Finally got around to updating my script to update my #OpenBSD #pf firewall with @JulianOliver 's fantastic parasites.txt. (Apologies if you've seen a bunch of HEAD requests from me, Julian!)

If anyone's interested:

#!/bin/ksh
set -euo pipefail

cd /home/pertho
ftp -TV https://scienceispoetry.net/files/parasites.txt
sed -e '/^[^0-9]/d' parasites.txt | sed '/^$/d' | sed '$d' > parasites.new
doas /usr/bin/install -g wheel -m 0644 -o root /home/pertho/parasites.new /etc/parasites.txt
doas /sbin/pfctl -t parasites -T replace -f /etc/parasites.txt
[ -f /home/pertho/parasites.new ] && rm -f /home/pertho/parasites.new

Please, go easy on Julian's server. Don't blast it with requests. He's providing this for free. (Thank you!!!!)

I use my home directory because I need to store parasites.txt with its timestamps. OpenBSD's ftp (which does talk https) checks the timestamp to see if a newer one is available and only proceeds if there is a newer one.

/etc/doas.conf edited to allow the install and pfctl commands to run (just look in doas.conf(5) for details and use the args)

I am assisting an educational podcast project doing the sysadmin for them. Happy that I was able to advocate for #BSD. We went with httpd(8) #OpenBSD for this, in the end it is just the feed.xml and some MP3/M4A-files. So exactly what the web is for. However, #Apple refuses the feed saying httpd does not support byte-ranges. Looking at the change logs, it should be supported since 5.8 (https://www.openbsd.org/plus58.html). And testing all this with curl does return a 206 and provides me with a working chunk of data. What am I missing here? #NetBSD #FreeBSD #smallweb #podcast #podcasts

LibreSSL 4.3.2 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260527055600 #openbsd #libressl #ssl #tls #security #development #programming #web #cryptography #crypto #realcrypto #ibresoftware #freesoftware

Run your own decentralized social platform on shared hosting or a tiny VPS WITHOUT Redis, PostgreSQL, or complex infrastructure.

What it makes so special to me? It looks awesome, comes with a great admin web interface and does not require a VPS instance where it can also be operated on a cheap shared hosting systems. By the given requirements, it also easily runs on a #RaspberryPI and all kind of systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #Illumos and more!

This all makes it perfect to everyone and even beginners to run their own instance. With relay support (e.g., fedi-relay.gyptazy.com) it even can consume and post content over non-directly connected instances in the #fediworld!

Kudos to the author of Starling: @df@s.dfaria.eu

More information:
GitHub project: https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling
My blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/starling-simple-fediverse-server/

#fedi #fediwall #opensource #decentralized #social #socialmedia #alternatives #mastodon

Alt...

Starling as a Fediverse/ActivityPub Server

Copying Remote Command Output to Your macOS Clipboard

A small trick to copy command output from a remote ssh session directly into the local macOS clipboard, using OSC 52 and a tiny shell script.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/05/26/copying-remote-command-output-to-your-macos-clipboard/

#ITNotes #macOS #Mac #Apple #shell #ssh #Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #Terminal #Clipboard

#OpenBSD #RunBSD

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP-250 G3
Operating System: OpenBSD 7.9 amd64
Desktop: LXQT 2.2.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Graphics Platform: X11/xenocara

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=23dc29b97f

#runbsd #openbsd #fishlinux #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot #shareyourdesktop

Alt...

Screenshot of OpenBSD running LXQT as Desktop environment Styling: Qogir-Berry gtk2/3/xfwm, QT theming via qt6gtk2/qt5gtk2 LXQT Panel: Graphite Icons: Qogir-Berry (colourized) Wallpaper: Dancers by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal running a minimal neofetch with some system stats. At the bottom is a floating panel with two desktop switcher buttons. In the bottom right corner there's an OpenBSD Pufferfish icon (https://logodix.com/logos/1867876) labeled with LXQT Desktop and its logo. Above are two badges with slogans dealing with cancer.

The little Acer doesn't (totally) love OpenBSD 7.9:
- fans are always spinning fast and it's hot. I could probably try to fix it, but I have no time at the moment
- it doesn't suspend - and it's critical, for me

I haven't tried other things, except that Mate works perfectly on X and I can use the touchpad. Volume controls work, the brightness controls work. A step ahead from 7.8, but still not perfect.

I'll probably reinstall Void Linux on ZFS.

#OpenBSD #Linux #Laptop

That Acer laptop sitting on a chair is shouting... "Let's try OpenBSD 7.9!"

Who am I to disappoint it?

#OpenBSD #RunBSD

Hello there 7.9 🙂

Updated my OpenBSD based bastion/jump-host to 7.9 without issues. Everything running absolutely fine!

Nice 🥳

#unix #openbsd #runbsd

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟱 (Valuable News - 2026/05/25) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/valuable-news-2026-05-25/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Still a WIP, but I’m trying to consolidate all my basic OpenBSD guides into one place:

https://openbased.xyz/

Right now it just covers basic desktop and rehashing my router setup. Plan to add more use cases as I tinker with things myself 😛

#openbsd #web #router

Episode 18 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e18.php

#darkblueweekly #darkblueproject #openbsd #proxmox #netbeans #valkey #linux #bsd #opensource #freesoftware

I've been on vacation at Lake Garda for two weeks with my lovely wife.

Now I think I can finally do a sysupgrade.

#OpenBSD

If you have booked a VM in the last three days and haven’t heard from us, please submit the request again. We inadvertently broke the form after the upgrade to #OpenBSD 7.9.

The requirements are pretty low:

• NO IPv4
• min. IPv6 /48 subnet routed
• Network (ARIN/RIPE/…) should be personalized (netname, abuse,..)
• Optionally: BYOIP
• ARPA delegation for the net to my nameservers
• min. 2x 500G disk space (SATA SSD or better)
• min. 48G memory per node
• bandwidth doesn’t really matter (100Mbit is fine)
• Remote MGMT to systems

#bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #openindiana #education #learning #opensource

I have written in Romanian about #OpenBSD 7.9 and my first very impressions of #Mango, but while editing the post, as I was switching between tiling layouts, the #Wayland session crashed with the infamous Wayland socket broken pipe error, so for now I'm back on cwm...
https://fionescu.princeps-poesis.xyz/openbsd-7-9-cu-mango-wayland

Is anyone else running #lf on #OpenBSD? If so, have you ever managed to get image previews working? pistol hasn't been ported to OpenBSD as far as I can tell

But at the end of day I am hypocrite because I need Fish Linux for y*-dlp and gov websites.
#noAI

Yesterday I learned if you run "sysupgrade -n" you can add "pkg_add -u < /dev/null" at the end of /etc/rc.firsttime before you reboot, it will do a packages update before daemons start saving a whole extra reboot. 👍

#OpenBSD rocks!!

Upgraded to #OpenBSD 7.9 yesterday evening. Easy and without problems, as usual.

My #ThinkPad #X13 with #AMD didn't do suspense/resume before ... now it does more or less. It works sometimes, but most of the times the keyboard is stuck (connecting an external keyboard and toggling keyboard language makes it come back) and other times it has other hangs and crashes. Not practical yet.

But hibernation with ZZZ works! So far reliable... which is a big improvement.

RE: https://journal.bsd.cafe/2026/05/20/enable-tethered-internet-access-to-your-pocket-pc-pda-using-openbsd/

To celebrate the release of #OpenBSD 7.9, the wonderful @rqm has written a lovely post for the BSD Cafe Journal.

#RunBSD

EDIT: some things have changed since I wrote this post. Now they're more accurate.

AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.

This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos ecosystems. We are seeing entire websites flooded with AI-generated tutorials and guides that are totally incorrect. Most people don't realize this; they follow the instructions, fail, and then assume that the BSDs doesn't work well or are 'unstable' because they have supposedly changed since the guide was written.

Luckily, some people eventually find my blog, reach out, and finally understand what's actually going on. Others, unfortunately, end up on major social sites or comments, claiming that these systems are broken.

In 2026, one of our greatest challenges will be teaching people how to vet their sources and filter information.
And I see this as a very, very uphill battle.

#IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #News #UnderstandingText #Disinformation

I'm happy to announce the 19th release of the #OpenBSD #webzine

https://webzine.puffy.cafe/issue-19.html

LONG HAUL \\ HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, OPENBSD!

https://openbsd.org/79.html

#unix_surrealism #comic #openbsd #technomage #runbsd

Alt...

Fish and Girl are looting the Museum of Open Technology. Fish spots an old poster dated 1996.

OpenBSD 7.9 if officially out!

Congratulations for the 60th release of this great, great OS!

https://www.openbsd.org/79.html

#OpenBSD #RunBSD

Whoop. Exquisite.social is now on #OpenBSD 7.9 (-release):

OpenBSD 7.9 (GENERIC.MP) #449: Wed May  6 13:17:25 MDT 2026

#MastoAdmin

Successfully upgraded my X201 to OpenBSD 7.9 😎

#openbsd #thinkpad

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers: Submit by June 20th!

https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟭𝟴 (Valuable News - 2026/05/18) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/valuable-news-2026-05-18/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

We are very close to a new OpenBSD release. "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html can help you prepare for the upgrade.

If you are using exim as your MTA (or any other non-base system MTA), "OpenSMTPD Is The Mail Server For The Future" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/time_for_opensmtpd.html contains useful pointers for a better mail future.

#openbsd #newrelease #openbsd79 #opensmtpd #email #smtp #rspamd #antispam #spam

comfort

https://analognowhere.com/_/ohrico/

#unix_surrealism #technomage #comic #openbsd #fosschild

Alt...

fosschild narrates: there was a hint of weariness in her eyes the kind that can be only found on the faces of the disillusioned on nights when she thought i was asleep, i would listen to her tightening the failing grip of the miltek arm when skies were clear she looked at the stars as if looking for someone back then i didnt understand why it comforted her i do today

https://analognowhere.com/

Alt...

A photo of a canvas picture with a girl wearing puffer fish pyjamas with a laptop in the picture.

Dear friends of #BSDCafe - the BSD Cafe Journal needs some attention.

This isn't the best time for me to revive it myself, and that's exactly why I'm counting on you!

I'm sure you have great ideas, thoughts, projects, and articles that would fit perfectly in that space.

So don’t be shy 🙂
The BSD Cafe Journal is waiting for you!

#BSDCafeJournal #Blogging #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD

Entropy 2

#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #linux #foss #comic #art #mastoart #privacy

Alt...

Girl: "Master?" Fish and Penguin are playing chess. Fish: "Yes?" Girl: "It should compile by morning. I'm off to bed." Fish: "Fine, fine" Girl goes to bed, reads hagakure and falls asleep.

Alt...

analognowhere presents techno-mage in entropy 2

Alt...

Girl awakens in the Realm of the Spirit of The Machine. She notices Fossangel in the distance.

Alt...

Girl: "Fossangel!" Fossangel: "SHHH. Fill this in first." It's a clipboard: Before you dream, we must verify your identity. Name, DOB, Address, MATA_ID. Girl: "I have to do this in my own dream now?!" Fossangel: "Girl.. You have no idea how deep this thing goes."

acquired - tome of pf

(this is not sponsored content, I just like the book)

thank you @pitrh

https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openbsd #pf #bookofpf

Alt...

girl studies the ancient tome of PF

#unix_surrealism #dataswamp #technomage #art #comic #openbsd

Alt...

Do you ever wonder how different thing would be if we had met in the data swamp?

strlcpy(3)

#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #analognowhere #fish #penguin #mata #linux #comic #art

Alt...

MATA_Bots descend upon Fish's bunker. Bots: "CLEAR! KEEP MOVING, THE FISH IS HERE" Fish: "I'll buy you time. Use the ventilation system. Go wake her up. Get her out." Bots: "GOT A SEALED DOOR. BREACH IT" Fish: "And Purple? Thank you." Bots: "BREACHING! MOVE MOVE!" Fish: "For what it's worth... I wish for unlimited ammo."

last of the fish

#unix_surrealism #technomage #gameoftrees #9front no #thinkpad #openbsd #runbsd

Alt...

Girl lounging on a desk. there are 9front no-thinkpad, and game of trees posters behind her. a fish plush toy. and some other computer-speak stuff.

Fish Alpinism

How I make digital art.

https://triapul.cz/_/1765291397

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #alpine #linux #gimp #art #foss

Alt...

artist keyboard

DUFF v KORN 2

prev: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115508225024561937

#unix_surrealism #plan9 #9front #korn #ksh #rc #comic #linux #lo0 #technomage #openblade #openbsd

Alt...

Daemon: "I think that looks pretty good! Don't you?" Kshboy: "Haha, yeah! You made it in troff?" Daemon: "Yeah!" Kshboy: "Cool!" DEAR MISTER DUFF, MY BEST FRIEND AND I WERE WONDERING, IF YOU COULD BEAT KORN IN A FIGHT. WE KNOW OF A GREAT PLACE WHERE YOU COULD DO BATTLE. Daemon: "We can just swap the names with sed for the other letter!" Kshboy: "But how do we get it to them? We don't even know where they live..." Daemon: "I have an idea. Let's rewrite it!"

Alt...

Random penguins hand a leaflet to Techno-Mage. DUFF V KORN DUEL OF THE AGES WHEN: NEXT FULL MOON WHERE: THE BIG HILL OUTSIDE FOSSTOWN WHOEVER DOESN'T SHOW AUTOMATICALLY LOSES! PLACE YOUR BEST AT THE DRUNKEN BIRD BARD OpenBlade: "Oh yeah, I heard about this." Mage: "You heard about this?" OpenBlade: "You have a lot of money riding on Korn btw."

Alt...

Lo0: "YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE!" Lo0 KORN TRIBUTE practice Korn: "STOP! That's not what they sounded like..." Mec: "Sorry, Mister K." Korn: "Are you? The gig is in a week. Do better!" Bot_Manager: "YO! CASH MONEY K! Why didn't you tell me about the fight?!" Korn: "What fight?" Bot_Manager: "I could get the band to play there!"

Alt...

Penguin Postman walks up a mountain. Penguin: "Mister Duff? Mail!" Duff: "Vincent! Is it next year already?" Penguin: "No sir, just some admin stuff regarding your fight." Duff: "Fight?"

Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared

Update: This post has been updated to include Docker benchmarks and a comparison of container overhead versus FreeBSD Jails and illumos Zones.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

#ITNotes #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting

the list

#unix_surrealism #comic #poster #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #9front #plan9 #glenda #cirno #girl #daemon #puffy #rabbit #mata #openblade #penguin #linux #foss

Alt...

MATACORP'S MOST WANTED HACKERS Fish Daemon Cirno OpenBlade Rabbit Frederick "the Hammer" Glenda II Sphence Purple "Penguin" Pentium-M Man Girl

This Isn't a Battle

After reading a post describing the FreeBSD community as 'toxic', I share a different perspective. This isn't a battle. It's a reflection on coexistence, the original Open Source spirit, and the quiet richness of taking a different path.

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14/this-isnt-a-battle/

#MyNotes #IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #OpenSource

bathing

I use @OpenBSDAms btw

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #vmm #vmd #poster #comic #linux #plan9 #glenda

Alt...

Girl and Penguin visit the fish vats.

rio-like configuration for base openbsd fvwm2

https://nein.triapul.cz/fvwm

#rio #fvwm #plan9 #openbsd #fishlinux #serpico

Alt...

jc leyendecker in acme

dating culture clash

#9front #openbsd #gnu #linux #plan9 #dating #comic #unix

Alt...

plan9bunny-person meets with a fish-daemon-person. Daemon: "So, how was the date?" Bunny: "He talked about docker for 35 minutes and then asked, if I have wine." Daemon: "Did you tell him you're not Unix?" Bunny: "Yeah, he said: 'oh, like GNU?'"

Prehistoric AI, OpenBlade's relative

#unix_surrealism #lispmachine #openblade #openbsd #technomage #comic

Alt...

Girl and Puffy discover an abandoned machine in a ruined building. Girl: "What is it, master?" Puffy: "This, my dear Girl, is a prewar fully sentient MilTek Lisp Machine. It's basically a bulkier OpenBlade. I was sure MATA got rid of them all..." LispMachine: "Hi there! I haven't seen another live form in over 200 years! Do you guys wanna hear my take on vaccines?" OpenBlade: "Wow, this guy is awesome!"

Heads up for people applying the first syspatch(8) for #OpenBSD 7.8, which is actually for the syspatch(8) utility itself.

There are instructions in the errata patch for if it fails.

If syspatch fails (probably because /usr is not a separate filesystem), perform these steps:
sed -e 's/.checkfs/#checkfs/g' /usr/sbin/syspatch > /root/syspatch
ksh /root/syspatch
syspatch # re-run new syspatch command as instructed
rm /root/syspatch
dev_mkdb

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=176158489701798&w=2

Thanks to everyone involved. All hail the fish.

The Man of MATA pt1

next: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115271822786360293

pls consider supporting my work: https://analognowhere.com/support

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openbsd #linux #penguin #mata

Alt...

Somewhere in a desert... Girl and Penguin are eating breakfast. Penguin: "Morning, slept well?" Girl: "mhmhmhm" Penguin: "What's today?" Girl checks her school schedule. It's Monday, morning class - history. Girl: "History. Penguin, unenthusiased: "Sounds exciting."

Alt...

Classroom. Fish begins the lesson. Fish: "I wanted to call this class mythology, but Purple said history suggests that some of it might actually be true. Nobody remembers how long ago, but as you know, the world ended. While the inheritors of the ravaged land learned to adapt to their predicament, three brothers, successors of those who brought about the end, set out into the destroyed world to ruin it some more." LAST REMAINING MATACORPBUNKER B_73; three brothers "Well, gentlemen, we ate all the women, children and uly. The water purifier is busted and the only person who could fix it was Parkinson." "We ate her last week." "We ate her last week." "Nothing to eat, nothing to drink. So now what?" "I think it's time to do what our great great great grandparents spoke of - Go outside and restart civilization." "Ugh..."

Alt...

Penguin and Fish are dressed as the MATA brothers. Penguin: "I have the best ideas." Fish: "You're going to have to help us play the third brother." Girl, ecstatic: "School trip!" analognowhere presents: techno-mage in: Girl, Fish and Penguin stand outside their cave home. Fish: "... they gathered a bunch of thumbdrives with ancient CORPO tech and went on a journey to find people and machines they could poison." Penguin: "It's a good day to fuck shit up. Come on, bros!" Girl: "He's really into it!"

Alt...

The three brothers cross the ancient desolate land. "This suuuuuuuuuuuucks." "Shut up."

Me: huh, I don't remember logging out of my session on the kids' #OpenBSD laptop…oh, right, I did a `doas sysupgrade`, it did the upgrade, rebooted into 7.7, and returned uneventfully to the login screen without requiring any additional intervention or thought.

There's something wonderful about an upgrade-process so boring that you can accidentally forget you did it.

I got asked if I could create a #howto for creating a (public) #NAT64 service - just like I did recently for #BoxyBSD. With #DNS64 and #NAT64 you can also reach resource in the legacy internet (#IPv4) on #IPv6 only systems.

While this is based on #unbound and #tayga, there’s also a solution by using the #OpenBSD's native way which is also running on the other gateway. I’ll share a second how to how to do this in OpenBSD and pf.

https://gyptazy.com/howto-create-a-public-dns64-nat64-gateway/

While I was mucking about with an #openbsd port, I got an email from github offering me access to their ai code writing uselessness.

No! Bad website!

*spritzes with water bottle*

My code doesn't work at the moment. Broken is still better than this offer.

This is my favorite part of the OpenBSD installer because I get it wrong every time, but I love that they anticipated it! #openbsd

Alt...

Text from the OpenBSD installer asking "Setup a user? (enter a lower-case loginname, or 'no')". The user enters "yes" and the next prompt says "No really, what is the lower-case loginname, or 'no'?"

**BSD Mail Project Update!**

Hello everyone! I wanted to share some exciting updates about the development of BSD Mail, our privacy-focused email service designed with robustness, security, and transparency in mind. Here’s a deep dive into the technical choices I've made, focusing on my use of open source solutions and open protocols:

🌍 **Servers & Location**

- We're running on two physical servers:
- One hosted by OVH in France
- Another by Hetzner in Germany
- Both servers operate on FreeBSD with NVMe drives in a ZFS mirror configuration for speed and data integrity.

🔒 **Virtualization & Security**

- We utilize jails on both servers to ensure isolated environments for different services, managed via BastilleBSD. On one server, jails are set up directly on the hardware, whereas the other server employs nested jails.
- Each server hosts a bhyve VM running OpenBSD with OpenSMTPD for handling SMTP duties securely.

🔗 **Networking**

- A Wireguard setup connects the two servers, facilitating routing capabilities so that jails and VMs can communicate seamlessly, supporting both IPv4 and IPv6.

📧 **Email Services**

- **Dovecot** is configured for maildir replication across the servers using Dovecot sync, ensuring email availability and redundancy.
- **Rspamd** instances are tied to local KeyDB jails, set up in master-master replication for consistent and reliable spam detection and greylisting.
- **ClamAV** runs in corresponding jails for virus scanning, maintaining a high level of security.
- **SOGo** provides a web interface for email management, connected to MySQL databases in master-master replication to handle sessions and authentication smoothly.

💾 **Data Management**

- Email data is stored on separate, encrypted ZFS datasets to secure emails at rest.
- MySQL databases are used for storing credentials and managing sessions for SOGo, also in a master-master replication setup. Importantly, all passwords are securely hashed using bcrypt, ensuring they are salted and safe.

🔎 **Monitoring & Reliability**

- Our DNS is managed through BunnyNet, which continuously monitors our server status. Should one server—or a specific service—become unavailable, DNS configurations are dynamically adjusted to avoid directing users to the affected IP until full service is restored.

🌐 **Commitment to Open Source and Open Protocols**

- Every component of BSD Mail is built exclusively using open source software and open protocols. This commitment is crucial for ensuring data freedom and the reliability of the solutions we use.

This setup not only emphasizes our commitment to privacy and security but also our dedication to maintaining an open and transparent platform.
We're excited to bring you a service where your privacy, data integrity, and freedom are prioritized. Stay tuned for more updates!

#BSDMail #OpenSource #Privacy #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EmailHosting #Email

#OpenBSD may introduces Word into the base system

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=170742832804260&w=2

Running #wayland compositor #sway on #OpenBSD is very easy (only -current at the moment)

- pkg_add sway
- stop xenodm
- log-in as your user in a tty
- run /usr/local/bin/startsway.sh

that's all

Alt...

Screenshot of an OpenBSD desktop running the wayland compositor sway