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HardenedBSD
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.. image:: ./images/Logo-label-hardenedbsd.png
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Introduction
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Founded in 2014 by Oliver Pinter and Shawn Webb, HardenedBSD is a
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security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD. The HardenedBSD Project is implementing many
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exploit mitigation and security technologies on top of FreeBSD.
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The project started with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) as an initial
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focal point and is now implementing further exploit mitigation techniques.
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Why Fork FreeBSD?
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HardenedBSD forked the FreeBSD codebase for ease of development. Prior to
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HardenedBSD's founding, Oliver and Shawn worked on separate repositories,
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occasionally causing collaboration issues. Unifying the codebases was a natural
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step in efficient, effective collaboration between the two individuals.
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Two years have passed since the unification of the work and HardenedBSD is
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growing faster than ever.
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HardenedBSD's Goals
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HardenedBSD aims to implement innovative exploit mitigation and security
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solutions for FreeBSD. We will work with FreeBSD and any other FreeBSD-based
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project to include our innovations.
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Who is HardenedBSD?
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HardenedBSD's core team consists of Oliver Pinter and Shawn Webb.
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Cooperation with OPNsense
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In May 2015, HardenedBSD announced their cooperation with OPNsense.
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A HardenedBSD-flavored version of OPNsense is available as of June 2015.
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