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Re:OpenBSD: PF queues break the 4 Gbps barrier by SoftTalker on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:00PM (#47443336)
It's widely used as a router, that's one of its primary uses. But not sure to what scale, likely at small orgs not at major ISPs.

But, OpenBSD is a project by and for its developers. They use it and develop it to do what they want; they don't really care what anyone else does or doesn't do with it.

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Re:OpenBSD: PF queues break the 4 Gbps barrier by Melatonic on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:12PM (#47446189)
Do people actually use OpenBSD over FreeBSD for use as a router ?
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Re:OpenBSD: PF queues break the 4 Gbps barrier by zie on Friday March 20, 2026 @12:10AM (#47450395)
Yes, lots of large providers really want defense in depth at the router/firewall/important services level.

They want separate OS's in case a giant CVE or bug comes out for platform X but isn't on platform Y. So multi-platform core services is a key component of systems that need to stay up and alive long-term. Things like Routers, Firewalls, DNS, BGP, etc. Use different software and hardware stacks.

We use FreeBSD and Debian @ work, though we are playing around with Nix and Guix now to maybe replace the Debian someday.

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