Category Archives: BSD World

New BSD Magazine (March 2013): Handling Kernel Panic

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Gerard

March’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: Handling Kernel Panic (free PDF download). You’ll find the following subjects inside: Reacting to Panic: How to Configure the System to handle Crash Dumps MaheshaBSD Server: MySQL and WordPress in FreeBSD FreeBSD Programming Primer: … Continue reading →

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BSD Magazine (2012-02): Rehosting in NetBSD

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Gerard

February’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: Rehosting in NetBSD (free PDF download). You’ll find the following subjects inside: VAX/OpenVMS Rehosting in NetBSD 6.0 Hosts What’s around the Corner: A Look at Upcoming PC-BSD Changes SSL for Dovecot and Roundcube for the Qmail MTA … Continue reading →

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A decade of OS Access-control Extensibility (MAC)

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Gerard

This is an interesting piece on mandatory access-control by the well-known computer researcher and FreeBSD Foundation member Robert Watson: To discuss operating system security is to marvel at the diversity of deployed access-control models: Unix and Windows NT multiuser security; Type … Continue reading →

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Re-certify for FreeBSD (BSD Certification)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Gerard

The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG) announced that it has published the Recertification Requirements for the BSDA certification (via)

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BSD Magazine (Dec 2012): Linux Jails in PC-BSD

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Gerard

December’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: Linux Jails in PC-BSD (free PDF download). You’ll find the following subjects inside: Installing and Configuring Linux Jails in PC-BSD A simple DNS-DHCP Server for Small Business Network with dnsmasq Hardening FreeBSD with TrustedBSD … Continue reading →

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BSD Magazine (Nov 2012): Run FreeBSD as NAT Instance in Cloud

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Gerard

November’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: Run FreeBSD as NAT Instance in Cloud (free PDF download). You’ll find the following subjects inside: NETGEAR Universal Wifi Adapter The trend towards increased internet connectivity of media devices (TV’s, gaming consoles, DVR’s) has … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD news and links round-up – week 44

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Gerard

Welcome to the weekly (Free)BSD news round-up (week 44) where we have a mix of news snippets, links, howto’s and software/package updates for you all. These tid-bits are all very interesting and news worthy, yet too small to package as individual … Continue reading →

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BSD Magazine (Oct 2012): Network Security & Auditing

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Gerard

October’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: Network Security & Auditing (free PDF download). You’ll find the following subjects inside: VX ConnectBot: Open Source SSH Client for Android Devices Installing Xfce Desktop Environment on OpenBSD 5.1 Browse the Internet Differently FreeBSD Enterprise … Continue reading →

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