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

started reading the newest post from @solene about @QubesOS:
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2025-08-03-introduction-to-qubes-os.html

does that mean i could run #openbsd as a cube? #qubesos

Some friendships just don't crash. 😉 Happy Friendship Day from your most stable and reliable OS. 💻❤️ #RunBSD #FriendshipDay #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #GhostBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #HardenedBSD & other BSDs i might have missed :)

To resolve this I used a function in my .kshrc as follows:

man() {
    sh -c "man '$@' | col -bx | bat -l man -p"
}

export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"

On FreeBSD it gives me the coloured man pages but under OpenBSD it complains with bx: no closing quote

It seems I'm not the only person to notice either.

https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/1izlfwa/manpager_behaves_oddly_on_openbsd/

In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.

Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime

Is there a diffrent terminal emulator in #openbsd besides xterm? Or how can i copy paste stuff from xterm :D

Recent new features in OpenSSH https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250802084523 #openbsd #openssh #ssh #newfeatures #development #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #crypto #cryptography

How can laptop fan be reduced on #openbsd with sensord, obsdfreqd, or something else? I believe I restricted temp to 40 or 50 degress and fan runs at 3400rpm non-stop and does not slow down when laptop is not used or touched

dmesg https://bin.0xfc.de/?fac0ae54ca1b7f01#6ND5uVZPgkFZpkHuS5kLGTiiCZxYvqGagP9yWS9PxkBD

I thought I could less -RXPs .profile and get coloured output but I think I've got things mixed up in what I think syntax highlighting is in less ? 🤔

I'm wondering if I need to setup termcap ?

New instance, new #introduction

I migrated from https://cybervillains.com/@_xhr_ Great instance but recently the downtimes have been a bit overwhelming. Hence you haven't heard in a while.

I am in the #Unix world since nearly 30 years, used all kinds of Linux, was a #DragonFly BSD committer in the 2010 (you might have seen dma, which is now part of #FreeBSD https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dma&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html). My daily driver is #OpenBSD.

In my day job I worked in #InfoSec for over a decade, mostly in a technical sense. These days more in the non-technical world, wrangling the ISO 27k1.

I've been on Mastodon since 2016 and migrated instances twice.

Get ready for the European *BSD event of 2025! 😈⛳🐡

54 days to go!

BSDCan Videos are being published. It can give you a taste of the great content you can witness live in Zagreb.

Grab your tickets 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org

The schedule 📅 is at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

For everything else, peek at https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷
September 25-28, 2025

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #BSD #Conference #Register #Tickets

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I'm late to the party but i managed to update my powermac g4 to #openbsd 77 and it works like a charm man you guys rock!!! Dillo lynx for browsing and mpv with ytdlp for even listening to music streams. Thats amazing gaming is done by emulators or scummvm :D monkey island 2 is great :D. Coding with c, lisp or php with emacs also works quite great. For the ui i use fvwm which feels really snappy i lobe it. #oldcomputerchallege

I've got a OpenBSD VPS with a WireGuard connection to a server on my home network. I can ssh and ping both ways through the WireGuard tunnel.

Would it be possible to use relayd on the VPS to direct traffic to different services running on the server at home?

service1.example.com -> server:8443
service2.example.com -> server:8090

It kind of looks that way from:

https://mutualaid.info/posts/using-relayd-as-a-reverse-proxy-on-openbsd/

I can add DNS records to the domain in question.

(I'm new to OpenBSD, but not Linux)

#OpenBSD #WireGuard #selfhosted

What are you missing at @BoxyBSD?

Let me know what miss, what you need and how I can improve the service to make it easier and better for you!

#opensource #hosting #ipv6 #freevps #boxybsd #runbsd #bsd #devops #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dn42 #peering

@ariadne Is there going to be an #openbsd group hanging out after the conf? (I live downtown too)

Proper testing will follow.

Another record broken! Highest monthly donation to date, it tipped the scale even earlier for silver sponsorship again.

21 new VMs were added and 79 VMs were renewed.

We donated €1395 to the #OpenBSD Foundation, €55070 since we started.

Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!

Stay safe, healthy & sane!

#RUNBSD in 2025

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Success Kid meme. Young kid on wearing a white / green sweater, fist clenched, looking in the camera, on the beach. It has the text: We just keep breaking records

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#OpenBSD/arm64 now supports the ARM "System Control and Management Interface" for CPU performance control, and speed reporting (hw.cpuspeed), via the smci(4) driver.

This is used to implement apmd(8), hw.perfpolicy/hw.setperf on Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite machines.

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=175395733802655&w=2

Call for testing: Improved 802.11g AP compatibility check https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250731111632 #openbsd #wifi #80211 #wireless #networking #callfortesting #freesoftware #libresoftware

Hello Fedi - what is your most used *BSD service that is builtin to the OS?
From Jails to Pledge, name your favorite!

#freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd

Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html (also tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) #openbsd #freebsd #bookofpf #pf #packetfilter #book #networking #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #shamelessplug

For a #homelab/#selfhosted project, would there be any reason to pick one of #freebsd or #openbsd ? (Just because #netbsd seems amazingly portable it also interests me).
So far I mostly run #Linux containers with #podman and VMs with #proxmox, the only *BSD VM running is #opnsense. And so far #btrfs seems pretty good alternative to #zfs.
I hear the network stack is supposed to be better and the system overall more “unified” but I fail to see what to try or do with it.

#RUNBSD! But BoxyBSD now also starts to support #Linux! We're starting soon with the Linux support for already present users, offering free boxes:

* #AlmaLinux
* #Alpine
* #Debian
* #Devuan
* #CentOS
* #Fedora
* #Gentoo
* #OpenSuse
* #OpenEuler
* #RockyLinux

Just next to our core OS like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #MidnightBSD and #DragonflyBSD (and #illumos). This should also make the step easier to compare and test different scenarios where BSD provides a different behavior compared to Linux systems.

Thanks to @gyptazy for the implementation!

#VPS #VM #VirtualMachine #OpenSource #Hosting #IPv6 #BGP #FreeHosting #Community

Classic CDE (Common Desktop Environment) coming to OpenBSD https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250730080301 #openbsd #cde #commondesktopenvironment #x #xwindows #desktop #retrocomputing #freesoftware #libresoftware #ports #packages

Antoine Jacoutot (ajacoutot@) imported CDE (Common Desktop Environment) into #OpenBSD -current ports today, I checked and it's not April 1st, please retro Unix desktop responsibly.

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=175370608029725&w=2

This is what I answered to the question "Why are you still using #OpenBSD and why should we?" at the #UNIXsocialClub of #Dijon, #France, last weekend.

Slides in French. Post in english.

#RunBSD

https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/why-are-you-still-using-openbsd/

The long version of why you need key authentication for your SSH servers - "The Hail Mary Cloud and the lessons learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html #ssh #passwordgroping #unix #linux #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter

Also The 4th edition of the Book of PF is coming soon: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html

#OpenBSD and #FreeBSD work great on #KubeVirt. Big thank you to the people over at https://bsd-cloud-image.org/ for making these images and building in cloud-init!

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OpenShift console showing BSD images.

We are still working on The Book of PF, 4th ed.

Preorders are open at https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition, read about the work at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html (also tracked at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) #bookofpf #newedition #freebsdd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #security #freesoftware #libresoftware

At EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb: "Liberating the social web using *BSD" by Jeroen - @h3artbl33d - and Stefano Marinelli, see https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/PJJLFV/

Schedule at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

To register https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html

#EuroBSDCon #EBC25 #BSDCafe #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Networking #BSDCafe #RunBSD #Mastodon #Fediverse #OwnYourData #Security #Networking #Community

At EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb: "Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset" by Peter N. M. Hansteen, Tom Smyth, Max Stucchi, see https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/FW39CX/

Schedule at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

To register https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html

#eurobsdcon #freebsd #openbsd #networking #packetfilter #pf #security #devops #sysadmin

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/valuable-news-2025-07-28/

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

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

@AlSweigart

#OpenBSD hackathons seem pretty productive, but I'll let the devs confirm this.

My experience installing #GrapheneOS for my after market Pixel is similar to my experience buying my first used ThinkPad specifically to install #OpenBSD

Both projects value simplicity and security. Neither tries to force any unnecessary choices down your throat. You get a box with cool tools, it is up to you how you want to fill it.

New @bsdcan Video Posted:

The state of 3d-printing from OpenBSD by Andrew Hewus Fresh
@AFresh1

https://youtu.be/q8K9VH76c8o

It's possible to do some 3d printing related things on an OpenBSD machine, but there are a bunch of popular tools that aren't available in the ports tree. We will talk about some of the different classes of software and what things are popular and whether they are currently available on OpenBSD and what the blockers are from getting those into the ports tree.

#3dprinting #openbsd #runbsd

oh, my "Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon" blog post https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html is on hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44657803 #bookofpf #pf #packetfilter #openbsd #freebsd #networking (non-tracked: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html)

Game of Trees 0.116 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250726073234 #openbsd #gameoftrees #git #got #development #versioncontrol #freesoftware #libresoftware

Following up on previous, the LinkedIn discussion revealed that there are people who have not heard about greylisting.

So here is my 2012 piece with updates, "In The Name Of Sane Email: Setting Up OpenBSD's spamd(8) With Secondary MXes In Play - A Full Recipe" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/in_the_name_of_sane_email.html

#spamd #antispam #spamd.conf #OpenBSD #blocklists #blacklists #greytrapping #greylisting #spam

all operating systems suck uniquely. find the one that sucks the least for you and use it. also, shut up about it.

#Linux #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #Windows #Illumos #plan9 #9front #MacOS #DOS

So this is where my peeps at!

Hello everyone, my name is Børge and I am happy to get back into the BSD world, though only for personal projects for now.

I was a sysadmin for a small telco a while ago and we used Solaris/SPARC and FreeBSD/i386 for our servers, while I tried my hand at OpenBSD for my personal server. The network was all Cisco at the beginning, with some Juniper equipment for peering at the end but I did not get any experience with those unfortunately. I do have a certificate in SS7 somewhere, the signaling protocol telcos use for voice calls, but have forgotten pretty much all of it.

These days work is "cloud everything", which all seems to be based on Linux-something.

Reminiscing of "the good, old days" I wondered if I could run a BSD server anywhere to tap into my sysadmin background a little, or if I would have to use some Linux distribution.

Searching for BSD hosting providers, I am very happy I discovered #OpenBSDAms which I use for OpenBSD hosting (obviously).

Then I came across #BoxyBSD where I was lucky enough to get a FreeBSD instance.

Last but not least I came across a cheap VPS provider where I could run NetBSD. I don't mention the provider because I'm not sure I can recommend them yet.

I've been on Mastodon a little while, mostly reading as there is so much of interest to find here, though also because I'm quite shy, but hope to maybe post something about what I do now and then.

I really like all the *BSDs, they just do things in a way that seems sensible to me, so being here feels a lot like coming home.

So that's me a little about me. #introduction

How are you?

#OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #RUNBSD

Today, early access reader feedback for The Book of PF, 4th edition proved to me that early access is worth doing.

Get yours at https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition, or read about the work at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html #bookofpf #newedition #freebsdd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #security #freesoftware #libresoftware

Bon voilà, j’ai mes 9 slides prêtes pour le #UNIXsocialCamp de #Dijon sur le sujet « Pourquoi utiliser #OpenBSD ? ». Selon comment ça se passe, je les rendrais peut-être publiques 🫣

Foutu syndrome de l’imposteur… 🥹

Voilà, tout est réservé pour ma première fois à l’#UNIXsocialCamp de #Dijon.

J’y vais pour expliquer pourquoi j’utilise #OpenBSD sur la majorité de mes serveurs, pour parler un peu d’#OmniOS et pour écouter tout le reste de ce qu’il s’y dira.

Rendez-vous là bas si tu 🫵 y vas aussi.

https://usc.silentio.us/camp/usc2025-se6/

since when is verbosity stderr? #openbsd

FINALLY! I'm happy to announce the R1 Open Source Project, a new project where release news, articles and documentation about Linux, BSD and FOSS software will be published

The new Mastodon account of the project can be followed here: @r1os
AND the account is also hosted on the BSD Cafe. Cheers to @stefano at this point.

All future FOSS release announcements will be published on the project account.

So grab a cup of coffee and stay tuned for a new website I'm currently preparing and will hopefully announce in a few days.

#opensource #freesoftware #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Okay, I did something... time to provide BSD boxes at @BoxyBSD a bit closer to our buddies in Asia! #RUNBSD

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DrangonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #illumos #opensolaris

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EuroBSDCon 2025 will be held in Zagreb, Croatia; September 24-28, 2025.

See https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/
Program https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/
Registration https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html

Now with updated art!

#eurobsdcon #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #conference #unixlike #development #freesofware #libresoftware #zagreb

Those are my notes on how this #GoToSocial instance is setup to runs on #OpenBSD using #httpd as an assets caching service and #relayd as a reverse-proxy.

If interested, enjoy ☺️

https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-run-on-openbsd/#final-thoughts

A Self-hosted, BSD-native Gemini Protocol Server Stack - by @rqm@exquisite.social - @rqm@journal.bsd.cafe

For those who are adventurous enough to explore the non-http corners of the Internet, the Gemini protocol is a delightful experience to use. It has been around a number of years, making the biggest bang around the time when discontent with the web’s general demise started to reach current heights (so maybe around 2022).

https://journal.bsd.cafe/2025/07/22/a-self-hosted-bsd-native-gemini-protocol-server-stack/

#Gemini #OpenBSD #RunBSD #BSDCafeJournal

https://ebay.us/m/7llNR0

Hey, yeah, so I installed the fluffy firewall on my router... you said what? Puffy?

#RunBSD #OpenBSD #pets #cats

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An orange and white chonky cat perched on a router that's lying on a desk. In background, obscured by the cat's ear is The Book of PF, among others.

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/valuable-news-2025-07-21/

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

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

#BSD #RUNBSD #Unix #UseBSD #FOSS

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

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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

It's official: the new email hosting service I'll be launching will run on OpenBSD as well. The two OpenSMTPD SMTP servers will operate on two OpenBSD installations.

#EmailHosting #Email #OpenBSD #OpenSMTPD

Sharing some technical details about how I'm setting up the hosted email service. It will not be a service of BSD Cafe but tied to my own business. It will run entirely on BSD systems and on bare metal, NOT on "cloud" VPS. It will use FreeBSD jails or OpenBSD or NetBSD VMs (but on bhyve, on a leased server - I do not want user data to be stored on disks managed by others). The services (opensmtpd and rspamd, dovecot, redis, mysql, etc.) will run on separate jails/VMs, so compromising one service will NOT put the others at risk. Emails will be stored on encrypted ZFS datasets - so all emails are encrypted at rest - and only dovecot will have access to the mail datasets. I'm also considering the possibility of encrypting individual emails with the user's login password - but I still have to thoroughly test this. The setup will be fully redundant (double mx for SMTP, a domain for external IMAP access that will be managed through smart DNS - which will distribute the connections on the DNS side and, in case of a server down, will stop resolving its IP, sending all the connections to the other. Obviously, everything will be accessible in both ipv4 and ipv6 and in two different European countries, on two different providers. Synchronization will occur through dovecot's native sync (extremely stable and tested). All technical choices will be clearly explained - the goal of this service is to provide maximum transparency to users on how things will be handled.

#BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #emailHosting #encryption #ZFS #dovecot #opensmtpd #rspamd #emailSecurity #techTransparency #ipv6 #Europe

#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

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