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\mySection{What is the NetBSD Project?}
The NetBSD Project gives you a complete Unix-like operating
system that is up to today's Open Source and security
standards, supporting industry-standard APIs, communication protocols,
and a huge variety of hardware platforms. NetBSD is suited to a wide
range of applications, from servers and workstations to PDAs and
embedded systems.

NetBSD is often chosen to control newly developed hardware and to
drive such products as network computers, single-board computers,
internet appliances, firewalls, printers, copiers and even web-cams.
NetBSD is used in network development all over the
world.  ISPs use NetBSD because of the wide spectrum of network
possibilities, and enthusiasts choose NetBSD for its excellent hardware
support.
\mySection{Why is NetBSD so special?}
 
Since NetBSD was founded in 1993 as a successor of the BSD-line, it has always been at the forefront
of Open Source operating system development. NetBSD has been the
complete foundation or reference for other projects. Many advantages of
NetBSD are not found in any other open source operating system:

\begin{itemize}
\item 55 different hardware platforms
\item 17 different CPU architectures 
\item Cross compiling of the kernel and userland supported by the standard toolchain
\item Kernel can be debugged local, remote and post-mortem
\item Complete source available
\item Support of ATM, HIPPI, FDDI, HSSI, IEEE 802.11, Token-Ring, ARCnet and Ethernet 
\item the first open source OS to support USB, USB2,
and PCMCIA audio
\end{itemize}


\mySection{Ideal for Embedded Environments}
NetBSD is designed to minimize the effort needed to make it run on new
hardware.  As a result, you are able to concentrate on the development of
the hardware.

NetBSD is particularly well suited to embedded environments.  It supports
many lower-power CPUs, such as ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, Xscale, and Hitachi SH
3/4/5. By removing  optional components, NetBSD can be trimmed down to fit
comfortably on very small systems.  And of course tools are available to do
cross-development. 

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Both the toolchain and compilers support
cross-compiling.  Cross-compiling the kernel and the whole operating system
is easily possible, as is cross-building whole distribution sets. 

Make the decision---joining many Fortune 100 and Fortune 500
companies---to use NetBSD, the world's most portable operating system,
for your product.

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\mySection{Use Your Favorite Tools and Applications}
NetBSD contains all the features you would expect in an open source
operating system today, including X11, tools for firewalls, and software
RAID. With pkgsrc you can install more than 5500 freely
available software packages like KDE, GNOME, XFCE, OpenOffice, Apache, PostgreSQL,
Mozilla, Samba, \LaTeX\ etc.  easily. 

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\mySection{Help is only an e-mail away!}
 
In case of trouble you can find fast and unbureaucratic help through
our mailing lists and the bug-tracking system. For more professional help, 
you'll find many consultants listed at our website.

\mySection{Don't miss the connection} 
NetBSD has been growing for over ten years, longer than any other
alternative solutions in the field of open source, and is today stronger
than ever.  We won't disappear and leave you alone or stop supporting
your platform.  You can put your mind at ease knowing that the future
development of your OS is in the hands of capable experts.

\mySection{Security for Paranoids}
With integrated firewall tools and tools that can be easily installed from
pkgsrc---including IPsec, Kerberos 5, SSH, SSL, and
encryption tools such as PGP---you have access to a modern security system.

NetBSD enforces non-executable mappings on many platforms. Stack and  heap
mappings are non-executable by default, making exploitation of potential
buffer overflows harder. NetBSD also supports PROT\_EXEC permission via
mmap(2) for all platforms where the hardware differentiates execute access
from data access.  

In the public forums related to Security issues, such as the Bugtraq
mailing list, NetBSD has always had fewer known security problems than the
alternative solutions.  One more reason security consultants
choose NetBSD.

NetBSD comes with a lot of well-engineered security features:
\begin{itemize}
\item File Flags and Kernel Security Level
\item Detect file manipulation with \textit{mtree} 
\item Prevent Trojans with \textit{verified executables}
\item Transparently encrypt partitions on block level
\item Monitor and intercept system calls with \textit{systrace}
\item Inclusive a daily security check
\item Two mature TCP/IP packet filter
\item Many security packages available in pkgsrc
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