Introduction to OpenBSD Networking06/13/2000 In today's
Internet-centric computing world, networking components are a
paramount feature of any system worth its salt. Easily falling
into that category, OpenBSD contains strong network code and
configuration interfaces which, with a little research and
learning, can be put to powerful use. This series of articles
aims to illustrate that with practical examples and direct
application to real-world situations. In contrast to its sysv
counterparts like Linux, OpenBSD has a very different way of
controlling network interfaces and setting parameters. Other
competing systems commonly use menu-based or graphical
configuration utilities to make the administrator's life easier.
OpenBSD chooses to stray from this, instead focusing their
efforts on the functionality and correctness of its networking
components. The example being used here is the setup of a
gateway machine with one PPP interface and one Ethernet
interface. The first thing you'll want to do when configuring