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Just curious, but does anyone know a business using OpenBSD in production other than the Pushover App?

LeoPanthera 6y ago
Virtually everyone uses bits of OpenBSD. Android uses a lot of its C standard library, LLVM uses its regular expression library, and Windows 10 uses OpenSSH with LibreSSL. Armorlogic, Calyptix Security, GeNUA, RTMX, and .vantronix make network appliances based on the complete OS.
- runbsd 6y ago
  Especially OpenSSH...
- smabie 6y ago
  Don't forget tmux, cwm, openbgpd, and openntp. The OpenBSD guys consistently make very high quality tools.
  - aaron_m04 6y ago
    cwm is a diamond in the rough for sure. Doesn't look like much but it's so easy to configure and use.
    - smabie 6y ago
      I absolutely love cwm. Best floating window manager, hands down.
- jlgaddis 6y ago
  "OpenBSD Innovations": https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html
ravar 6y ago
Netflix uses freeBSD does that count? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_bKvXkoC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_bKvXkoC4
mgreenleaf 6y ago
Not sure if this counts, but I use it in production in yakdocs.com and yak-mu.com. I love how easy it is to maintain and I love the pf firewall. Hetzner has images for OpenBSD on their cloud service and you can use a custom image on the dedicated servers.
- brobdingnagians 6y ago
  Vultr also has support for OpenBSD
  - protomyth 6y ago
    Works well too. We've moved a lot of boxes from local to them. I do wish their console supported cut and paste on a Mac.
jlgaddis 6y ago
I used OpenBSD in production at my previous job (an ISP), in a few different roles. Lots of ISPs use OpenBSD for various purposes. HSMs from nCipher used to run on top of (a slightly modified, IIRC) OpenBSD. Just as JunOS (the OS on (some) Juniper network devices) runs on FreeBSD, I'm sure there are many other commercial products built on OpenBSD as well -- we just don't hear about them very much. --- Related (from the same author as this submission): "Why OpenBSD?" [0]. --- [0]: https://www.cambus.net/why-openbsd/ https://www.cambus.net/why-openbsd/
daneel_w 6y ago
An acquaintance is currently building the tech part of his and some friends' start-up, entirely on OpenBSD - PHP-based web front end, back end, Postgres-based database, mail server etc.

Virtually everyone uses bits of OpenBSD. Android uses a lot of its C standard library, LLVM uses its regular expression library, and Windows 10 uses OpenSSH with LibreSSL. Armorlogic, Calyptix Security, GeNUA, RTMX, and .vantronix make network appliances based on the complete OS.

runbsd 6y ago
Especially OpenSSH...
smabie 6y ago
Don't forget tmux, cwm, openbgpd, and openntp. The OpenBSD guys consistently make very high quality tools.
- aaron_m04 6y ago
  cwm is a diamond in the rough for sure. Doesn't look like much but it's so easy to configure and use.
  - smabie 6y ago
    I absolutely love cwm. Best floating window manager, hands down.
jlgaddis 6y ago
"OpenBSD Innovations": https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html

ravar 6y ago

Netflix uses freeBSD does that count? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_bKvXkoC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_bKvXkoC4

mgreenleaf 6y ago

Not sure if this counts, but I use it in production in yakdocs.com and yak-mu.com. I love how easy it is to maintain and I love the pf firewall. Hetzner has images for OpenBSD on their cloud service and you can use a custom image on the dedicated servers.

brobdingnagians 6y ago
Vultr also has support for OpenBSD
- protomyth 6y ago
  Works well too. We've moved a lot of boxes from local to them. I do wish their console supported cut and paste on a Mac.

jlgaddis 6y ago

I used OpenBSD in production at my previous job (an ISP), in a few different roles. Lots of ISPs use OpenBSD for various purposes. HSMs from nCipher used to run on top of (a slightly modified, IIRC) OpenBSD. Just as JunOS (the OS on (some) Juniper network devices) runs on FreeBSD, I'm sure there are many other commercial products built on OpenBSD as well -- we just don't hear about them very much. --- Related (from the same author as this submission): "Why OpenBSD?" [0]. --- [0]: https://www.cambus.net/why-openbsd/ https://www.cambus.net/why-openbsd/

daneel_w 6y ago

An acquaintance is currently building the tech part of his and some friends' start-up, entirely on OpenBSD - PHP-based web front end, back end, Postgres-based database, mail server etc.