Re: openbsd.org, openssh.com server(s) down

2016-03-15 Thread Gene
Martin > They're back up. Any info on what caused the outage? (Just curious) -Gene

Re: apu1d as an NTP server

2015-10-26 Thread Gene
:18 AM, Peter Hessler wrote: > works perfectly fine as an ntp server. you won't see any problems. > Thank you. I've read that some hardware just doesn't work well for NTP, so it's good to hear that. > On Oct 23, 2015 5:42 PM, "Gene" wrote: > >>

apu1d as an NTP server

2015-10-23 Thread Gene
Howdy, Has anyone here used the PC Engines apu1d system board as an NTP server? I'm looking at setting up some in house stratum-2 servers so I can be a better neighbor. Wondering what kind of performance/capacity others have seen with this board. Thanks for your time. -Gene

Re: Thinkpad spyware

2015-08-26 Thread Gene
Why should OpenBSD users be concerned? Doesn't this injection method only work when the running OS is Windows? Or are you thinking it would be a matter of principle? -Gene On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Shaun Reiger wrote: > In light of what Lenovo has been doing to its cust

Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Gene
heir support line. They'll answer your questions and won't require any type of account with them to get their assistance. -Gene

Re: New LibreSSL mailing lists

2015-06-04 Thread Gene
isclosure principle that OpenBSD has listed > on Security webpage: It's probably a requirement to get advanced notifications from the OpenSSL project. -Gene

Re: C.H.I.P

2015-05-07 Thread Gene
I was actually considering picking up the $150 'KERNEL HACKERS ONLY' tier and passing along the alpha board to someone in September. Does an OpenBSD developer have interest in it? -Gene On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Fred wrote: > On 05/07/15 21:49, Gene wrote: > >

C.H.I.P

2015-05-07 Thread Gene
be made to run on this board? -Gene

Re: OpenBSD as base OS for Virtualization

2015-03-14 Thread Gene
t; https://xen-orchestra.com/#/... > Xen Orchestra was not created by nor is it supported by the Xen Project. There are a lot of different front-end managers for Xen out there. -Gene

Re: Home server rack recommendations?

2015-03-10 Thread Gene
rackmountgears on eBay has some decent stuff in the $200-$300 price range (not including shipping). http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?&_ssn=rackmountgears&_nkw=cabinet I bought an 18U cabinet with casters from them in 2013. Still holding up very well. It's a pain to assemble, thoug

Re: lynx is gone?

2015-03-05 Thread Gene
packages. > > This said, this is your OS, delete everything you like! > > Just be respectful, please. > This discussion started off with disrespect to the project's developers and continued throughout much of it. Respect is something to be earned, don't expect to get it

Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD

2015-03-03 Thread Gene
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Janjaap van Velthooven wrote: > On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 04:40:25PM +, etie...@magickarpet.org wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up > > a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, plannin

Re: CPU criteria for OpenBSD firewall

2015-02-18 Thread Gene
To expand on Alexander's point, look at the FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/perf.html If you aren't doing a lot of filtering, just passing traffic over multiple interfaces, more cores might be beneficial. -Eugene On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Alexander Salmin wrote: > I might start a fl

Re: Help needed: pkg_add dropps connections

2015-02-17 Thread Gene
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Stefan Wollny wrote: > Am 02/17/15 um 23:25 schrieb Gene: > > That is not the extent of the sudo settings. You have to look at the > > sudoers file to check whether the env settings are kept or not. > > ??? > Sorry - it was a looong day:

Re: Help needed: pkg_add dropps connections

2015-02-17 Thread Gene
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:37 PM, trondd wrote: > He's using http protocol. Just because the hostname has ftp in it, > doesn't mean it's the ftp protocol. > It's not just the hostname I'm basing it off of, it's the error message: ~ $ sudo pkg_add -ui quirks-2.52 signed on 2015-02-14T12:43:06Z E

Re: Help needed: pkg_add dropps connections

2015-02-17 Thread Gene
That is not the extent of the sudo settings. You have to look at the sudoers file to check whether the env settings are kept or not. Try bypassing sudo entirely: $ sudo su - # export http_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128 # export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128 # pkg_add -ui -Gene On Tue

Re: Help needed: pkg_add dropps connections

2015-02-17 Thread Gene
Also, note that the value between the two variables will be the same: e.g. http_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128 ftp_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128 -Gene On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Gene wrote: > Squid can work as an FTP proxy, and I imagine in your case it probably > does

Re: Help needed: pkg_add dropps connections

2015-02-17 Thread Gene
p and it isn't retaining those variables then the proxy won't be used at all. -Eugene On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Stefan Wollny wrote: > Am 02/17/15 um 22:20 schrieb Gene: > > It looks like http_proxy is being set, but you're getting packages from > an > &g

Re: Help needed: pkg_add dropps connections

2015-02-17 Thread Gene
It looks like http_proxy is being set, but you're getting packages from an ftp server. You need to define the ftp_proxy variable as well. -Gene On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:58 PM, trondd wrote: > On 2/17/15, Stefan Wollny wrote: > > Am 02/17/15 um 20:36 schrieb trondd: > >&

Re: Openbsd broke my hard drive twice! Getting frustrated

2015-02-05 Thread Gene
roes. when I rebooted I could access the bios menu via F2 again. > > does seem like a firmware bug based on the contents of the mbr. will see if > I can diagnose further. > It's not a bug. It's a "security feature"... -Gene

Re: DigitalOcean's BSD debut is FreeBSD only

2014-12-19 Thread Gene
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Mihai Popescu wrote: > Using any OS on top of any virtual machine is like scratching your > left year with your right leg as human. What is the noble purpose of > doing that? > Gee whiz. How incredibly insightful.

Re: DigitalOcean's BSD debut is FreeBSD only

2014-12-16 Thread Gene
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Richard E. Thornton < thornton.rich...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, its a cloud based server farm? What's the point for the typical user? Inexpensive VPS hosting with fast storage. I have one of their small instances (1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB storage) I'm paying $5

Re: OpenBSD 5.6/current on Soekris 6501-70

2014-12-08 Thread Gene
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 8:48 PM, jungle Boogie wrote: > Hi Gene, > On 7 December 2014 at 20:39, Gene wrote: > > I mentioned it one of those threads, I have the 2550L2D-MxPC and one of > the > > NICs died after nine months of use. > > > > I might just be unlucky

Re: broken links on site

2014-12-07 Thread Gene
Hahaha. When I went to powercrypt.com it sent me to a different site tried to get me to download an Adobe Flash installer, and not from Adobe's website. -Gene On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Luiz Roberto dos Santos < arrowscr...@mail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Since I don't know

Re: OpenBSD 5.6/current on Soekris 6501-70

2014-12-07 Thread Gene
I misspoke, in both cases. It died on the 14th month. -Gene On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Gene wrote: > I mentioned it one of those threads, I have the 2550L2D-MxPC and one of > the NICs died after nine months of use. > > I might just be unlucky, but I feel its worth mentionin

Re: OpenBSD 5.6/current on Soekris 6501-70

2014-12-07 Thread Gene
I mentioned it one of those threads, I have the 2550L2D-MxPC and one of the NICs died after nine months of use. I might just be unlucky, but I feel its worth mentioning. -Gene On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 8:05 PM, jungle Boogie wrote: > Hi Martin, > On 7 December 2014 at 18:18, Martin

Re: OpenBSD 5.6/current on Soekris 6501-70

2014-12-07 Thread Gene
Search the mailing list history. If you can't find that specific model Soekris you'll likely be able to find information for that NIC chipset (the Intel 82574L). -Gene On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Martin Hanson wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone running OpenBSD 5.6 or current on

Re: OpenBSD 5.6-current on ASUS Chromebox

2014-12-07 Thread Gene
other window manager and play with more desktop stuff. -Gene On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > Did you have to do anything special to get HDMI to work? > > thanks > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Gene wrote: > > I'm a fan of the ASUS Chromebox hardwa

Re: OpenBSD embedded? (was: OpenBSD 5.6-current on ASUS Chromebox)

2014-12-03 Thread Gene
I have one of those. Ran pfSense on it for 9 months and worked great, until one of the built-in NICs died. I've since repurposed the system as a Xen host, the last NIC hasn't died yet, but I can't really recommend it. -Gene On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Chester T. Field

Re: OpenBSD embedded? (was: OpenBSD 5.6-current on ASUS Chromebox)

2014-12-03 Thread Gene
X boards. The APU series has gigabit NICs and a lot more horse power. If you search the mailing list you'll see several mentions for it. > What about one of the Open Firmware firewalls like ASUS? Is there an > OpenBSD load for those? Instead of Tomato or the likes ... > -Gene (p.s

OpenBSD 5.6-current on ASUS Chromebox

2014-12-03 Thread Gene
17: input=19, output=19, feature=0 ugen0 at uhub0 port 4 "\M-1???\^D??\^A??\^P??@\^A?? \M-1???\^D??\^A??\^P??@\^A??" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (e0b7178a47ea0165.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b clock: unknown CMOS layout umass0 at uhub0 port 7 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic USB Storage" rev 2.00/2.60 addr 4 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus4 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd1 at scsibus4 targ 1 lun 0: SCSI0 0/direct removable serial.05e307270260 sd1: 7580MB, 512 bytes/sector, 15523840 sectors -Gene

Re: Soekris net6501-70 as a router+firewall

2013-02-15 Thread Gene
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:52 AM, reza wrote: > Gene, > > I've used the PcEngines Alix2d3 board with Freebsd for a similiarly sized > office and had good success with it. We had a 30mbit pipe, 30 users, VoIP/QoS > and IPSec to our 3 data centers. Doing IPSec around 15mbi

Soekris net6501-70 as a router+firewall

2013-02-15 Thread Gene
Is anyone here using the Soekris net6501-70 as a router+firewall? If so what kind of performance are you seeing (throughput, PPS, etc)? I'm considering this system for a 30-40 user environment. It will handle web, ssh, voip, and other basic traffic. QoS will be needed. Thanks. -Gene

Re: Running OpenBSD on Raspberry Pi

2013-01-09 Thread Gene
nd configure it manually, including recompiling the kernel with iptables support. You *might* be able to get under $100, but it won't be under 5 watts and it will be a jalopy. USB ethernet adapters start around $25 new. -Gene

Re: Current isolation best practices?

2013-01-08 Thread Gene
a pass phrase. Or run Firefox under a different user. Or run it in a jail. Or set up a VM on an isolated network and forward that X11 session back to your desktop. Or have a different system on your desk to use for web surfing and use a KVM switch. There are several solutions to the problem you've identified. Let me identify another: you're being way too paranoid. -Gene

Re: Running OpenBSD on Raspberry Pi

2013-01-05 Thread Gene
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Sean Kamath wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Gene wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Bruno Flückiger wrote: >>> >>> My personal favorites are the boxes from this small company in Switzerland: >>> &

Re: Running OpenBSD on Raspberry Pi

2013-01-03 Thread Gene
as two gig-e NICs. I own a couple of the Raspberry Pi units. They're fantastic little devices, but you'll have to use Linux and have a hodge-podge of accessories to go with it. -Gene (if you see this message twice please forgive me, I'm bad at mailing lists)

Re: Flashboot for OpenBSD 5.0 is now available

2011-11-04 Thread Gene
I'll buy this for someone who's willing and capable to port OpenBSD to it: http://ubnt.com/wiki/RouterStation_Pro (I'm vaguely aware of the bad blood that exists between the OpenBSD project and Atheros) -Gene On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Johan Ryberg wrote: > Sorry but w

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-28 Thread Gene
it occurs again I'll try the other suggestions provided here. -Gene On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Gene wrote: > This problem appears to be resolved. By changing the guest os type > from "FreeBSD (64-bit)" to "Other (64-bit)" these vm guests perform > mu

Re: USB mouse

2011-10-26 Thread Gene
Ignore all of these guys. They're just mad that OpenBSD doesn't support new hardware. You'll need an adapter to get an USB mouse to work. Something like this: www.amazon.com/dp/B000K04SB2 On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Zantgo wrote: > WTF? I use OpenBSD and hate the other operating systems

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-23 Thread Gene
me back. I switched back and forth between the OS types a couple of times to confirm my findings. With the fix in place the CPU utilisation for that vm guest's core did not go above 75%. Once again, thank you for your help everyone. -Gene On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Gene wrote: > Th

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-23 Thread Gene
11:22AM0:00.13 sshd: gene [priv] (sshd) gene 27682 0.3 0.9 3420 2312 ?? S 11:22AM0:00.55 sshd: gene@ttyp0 (sshd) gene 18431 0.0 0.2 616 492 p0 Ss11:22AM0:00.14 -ksh (ksh) root 23079 0.1 0.2 692 536 p0 S 11:46AM0:00.07 -ksh (ksh) root

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-19 Thread Gene
I haven't been able to reproduce the problem since this morning. Nothing has been changed on the vmhosts so I'm at a bit of a loss at the moment. When the issue reoccurs I'll try everything that has been suggested today. Thank you very much for your help everyone. -Gene On Wed,

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-19 Thread Gene
When the initial dmesg question was asked ("dmesg?") I didn't understand that it was a request for the entire dmesg output. I thought he was asking if errors were showing up in dmesg. I have attached the entirety of a dmesg output. -Gene On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Jam

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-19 Thread Gene
before the official release date ;-) > Does 5.0 have VM specific features in it? > > > On 2011-10-19, Gene wrote: > > I'm trying to run OpenBSD 4.9 (amd64) under VMware vSphere 5 (ESXi 5). I > > set up four virtual machines with one core, 256 MB of RAM, and 4 GB of > di

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-19 Thread Gene
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Joe S wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Gene wrote: > > I'm trying to run OpenBSD 4.9 (amd64) under VMware vSphere 5 (ESXi 5). I > > set up four virtual machines with one core, 256 MB of RAM, and 4 GB of > disk > > > &g

Re: Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-19 Thread Gene
hing beyond the messages from boot. Thank you for the replies, it is much appreciated. -Gene On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Johan Ryberg wrote: > What "hardware" version did you use? Have you tried different? > > // Johan > > 2011/10/19 Gonzalo L. R. : > > dmesg? &g

Performance problems with OpenBSD 4.9 under ESXi 5

2011-10-19 Thread Gene
? Is there tuning I can do to make it work better? I tried disabling mpbios, that did not have an effect. Thanks. -Gene