Re: openbsd firewall configuration for extreme hostile environment

2023-05-01 Thread Nick Holland
On 4/26/23 08:46, jonathon575 wrote: Greetings, I have OpenBSD configured strictly as a dedicated firewall. Only BSD, BSD.rd, BSD.mp, and Base are installed (supposedly, this is the minimum installation). Blocked All, and only few selected out going IP addresses are allowed (strictly vpn ip

link to errata

2023-05-01 Thread Yoshihiro Kawamata
In https://www.openbsd.org, "Patches" still links to https://www.openbsd.org/errata72.html Yoshihiro Kawamata https://fuguita.org

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-01 Thread Katherine Mcmillan
"Linux is slowly losing it's appeal for servers. IT is starting to notice that Linux servers are cracked almost as much as Windows servers. A large problem with any OS lacking a central authority to insure that nothing is added before being fully verified as not introducing a vulnerability."

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-01 Thread Thomas M. Beaudry
Linux is slowly losing it's appeal for servers. IT is starting to notice that Linux servers are cracked almost as much as Windows servers. A large problem with any OS lacking a central authority to insure that nothing is added before being fully verified as not introducing a vulnerability. On

Re: Encrypted softraid - Operational question

2023-05-01 Thread misc
Thanks man. Will use it. On 2023-05-01 11:39, Thomas Bohl wrote: Hi In a server with an encrypted root - server boots with key in USB stick, not passphrase. Can I remove the USB stick with the key, after the server is up and running? Yes Will I have any problems doing that? No.

Re: Encrypted softraid - Operational question

2023-05-01 Thread Thomas Bohl
Hi In a server with an encrypted root - server boots with key in USB stick, not passphrase. Can I remove the USB stick with the key, after the server is up and running? Yes Will I have any problems doing that? No. Though not at the moment, I used such a setup for years. Only

Encrypted softraid - Operational question

2023-05-01 Thread misc
Hi misc, In a server with an encrypted root - server boots with key in USB stick, not passphrase. Can I remove the USB stick with the key, after the server is up and running? Will I have any problems doing that? I know that in the case of a reboot, it will be necessary to go and re-insert

Re: Booting OpenBSD 7.3's i386 bsd.rd

2023-05-01 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2023-05-01, Damian McGuckin wrote: > > What is required please? > > I am trying to boot this bsd.rd (which is a file 4Mb big) on an old > NET5500 which has 512MBytes of RAM. On a running system, > > From the > > boot> > > prompt, doing > > boot> boot bsd.rd > > it appears to

Re: Booting OpenBSD 7.3's i386 bsd.rd

2023-05-01 Thread Darren Tucker
On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 12:38, Damian McGuckin wrote: [...] > it appears to loads bsd.rd, but then drops straight back into the BIOS > and starts the BIOS boot. > > Any suggestions. Try switching the console to serial instead of relying on the BIOS: boot> stty com0 19200 boot> set tty com0