Category Archives: NetBSD

Configuring racoon/ipsec-tools to use x509 Certificates

This paper reviews the process to configure racoon/ipsec-tools to authenticate IPSec communications via x509 certificates. Our example does not cover howto configure a Certificate Authority (CA). This process will be examined in another paper. Our example also assumes the clients … Continue reading

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How to install NetBSD on Compact Flash (for the Soekris 4501)

This was tested on NetBSD 3.99.16, however the instructions should apply to older (and newer) versions as well. I have attempted to flag steps where you may run into version incompatabilities with “Version Note”. There are a number of devices … Continue reading

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NetBSD PXE boot install (without NFS)

This was tested on NetBSD 3.99.16, however the instructions should apply to other versions as well. I have attempted to flag steps where you may run into version incompatabilities with “Version Note”. To PXEboot install NetBSD we will first need … Continue reading

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