This contains additional information not found in this section's FAQ:
http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=51
Yet, caution is required.
What was seen countless times on BSDForums is that people would take
any information found on the Internet, & apply it as presented, & then come screaming to us demanding why did it not work. There are
several reasons:
- Information not originating officially from the OpenBSD project may use an antiquated version of the OS, & not state the version number. This obviously can lead to problems if someone applied out-of-date information to a newer version of OpenBSD.
- Authors don't state what their assumptions were or the problem to be solved. Invariably nothing found in the wild does not answer all questions so people take chances hoping that what they will answers their own problems. Maybe, maybe not. Research is required.
- Authors may not have done all necessary research needed to understand the problem.
- Readers haven't taken the time to understand their fundamental problem(s), & don't verify the information found.
Because of these factors, we highly recommend people
first start with the official FAQ from the OpenBSD project:
http://openbsd.org/faq/index.html
...followed by studying relevant manpages. Unofficial information can be factored into decisions, but information found in the wild doesn't absolve people from understanding the fundamental problem(s).