More than 12 years system software development in C. Will also travel to Germany, Italy and Switzerland. |
Brazil | |
Luiz Guilherme Domanski SafeCore Network Solutions R. Visconde do Rio Branco, 1717, cj. 74 Curitiba , Paraná 80420-210 Phone: +55 (41) 224-1785 FAX: +55 (41) 224-1785 Email: safecore@SafeCore.NET URL: http://SafeCore.NET/ | OpenBSD installation, configuring and maintenance. Network consulting and maintenance, especially with OpenBSD servers. We provide services in the entire country and Mercosul. |
Jean Everson Martina Athom Consulting Ltda. R: Andrelino Natividade da Costa,108 Florianópolis , Santa Catarina 88090-390 Phone: +55 (48) 244-4092 or 9962-2337 FAX: +55 (48) 248-0751 Email: athom@athom.com.br URL: http://www.athom.com.br/ | We provide training, support and consulting in Unix-like Operating Systems, specialy security issues, like firewalls, Certification Authorities, Secure Web Servers and so on. |
Piero Bittencourt Contezini Gsek Unix Secure Networks Mario Lobo, 61/709 Joinville , Santa Catarina 89201-330 Phone: +55 021 47 4226696 FAX: +55 021 47 4226696 Email: piero@gsek.com.br URL: http://www.gsek.com.br/ | We develop Security Systems for Networks, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection systems, Integrated Networks, Secure sites, E-commerce, Databases using RSA, SSL and Kerberos protocols under OpenBSD, Linux, NetBSD and others. |
Gustavo H. Maultasch Gaz Virtual Rua Tonelero, 203/601 Rio de Janeiro , RJ Phone: +55-21-577-0207 FAX: +55-21-547-5005 Email: gaz@gazvirtual.com.br URL: http://www.gazvirtual.com.br/ | We provide all kinds of services for web development and security on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD, including firewalls, secure servers, proxies and network administration. |
Canada | |
Tobias Weingartner Apt. B 7707-110 Street Edmonton , Alberta Phone: (403)432-6908 Email: weingart@tepid.org URL: http://www.tepid.org/~weingart/ | Have worked on Intel 386 boot code, Unix admin, etc, etc. If people pay for plane ticket, food and lodging, then I'll travel almost anywhere. :-) |
Nicholas Janzen Third-Net.Com INC Suite 630, 440, 10816 Macleod Trail S.W. Calgary , Alberta T2J 5N8 Phone: (403) 301-1917 Email: info@third-net.com URL: http://www.third-net.com/ | We provide OpenBSD-based secure networks, using VPN's to link offices together. Third-Net.Com specializes in web applications, co-location's and firewall setup and maintence. We also work on programming projects for UNIX in C/C++. |
Bob Beck Obtuse Systems Corporation 8101 160 Street Edmonton , Alberta T5R 2G9 Phone: 780 481 6576 Email: beck@obtuse.com URL: http://www.obtuse.com/ | Worked on many daemons, kernel network code, transparent proxies, SSL integration. Experienced in Firewalls, IPsec, Kerberos, Intrusion Detection, Secure web servers. Big systems with heavy load. Instruction and Training. Have also used and administered AIX, SunOS/Solaris, IRIX, *BSD, BSDI, HP/UX, Linux, WinNT/95/98/2000, and others which no longer exist. |
Jonathan Strong Neturn 511-1209 Ridgeway Ave. Vancouver , B.C. V3J 1S8 Phone: 604-939-8097 Email: neturn@bigfoot.com URL: http://neturn.sinacity.com/ | Neturn provides solutions implemented on OpenBSD and selective hardware & software platforms for e-commerce, medical, aerospace, engineering, fishing, and manufacturing applications. |
Roy Nicholl Atlantic Systems Group Incutech Centre, 8 Garland Court Fredericton , NB E3B 6C2 Phone: 506.460.5400 FAX: 506.460.5411 Email: Professional.Services@ASGtechnologies.com URL: http://www.ASGtechnologies.com/ | Since 1989, ASG's Professional Services Group has been providing information security services, architectural and design consulting, and integration solutions, to business and organizations globally. We specialize in the telecommunications and Internet service provider industries. |
Ian F. Darwin Consultant R R # 1 Palgrave , Ontario L0N 1P0 Phone: +1 905-729-3002 FAX: +1 416-352-5070 Email: ian@darwinsys.com URL: http://www.darwinsys.com/openbsd/ | OpenBSD installation, configuration, firewall setup. Software development in C and Java. Author of Checking C Programs with Lint and an upcoming Java book, both with O'Reilly. Wrote one UNIX course and two Java courses for Learning Tree International. |
Russell P. Sutherland Quist Consulting 219 Donlea Drive Toronto , Ontario M4G 2N1 Phone: 416 696-7600 FAX: 416 978-6620 Email: russ@quist.on.ca URL: http://www.quist.on.ca/ | OpenBSD Installation and Configuration. Qmail, Ezmlm, Apache, DNS expertise for small and large sites. Networking (LAN and WAN) and security advice. |
China Special Administration Region | |
Jeffrey Vong Internet Access HK Limited 20/Floor, 28 Tang Lung Street Causewaybay , Hong Kong Phone: +852-2421-3121 FAX: +852-2401-0055 Email: jvong@ia.com.hk URL: http://www.ia.com.hk/ | Over 6 years of custom made developments on BSD systems. Consultancy of security and mission critical solutions on BSD platforms. |
Costa Rica | |
Luis Cerdas Rawten Latinoamerica, S.A. P.O. Box 4224 San Jose , San Jose 1000 Phone: +506 2240432 FAX: +506 2359864 Email: info@rawten.net URL: http://www.rawten.net/ | Consulting and professional services work supporting Sun Microsystems and OpenBSD systems, carrier-scale messaging systems and global security infrastructure audits and implementation throughout Latin America. |
France | |
Jean-Jacques Bernard-Gundol Hervé Schauer Consultants (HSC) 4bis, rue de la gare Levallois-Perret F-92300 Phone: +33 141 409 700 FAX: +33 141 409 709 Email: Jean-Jacques.Bernard@hsc.fr URL: http://www.hsc.fr/ | Consultancy firm since 1989 with emphasis on Unix Security, TCP/IP and Internet security. BSD experience since 386BSD. OpenBSD installation, support and consulting. Also Apache, DNS (Bind), Sendmail, Postfix... |
Benoit Lecocq Cartel Informatique 6-8 Rue du General Camou Paris , IDF 75007 Phone: 01 53 59 54 73 FAX: 01 53 59 54 54 Email: lecocq@cartel-info.fr URL: http://www.cartel-info.fr/ | We provide many services for security on OpenBSD and Linux, Firewall, IDS, VPN. |
Olivier Lemaire IDEALX 15 Avenue de SEGUR Paris , IDF 75007 Phone: +33 1 44 42 00 00 FAX: +33 1 44 42 00 01 Email: contact@IDEALX.com URL: http://www.IDEALX.com/ | IDEALX, as an OpenSource engineering company, support *BSD and Linux platforms, and particularly OpenBSD for security-needed solutions. |
Germany | |
Thomas Graichen innominate AG Singerstrasse 109 10179 Berlin Phone: (030) 308806-13 or -0 FAX: (030) 308806-77 Email: graichen@innominate.de URL: http://innominate.de/ | Setup, configuration, maintenance, firewall configuration, planning and realisation of OpenBSD based servers and workstations; systems and network administration. |
Joerg Fruehbrodt Linuxhaus Ringbahnstr. 13 Berlin 10711 Phone: + 49 (0)30 890 944 63 FAX: + 49 (0)30 890 944 64 Email: info@linuxhaus.de URL: http://www.linuxhaus.de/ | Provider of consulting services for OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and Sun SOLARIS® specialized in turnkey servers for file, messaging, proxy and web services. |
Herr Schulz SYSDANE - Systemberatung für Datenbank - und Netzwerktechnologien Sinn , Hessen Phone: (02772) 571592 FAX: (02772) 571593 Email: info@sysdane.de URL: http://www.sysdane.de/ | Setup, configuration and maintenance of various firewalls configuration and sale of OpenBSD based servers and workstations; system and network administration; Enterprise DB-Server, Security. |
Christoph Haas Adimus GmbH & Co. KG Harpener Hellweg 41 Bochum , NRW 44805 Phone: +49-(0)234-971971-0 FAX: +49-(0)234-971971-9 Email: info@adimus.de URL: http://www.adimus.de/ | Setup, configuration and maintenance of various firewalls configuration and sale of OpenBSD based servers and workstations; system and network administration |
Italy | |
Stefano Venturoli Infosec S.r.l. Security Bologna , Bologna 40133 Phone: +39 051 386460 FAX: +39 051 385140 Email: venturoli@infosec.it URL: http://www.infosec.it/ | Internet security and data defense realized mainly with open source software. Particular knowledge of firewalls, internet applications, IDS and network administration from LAN to WAN. Also we have developed a range of products based on OpenBSD with the purpose to be "administrators tools", for better internet network administration. |
Marcello Scacchetti Arcanet Consulting Viale Gramsci 349 Mirandola , Modena 41037 Phone: +39-040-3728044 FAX: +39-040-364441 Email: marcello.scacchetti@arcanetconsulting.com URL: http://home.emaze.net/ | We provide outsourced network security services and support for *BSD systems and solutions for Global 2000 companies throughout Europe. |
Kyrgyzstan | |
Artem Kuzmin Consultant Kievskaya-str. 44 Bishkek 720000 Phone: 996-312-284840 FAX: 996-312-282849 Email: erta@writeme.com URL: http://www.kalug.lug.net/slash/ | Linux/BSD/Solaris installation, configuration, recover, security, coding, maintenance, consulting. System admin, network admin. |
Fyodor Yarochkin Consultant microregion 5/43/77 Bishkek 720073 Phone: 996-312-474465 FAX: 996-312-663448 Email: fygrave@tigerteam.net URL: http://www.kalug.lug.net/fygrave/ | BSD/Solaris/Linux: installation, maintenance, firewalls configuration, fault recovery, consulting, coding, Unix/network admin. If someone were willing to pay for plane ticket, food and accommodation, will travel almost anywhere in the world. Would work for minimal fee on challenging projects. |
Netherlands | |
Arno Kruse Kruse ICT Services Kerkveldstraat 1a Baarlo , Limburg 5991BA Phone: +31 43 4090604 FAX: +31 43 4090605 Email: kruse@kruse-ict.nl URL: http://www.kruse-ict.nl/ | We build OpenBSD (and other UNIXen) based web- and fileservers, routers and firewalls. Support and education on OpenBSD and other UNIXen and also Win32 environments. The web sites we design for our customers are hosted on OpenBSD. We work in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. |
Ronald Prins Fox-IT Forensic IT Experts B.V. Delft , ZH 2611BC Phone: +31-15-2121907 FAX: +31-15-2121964 Email: prins@fox-it.com URL: www.fox-it.com | We provide network security (VPN, Firewall, IDS) based on OpenBSD for high-risk customers (government). Specialised in interoperability with Cisco and Windows security solutions. |
New Zealand | |
Michael Williams NetXSecure NZ Limited 4/88 Tui Road Papatoetoe South Auckland 1701 Phone: +64.9.2788.348 FAX: +64.9.2788.352 Email: mike@netxsecure.net URL: http://www.netxsecure.net/ | NetXSecure specializes in Berkeley Unix with a strong preference on OpenBSD for perimeter security and FreeBSD for Internet platform servers. Secure implementation and design including managed firewalls or Intruder detection systems with other Unices considered on a requirements basis, 20 years+ in the computing industry. |
Nic Bellamy Bellamy Consulting Limited P.O. Box 26-590, Epsom Auckland 1003 Phone: +64-9-631-7901 Email: info@bellamy.co.nz URL: http://www.bellamy.co.nz/ | We are a consulting company specialising in Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. Our main focus for OpenBSD is security applications - firewalls, proxy servers, IPSEC VPNs, and Apache-SSL (e-commerce) servers, although we support most software that runs on OpenBSD. |
Norway | |
Knut Foseide Safety Cable AS Daelenenggaten 20 J Oslo , Province N-0567 Phone: +47 23 19 80 10 FAX: +47 23 19 80 09 Email: knut@safetycable.com URL: http://www.safetycable.com/ | Hardware theft protection and OpenBSD Firewalls; setup, configuration and maintenance. Coding. Unix, Linux and more. |
Poland | |
Bartek Rozkrut GaniNET ul. Lubicz 25 Krakow , Malopolska 31-503 Phone: +48 12 6197883 FAX: +48 12 6197840 Email: OpenBSD@GaniNET.pl URL: http://www.GaniNET.pl/ | Complex installation, configuration, administration and consulting. |
Marcin Jurczuk Cybernet ISP Dziesieciny 47/59 Bialystok , Podlaskie 15-806 Phone: +48 857404440 FAX: +48 857404440 Email: spock@labfiz.uwb.edu.pl URL: http://physics.uwb.edu.pl/~spock | Since 1997 I've been using Linux, OpenBSD & Solaris. In 1997 I was network admin of serwer in Bialystok Politechnik. From one year I work as Main administrator in Cybernet Internet Service Provider. |
Zbigniew Kossowski Business Communication International Hawajska 12/21 Warsaw 02-776 Phone: +48 (0) 22 624 69 78 FAX: +48 (0) 22 624 69 78 Email: bci@bci.waw.pl URL: http://www.bci.waw.pl/ | Setup, configuration, maintenance, firewall configuration, planning = and realisation of OpenBSD based servers and workstations; systems and = network administration. |
Karol D. Makowski Centrum Ksztalcenia Ustawicznego ul. Szymanowskiego 7 Wroclaw Phone: +48 71 3484230 FAX: +48 71 3484239 Email: spaceman@cku.pwr.wroc.pl URL: http://www.cku.pwr.wroc.pl/openbsd/ | Setup, configuration, maintenance, firewall configuration, planning for OpenBSD based servers and workstations. |
Portugal | |
Paulo Laureano Mr Net - Serviços informáticos lda Av Elias Garcia. 147. 2 esq. Lisbon , Lisbon 1050 LISBOA Phone: +351217826920 FAX: +351217826929 Email: pls@mrnet.pt URL: http://www.mrnet.pt/ | Over 7 years using UNIX for e-commerce and firewalls. We use and support both Linux and OpenBSD servers, being the latest used on all high security applications (firewalls, critical databases, etc). The company handles rapid response to break-ins and provides security audits to servers, connected networks and VPN connect networks. |
Singapore | |
Lin Xiaohan AUX MicroSystems PTE. LTD. 504, Serangoon North Ave 4, #14-468 Singapore , Singapore 550504 Phone: +65-97995569 Email: linxh@megamesh.com | BSD systems setup, maintenance and coding. Web applications with PostgreSQL/MySQL backend. Various server software (BIND, Apache, Sendmail, etc.) related installation and programming. |
Wally Lee Infinitum Singapore Pte Ltd 38A Pagoda Street Singapore , Singapore Phone: +65-3236360 FAX: +65-3236390 Email: wally@infinitum.com URL: http://www.infinitum.com/ | Specializing in NFR and other network security systems. |
Eddie Tan Aeon/Xe Technology Pte Ltd No. 8 Gul Ave, Kalstar House Singapore , Singapore 629652 Phone: (65) 2842006 FAX: (65) 8613500 Email: eddie@aeonxe.com URL: http://www.aeonxe.com/ | Implementation of firewalls, secured servers/hosts/network on OpenBSD and other UNIXes. |
Sweden | |
Jonas Eriksson InterACT Sandviksgatan 18 Lulea , BD 972 36 Phone: +46-920-88803 FAX: +46-920-88399 Email: info@interact.se URL: http://www.interact.se/ | We supply *BSD installation, maintenance and services, along with consulting services within Apache, Squid, Samba and SQL. We also offer consulting services across Europe for security and mission critical solutions on *BSD platforms. |
Switzerland | |
Michael Muelly INTRADETECT Bachtelstr. 52 Pfaeffikon , Schwyz Phone: 055 / 420 35 78 Email: openbsd@INTRADETECT.com URL: http://www.INTRADETECT.com/ | We are a security consulting company; we provide OpenBSD support for our security clients. |
United Kingdom | |
Rob Pickering Consultant Leighton Buzzard , Bedfordshire Phone: +44 (0) 870 166 4400 FAX: +44 (0) 870 166 4411 Email: rob@syntonet.co.uk URL: http://www.syntonet.co.uk/ | Over 10 years system software development experience on BSD based platforms. Firewall and networking system setup. Custom development in C and C++ with focus on datacomms. |
Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd. 102 London Road, Shenley, Hertfordshire London WD7 9BS Phone: +44 1923 857111 FAX: +44 870 1600800 Email: people@knowledge.com URL: http://www.knowledge.com/ | OpenBSD and Open Source software development, support and consulting. Internet related product development. |
United States | |
Steve Murphree, Jr. Consultant 240 North Montcrest Cullman , Alabama 35057 Phone: (256) 739-2076 Email: smurph@smcomp.com URL: http://www.smcomp.com/ | OpenBSD i386, powerpc, mvme68k and mvme88k experience. VME device driver development. OpenBSD installation and configuration for firewalls, samba, NFS, FTP and HTTP. IBM DB2 SQL programming services. Porting OpenBSD. SCSI, serial and ethernet driver development. |
Fred Fahnert Consultant 20975 Valley Green Drive #206 San Jose , California 95014 Phone: (408) 799 5010 FAX: (408) 366 1727 Email: fred@netfinances.com URL: http://www.netfinances.com/fred/consulting.html | OpenBSD installation, security, and setup of services including Web, DNS, Samba. Can setup your computer to be anything from a firewall to desktop workstation. |
Kyle Amon GNUTEC Information Technology Solutions 1655 North Colony Road, Suite 3002 Meriden , Connecticut 06458 Phone: 203-379-0125 FAX: 203-379-0126 Email: info@gnutec.com URL: http://www.gnutec.com/ | Specializing in security (firewalls, VPNs, security audits, intrusion detection systems, etc.), we also cover installation and configuration, systems integration, performance tuning, disaster recovery, network architecture and programming. OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux and many commercial flavors. |
Paul Pruett Web Engineering, Inc. 415 Brevard Avenue Cocoa , Florida 32922 Phone: 321-639-4344 FAX: 321-639-8681 Email: sysadmin@webengr.com URL: http://www.webengr.com/ | Setup, support, hosting and consulting. We also use OpenBSD for our ISP services including Sendmail for Email, SSL Apache for Web Servers with PHP MailMan for EMail Lists, Mysql and more. We can show you how to use anonCVS to rebuild kernel, /usr/src and /usr/ports :-) |
Gregory Hull Synack Systems Corporation 2546 Ingleside Ave Cincinnati , Ohio 45206 Phone: 513.509.5503 FAX: 513.961.0151 Email: ghull@synack.com URL: http://www.synack.com/ | Installation and support of OpenBSD based mail, web, database, news, dns, ftp, and samba servers. OpenBSD and Windows desktop integration. WWW, email, database and other application hosting. |
Angelos D. Keromytis Consultant 2031 South Street, Apt #202 Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Phone: (215) 985 5322 FAX: (215) 573 2232 Email: adk@adk.gr URL: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~angelos/ | Author of the OpenBSD IPsec code, field experience with firewalls, consulting only outside the US. |
Collective Technologies 9433 Bee Caves Road Austin , Texas 78733 Phone: 512-263-5500 FAX: 512-263-0606 Email: contact@colltech.com URL: http://www.colltech.com/ | Systems management services for distributed enterprise computing environments. Collective Technologies specializes in keeping complex computer systems running reliably offering a full range of support services including UNIX, NT, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. |
Network Security Technologies 13505 Dulles Technology Drive, Suite 1 Herndon , Virginia 20171 Phone: 703-561-0420 FAX: 703-561-0426 URL: http://www.netsec.net/ | Network Security Technologies provides commercial support for OpenBSD with special emphasis on "complete network security" |
Josh Pennell IOActive 8314 Greenwood Avenue North Suite 1300 Seattle , Washington Phone: 206-297-3155 Email: joshp@ioactive.com URL: http://www.ioactive.com/ | IOActive specializes in secure web hosting for internet developers. We utilize OpenBSD to help us achieve this goal. We also specialize in network audits, intrusion detection systems and custom crypto applications written in Java. |
Chris Cappuccio Consultant 920 SW Emkay Dr., C-104 Bend , Oregon Phone: 541-318-8065 FAX: 541-317-3402 Email: chris@empnet.com URL: http://www.empnet.com/chris/ | Setup, configuration, maintenance, fault recovery, firewall configuration, and planning for OpenBSD based servers and workstations. |
There are similar sets of support people for most of the other free UNIX-like systems, in particular NetBSD and FreeBSD.