Samba is a file and print server for Windows-based clients using TCP/IP as the underlying transport protocol. In fact, it can support any SMB/CIFS-enabled client. One of Samba’s big strengths is that you can use it to blend your mix of Windows and Unix machines together without requiring a separate Windows NT/2000/2003 Server. On OpenBSD, […]
Tag Archives: OpenBSD
Packet Filter (PF)
Packet Filter (PF) is OpenBSD’s system for filtering TCP/IP traffic and doing Network Address Translation. PF is also capable of normalizing and conditioning TCP/IP traffic and providing bandwidth control and packet prioritization. To enable PF, we have to edit /etc/rc.conf. pf=YES To be able to do NAT, we have to edit /etc/sysctl.conf as well. net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 […]
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. It provides accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs relative to Coordinated […]
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an Internet protocol for automating the configuration of computers that use TCP/IP. DHCP can be used to automatically assign IP addresses, to deliver TCP/IP stack configuration parameters such as the subnet mask and default router, and to provide other configuration information such as the addresses for printer, time […]
BIND DNS server
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols and provides an openly redistributable reference implementation of the major components of DNS, including a DNS server (named), a DNS resolver library and tools for verifying the proper operation of the DNS server. The BIND DNS Server is used on […]
Apache virtual hosts
Assume we want to serve webpages for two domains, example.com and example.org and these pages should be available with and without the ‘www’, so from www.example.com, example.com, www.example.org and example.org. In addition, clients connecting directly to our IP address, instead of using these domain names, should get an error message (404 Not Found) or short […]
A secure network setup with FreeBSD and OpenBSD
This article was featured on Daemon News 2001-09. Overview This article discusses a network setup which might prove useful for people who like to put some extra effort into connecting their machines to the Internet. The goal is to build a secure client and server farm on a single IP address. Next to the clients […]