OP Here. Wow. Did not mean to start this sort of discussion. I only wanted some suggestions on how to deal with critics of OpenBSD's performance that I run into on occasion who cite that old, outdated, silly article.
Anyway, thanks for all the performance feedback. As to the others, in this thread, who find using or managing OpenBSD difficult, I'd say you're either using it for something it was not intended or lack the knowledge to administer it. You can fix the latter by learning more about OpenBSD (best man pages on the planet), but not the former. If you really want to run the latest version of Snort (or whatever) and you want it in binary form, then OpenBSD is not what you're looking for. Apt-get and the like are nice and convenient for less technical users who do not wish to configure and build from source, but claiming OpenBSD is deficient b/c it lacks suchs things is inappropriate IMO. Thanks OpenBSD. We've purchased a 4.6 mug and tee-shirt. Keep up the good work!
