Take a closer look at the most secure Unix OS OpenBSD

Posted by solrac on Aug 12, 2006 10:53 PM EDT
IBMdeveloperWorks; By Tim McIntire
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This article gives you a close look at the operating system so secure that it was once banned for use in a DEF CON competition, where crackers go after each other's systems.

OpenBSD strives to be the most secure UNIX derivation. Design principles, such as code auditing, extensive use of encryption, and careful configuration choices, combine to ensure OpenBSD's secure by default philosophy holds true. This article gives you a close look at the operating system so secure that it was once banned for use in a DEF CON competition, where crackers go after each other's systems.

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