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by irusensei 34 days ago
> The default install isn't very useful, because it doesn't do a lot, and so "only two remote holes" or whatever isn't really saying much.

Thats not really true. Comes with spamd, pf, httpd, OpenSMTPD and others. Its actually one of the open source unix-like systems that packs more functionality out of the box.

Great firewall and VPN server. You can setup wireguard with just ifconfig.

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Again: It comes with them on disk, but are they enabled by default? If not, then they are not covered by their "default install" boast.
I get your point, but GP is right: You said "Default install", not enabled by default.

The default install is actually very useful, and includes a lot, like parent said. Having run OpenBSD in the past, I found the their versions of things were often superior, at least for small setups (and some of them for large installs as well.. probably : )