Defcon NOC: Powered by OpenBSD

Wired published an article on how OpenBSD was used as part of the Defcon Network Operations Center (NOC).

For those who do not know, Defcon is the largest annual conference for hackers (sorry, "hacker" purists). There were over 9,000 participants at this year's conference.

The Wired blog post mentions that "the temporary wireless network that serves the Defcon attendees is the most hostile on the planet." So it makes total sense that only the most secure systems should power that network -- hence the Defcon network admins chose OpenBSD.

That same OpenBSD is used as the foundation of Calyptix Security's AccessEnforcer SMB all-in-one firewall, precisely because of its impeccable security track record.

If it's good enough for Defcon, it's good enough for your SMB customers! :)