Instead of searching through the web I tought I ask directly the source.
Here few statements from Theo de Raadt:
Q: what is the actual device support status of openBSD compared to other
BSD distros ?
A:We support every single device driver they support and more.
Especially when it comes to gigabit devices -- we are leading in this
field, no longer following.
Q: openBSD is not famous for networking speed, can you give me a
statement on this regards ?
A: What a few people are noticing is some mbuf-related performance
things hitting the network stack. It is a whole bunch of small related
issues. We are getting them resolved bit by bit.
Q: can we expect that the upcoming release 3.8 will have those problems
solved ?
A: Of course. That is just the way we develop stuff -- careful
evolution instead of radical revolutions that often break things for
other projects.
Q: do you have any references on openBSD being used in productive
firewalls ?
A: openBSD appears to be good enough for genua.de to build their product
line out of it.
Simply notice that the German government is using a heck of a lot
of Genua products, all based on OpenBSD... and older releases, even.
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Daniele Guazzoni
Senior Network Engineer, CCNA, CCNP
Ackersteinstrasse 203
CH-8049 Zurich
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