Securing your network with OpenBSD

We live in an age where internet is a requirement for our own leisure, whether it is to work from home, keep in contact with our family or our own leisure. It is common to hear about how some company we trusted with our data has been hacked, and all our data is now floating around the internet. Many of us take steps to increase the security of our laptops, and our mobile phones. Some of us reject the use of SaaS products (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Discord etc) and host our own, either on our own hardware or hardware rented in the cloud.

Unfortunately, this often leads us to assume that our local network is secure, thinking only about the security of our services and not the connectivity to them. Many routers issued to consumers by an ISP or bought often miss security patches and reach EOL within a very short lifespan. It is also not uncommon for these routers to have their own custom configuration format, which is device specific, making migration to new hardware more difficult.

Introducing OpenBSD, "free, functional and secure"! Any old hardware could become a router, that Raspberry Pi you have lying around? That old desktop you do not use anymore? OpenBSD comes with all the software you need for a router (and more!) within the base system.

Join me, and lets discuss how to keep your network secure, and give you more control over your network.