Why OpenBSD? Replace proprietary products

OpenBSD replaces proprietary systems as a low-cost, admin-friendly, secure high-performance option

• Runs well on generic hardware and common hypervisors
• Full featured platform w/best of breed toolbox for network-centric roles:
• Firewall
• Router
• VPN (net2net, net2endpoint)
• Spamkill
• Load balancer
• Traffic shaper
• SSL/TLS termination/relaying
• General Unix server roles
• Secure development platform
• Compares favorably with proprietary Unix or Linux in most server roles
• Once they get a hang of it, techs love the system
• For external support, leverage existing European competence – M:tier (http://mtier.org (UK/NL)), Esdenera (http://esdenera.com (DE))