What is OpenBSD?(What is, Concept and Definition)

OpenBSD is a free open source operating system derived from BSD.

History

Its development began as the NetBSD project in 1993, founded by Theo de Raadt, Chris Demetriou, Adam Glass and Charles Hannum.De Raadt split from NetBSD in 1995, forked the NetBSD 1.0 code and continued its development under the name of OpenBSD.

The first official release of OpenBSD was version 1.2 in July 1996.

Purpose and use cases

OpenBSD's stated goal is to be the most secure operating system available, and its developers strive to fix security vulnerabilities "before anyone else." The development is based in Canada and can legally export cryptographic software components.from the system to the rest of the world.Source code and history of version control changes are available for public review on the web.

OpenBSD is primarily used in highly secure servers, security applications, and workstations.Downloads, CVS, and additional information are available on the OpenBSD website.