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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 of NetBSD's 
advantages are not found in any other open source operating system.

\begin{itemize}\itemsep-1ex
\item NetBSD offers support for 55 different hardware platforms and 17 CPU
architectures. And even more will follow. 

\item POSIX threads implementation based on Scheduler Activations

\item Cross compiling of the kernel and userland supported by the
      standard toolchain - build NetBSD almost anywhere, out of the box!

\item Kernel events notification framework provides a stateful and efficient 
      event notification, including socket, file, directory, fifo, pipe, tty 
      and device changes
	  
\item Many security-specific features, including Verified Exec and the
systrace framework are implemented in the base system.

\item Complete source, including the history of the development,
      available via anonymous CVS, rsync, SUP and CVSweb

\item Support for various network technologies including ATM, HIPPI, FDDI, 
      HSSI, IEEE 802.11, Token-Ring, ARCnet and Ethernet (up to 10Gbps!)
	  
\item NetBSD was the first open source operating system to support USB, USB2,
and PCMCIA audio.

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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 NetBSD's package tools you can install more than 5500 freely
available software packages easily. 

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\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. 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.
 

\mySection{Security for Paranoids}

With integrated firewall tools and tools that can be easily installed from
our software archives---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!

\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.

There is no phone support but your questions will be answered
without wasting time listening to music while on hold.

\mySection{Don't miss the connection}
 
NetBSD has been growing since March 1993, 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.



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\mySection{Where do I get NetBSD?}

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\item WWW: {\tt http://www.NetBSD.org/}
\item FTP: {\tt ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/}
\item CVS: {\tt anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot}
\item CD/DVD: {\tt http://www.NetBSD.org/Sites/cdroms.html}
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