Upgrading OpenBSD 5.5 to 5.6

I will not be covering the installation of OpenBSD on the the PC Engines device today. Maybe at a later date. It wasn't that difficult after flashing the BIOS with a more recent ROM.

If you are attempting to follow this as a 'how-to' guide, please see the upgrade guide …

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Good-bye WordPress, Good-bye Linux

I am migrating away from a Linux/WP OpenVZ VPS to an OpenBSD/KVM VPS for hosting my website and other data. Please excuse the dust and broken links while I figure out Pelican. I will probably write more notes here related to OpenBSD, PF, IPSec, Python, and pet projects …

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Troubleshooting IPSec on OpenBSD 4.5

saving a copy of this here since things on the interweb tend to disappear.

There is some very good info here specifically, I found the following hints helpful:

isakmpd -d
Start isakmpd with isakmpd -d. Isakmpd will output things like wrong file permissions and typos in the configuration file. On …

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IPSec notes...

Updates to OpenBSD's IPSec support back in 2007. very kick ass.

http://www.openbsd.org/papers/asiabsdcon07-ipsec/index.html

This is a nice easy reference for 2 OpenBSD peers creating an IPSec VPN:

http://www.packetmischief.ca/openbsd/doc/ipsec.html

And the short version of the above:

http://m4dsk1llz …

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IPSec site-to-site VPN using OpenBSD 4.3+

I found this nice article on security focus covering step by step instructions for creating a site to site IPSec tunnel.

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859

Using this as a reference I've been setting up LAN-to-LAN IPSec VPNs for work. Works great with Cisco VPN Concentrators and Nokia IPSO …

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