The Month in BSD  OpenBSD 3.6 is released, NetBSD has a new logo, and FreeBSD 5.3 is delayed. Sam Smith reports on October's BSD news.   [ONLamp.com]

OpenBSD 3.6 Live  Right on schedule, the OpenBSD team plans to release version 3.6 on November 1. Federico Biancuzzi recently interviewed several members of the core team about new features and changes in the code and the project.   [ONLamp.com]

Secure Your Wireless with IPSec  Wireless can make your life much, much easier, but those pesky radio waves won't stay put. Sometimes this is good, but sometimes you want to lock down your network. WEP and MAC address filtering aren't secure enough. IPSec, the same approach used to secure VPNs, is much better. Dan Langille explains how to configure Wifi with IPSec.   [ONLamp.com]

Building Diskless Clients with FreeBSD 5.2  The free Unix-alikes make wonderful thin clients. Having explained how to make a FreeBSD diskless server in Part 1, Mikhail Zakharov demonstrates how to configure FreeBSD diskless clients.   [BSD DevCenter]

FreeBSD Basics
FreeBSD Bag of Tricks  Software junkies like Dru Lavigne always file away interesting new programs for their bag of tricks. In this installment of FreeBSD Basics, Dru demonstrates how to use usermin for easy webmail and reveals the convenience and glory of TheOpenCD.   [BSD DevCenter]

BSD Success Stories (PDF)  The BSDs--FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Darwin, and others--have earned a reputation for stability, security, performance, and ease of administration. In the process, they've gathered enthusiastic advocates. This collection speaks to that enthusiasm. These are the stories of ordinary users who discovered flexibility, value, and power in this extraordinary operating system. Dru Lavigne, who helped collect these stories, is the author of BSD Hacks. 

Building a BSD Netboot Server  Diskless FreeBSD workstations work beautifully for many users. With recent changes in FreeBSD 5.x, the old methods of building a netbooting lab have changed. In this, the first of two articles, Mikhail Zakharov explains how to build a FreeBSD server for diskless BSD workstations.   [BSD DevCenter]

Behind DragonFly BSD  DragonFly BSD, a recent fork of FreeBSD 4, intends to produce a modern, robust operating system by choosing better algorithms and feature sets. On the eve of the release of DragonFly BSD RC 2, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed four core-team members about their goals and progress.   [BSD DevCenter]

FreeBSD Basics
Unix Printing Basics  For some reason, consumer-level printing has never been easy on any OS, including Unix. Unless you're in the know, it seems like a mess of spoolers, filters, and drivers. Fortunately, new versions of Ghostscript and foomatic make configuring printing easier. Dru Lavigne explains the basics of Unix printer installation and configuration.   [BSD DevCenter]

Building a Web Cluster with FreeSBIE  If your high-availability solution involves lots of cheap, identical machines, perhaps booting from a LiveCD is the right choice. For the BSD crowd, FreeSBIE may be the best LiveCD option. Alexander Prohorenko demonstrates how to build a custom FreeSBIE CD while putting together a cluster of web servers.   [BSD DevCenter]

Preventing Denial of Service Attacks  If you have servers on the public Internet, you're likely vulnerable to external Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. (You may be vulnerable to accidental internal attacks, too.) Fortunately, you can limit their likelihood and severity. Avleen Vig discusses strategies for diagnosing and defending against DoS attacks.   [BSD DevCenter]

FreeBSD Basics
FreeBSD Networking Basics  Networking is integral to many functions of a modern FreeBSD system. When it's working, it works wonderfully. When it's not working -- or before you've configured things -- it can frustrate new users. Dru Lavigne explains how to verify, configure, and optimize FreeBSD networking.   [BSD DevCenter]

Hacking BSD, Part 2  Last week's excerpts from O'Reilly's BSD Hacks offered a few administrator tricks -- finding files easily, and managing disk space without reinstalling. This week's excerpt provides administrators and users alike with a hack on how to get the most out of FTP using macros and scripts.   [BSD DevCenter]

The Making of BSD Hacks  Dru Lavigne, the author of BSD Hacks, and chromatic wanted to use open source tools to write and edit the book, so they turned to PseudoPOD and Subversion. chromatic writes about how they used these tools to collaborate, write, edit, and produce the book in record time.   [BSD DevCenter]

Hacking BSD, Part 1  In these two excerpts from O'Reilly's BSD Hacks, learn a few administrator tricks: make it easier for your users to find files in Unix, and add more temporary files or swap space without having to repartition.   [BSD DevCenter]

OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2  With the release of OpenBSD 3.5, users and administrators gear up for new features. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed six leading OpenBSD developers responsible for PF, the powerful packet filter, on new features and goals. This is the second half of the interview.   [BSD DevCenter]

Big Scary Daemons
Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems  Running a low-power, low-maintenance PC can make your life easier in many ways, but managing and upgrading its Compact Flash cards can be frustrating. What if you built a diskless box that could boot from the network? Michael Lucas shows how to build a Soekris box running OpenBSD that boots over the network.   [BSD DevCenter]

OpenBSD PF Developer Interview  On the eve of OpenBSD's 3.5 release, users and administrators gear up for new features. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed six leading OpenBSD developers responsible for PF, the powerful packet filter, on new features and goals.   [BSD DevCenter]

Big Scary Daemons
Mail Server Filtering  Free operating systems are immune to the latest Windows viruses, but that fact doesn't keep our inboxes clean. If your BSD or Linux box receives mail for other clients, filters can help them, too. Michael Lucas demonstrates how to use MIMEDefang, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and Sendmail to filter unwanted mail.   [BSD DevCenter]

FreeBSD Basics
Interesting New Ports  Perusing the Freshports list is a great way to find interesting and useful new FreeBSD ports. Dru Lavigne explores how to prune unused ports, expand your fortunes, improve your English, and harden your system's security.   [BSD DevCenter]

An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie  As with FreeBSD's ports and NetBSD's packages, OpenBSD's ports system is a compelling reason to use it. Its designers and maintainers are, too often, unsung heroes. That's one reason Federico Biancuzzi sat down to interview OpenBSD's Marc Espie. And along the way they discuss security, licensing, and future plans for the system.   [BSD DevCenter]

FreeBSD Basics
Hiding Secrets with Steganography  Bad guys in the movies all keep their wall safes hidden behind paintings. Is there a metaphor in there for your sensitive files? Dru Lavigne explores steganography, or hiding secret messages in images or sounds, with the outguess and steghide utilities.   [BSD DevCenter]

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