Any system administrator knows just how much malicious traffic is on the internet. If you run a sshd facing the internet on the standard port 22 you no doubt have failed login attempts that are not you. Heres a good way to block them using pf.
To enable pf if you havent done so already is [...]
This howto is a quick a dirty guide to building OpenVPN on a FreeBSD box (running pf as the firewall), and then connecting a Windows XP client to it.
Server Install
First install the port
cd /usr/ports/security/openvpn
make install
Now that the port is installed you can start setting stuff up.
First edit your /etc/rc.conf and add the following line:-
openvpn_enable=”YES”
Now create [...]
In this article I will write about the latest release from FreeBSD, 8.0. This is a major version that offers new functionality and much improved parts of the code.
Why are major releases so special?
Major releases offer the possibility to include changes in the system that are not allowed in stable branches. This could be new [...]
