So my buddy James a.k.a. Genesyswave who you may know best for his posts on SecurityCatalyst, decides to be funny. Or maybe he was being serious. A few hours after mentioning the OAMP post, he asked if I had a post about installing OpenBSD securely.Well, not as such...So, here's a walk-through:Insert CD. You can download the ISO for free.Boot from it. You might need to tweak your boot settings.Follow the prompts.See the OpenBSD 4.6 installation article for some helpful screen ...
So my buddy James a.k.a. Genesyswave who you may know best for his posts on SecurityCatalyst, decides to be funny. Or maybe he was being serious. A few hours after mentioning the OAMP post, he asked if I had a post about installing OpenBSD securely.
Well, not as such...
So, here's a walk-through:
- Insert CD. You can download the ISO for free.
- Boot from it. You might need to tweak your boot settings.
- Follow the prompts.
Voila. You have a hardened, secure OpenBSD install. If you want a really secure installation, I recommend not enabling X11 or SSH. hah.
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