6to4 IPv6 Explained, or: Flogging a Dead Horse
by Hubert Feyrer

6to4 is an easy way to get IPv6 connectivity for hosts that only have an IPv4 uplink. It can be used with static as well as dynamically assigned numbers, e.g. as found in modem dialup scenarios. When using dynamic v4 addresses, note that a dynamic change of IP numbers will be a problem for incoming traffic, i.e. you can't run persistent servers. Read More

BSD Japan: A look back and a step forward
by Ejovi Nuwere

As the year changes so does the worlds attitude towards technology. Apple introduces Darwin to the mainstream. Linux gains a huge market share and ever more BSD books are written. These developments have not only affected America, it has also affected countries around the world, but Japan has been following right along side the USA. If not following, leading and taking bold steps that we in America just aren't prepared to do. Read More

Insights on Open Source Release Engineering, or: How NetBSD 1.5 Was Born
by Hubert Feyrer

NetBSD 1.5 was released a few weeks ago, and after the dust has settled a bit now, we were able to get hold of Todd Vierling to tell us more about the 1.5 release engineering process. Todd was one of the release engineers who did most of the work in the "hot" phase of the 1.5 release cycle - here's an interview with him, and your chance to get some insight into the details of the release engineering process of a major Open Source project! Read More

FreeBSD IPsec mini-HOWTO
by Josh Tiefenbach and Boris Köster

This document is intended to be a primer on how to get IPsec on FreeBSD up and running, interoperating both with another FreeBSD (or NetBSD or any other KAME-derived stack) machine, and a Windows 2000 machine. Read More

Cheaper Broadband with FreeBSD on DSL
by Renaud Waldura

The FreeBSD ppp program has supported PPPoE since early 1999. The goal of this article is to walk you through the steps involved in setting up a complete configuration allowing you to connect your FreeBSD computer to the Internet via DSL. We will also discuss how to setup that same machine as a gateway providing Internet access to a small internal network. Read More

Answerman : Hey! Mister Answer Man
by Todd Whitesel

Are you receiving syntax errors with PPP dialup, and thinking your password is causing the problem? Or perhaps you're having difficulties communicating to your Linux box via NFS? How about taking a breeze through the mailbag, maybe you could help answer one or two for us! After that, take a quick breeze through this author's answerman columns of 2000. Read More

The Dæmon's Advocate
by Wes Peters

The Secret of Our Success...is that we haven't had too much. This is a controversial opinion, of course. Some scoff at the idea there can be too much success, others argue that we've had either plenty of it or none that can be measured. None of these are wrong, success is in the eye of the beholder. I will nonetheless spend this column explaining what I mean by too much success. Read More