Using OpenBSD as Routing Platform by Claudio Jeker
Channel: EuroBSDcon
Date: 2020-07-05

OpenBSD includes with bgpd(4), ospfd(4) and ripd(4) three secure and powerful routing daemons. This combined with additional network components like pf(4), carp(4) and trunk(4) results in a very powerful routing platform. New features were introduced including features like multipath and policy routing, layer 7 load-balancing and additional changes are already planned.

The presentation will give an overview of the different tools, explain some design concepts and will focus on how to use them in real life. It will show how to create a powerful router with OpenBSD by using these tools together.

The talk will concentrate on the newer features introduced with or after the 4.0 release from Nov. 1st 2006. The talk will not give an in depth overview of the internals of bgpd(4), ospfd(4) or ripd(4) because these where already covered by previous talks. But it will cover the new features introduced in OpenBSD 4.0, 4.1 and the then upcoming OpenBSD 4.2 release.

Claudio Jeker is one of the main developers of both OpenBGPD and OpenOSPFD and does additional OpenBSD network stack and driver development. Since more than three years Claudio Jeker is an OpenBSD developer with full source code commiter status.

Claudio Jeker studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich with a heavy bias in information technology and networking. Since five years he is working for Internet Business Solutions AG -- a small company doing network consulting and development. This includes the development of HW like PCI cards with T1/E1 and G.SHDSL interfaces.