OpenLDAP Directory Services in FreeBSD (I). Dynamic Configuration Fundamentals
Jos? B. Al?s
The main objective of this article is to introduce directory services managed under the LDAP protocol, and to illustrate a new configuration approach known as Online LDAP Configuration (OCL),which was introduced in OpenLDAP v2.3.

Fluentd For Centralized Logging II: Fluentd-UI and Suricata IDS
Andrey Ferriyan
Andrey’ll explain in detail how to collect our logs in the server then forward and process these logs so we can have better and meaningful information. He is collecting logs from Suricata (https://suricata-ids.org), which is a signature-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS) like Snort.

FreeBSD, Google Cloud, and Dual ECC/RSA
Let's Encrypt Certificates
Bob Cromwell
Bob Cromwell deployed a website to FreeBSD on the Google Cloud Platform. He set up HTTPS with free Let's Encrypt (letsencrypt.org) TLS certificates for both RSA and ECC, and set up automatic renewal of the dual certificates. None of this is difficult, but he discovered that some steps aren't openly supported or well documented. Specifically, running FreeBSD on IaaS or Infrastructure as a Service cloud environment, and automatically renewing dual RSA/ECC Let's Encrypt certificates.

Mongoose Embedded Web Server on FreeBSD
Abdorrahman Homaei
Internet of things (IoT) is getting more popular, so maybe, FreeBSD and Mongoose would be a wise choice. With FreeBSD and Mongoose, you can run a full-fledged, fast, and minimal web server. Additionally, you can run mongoose on non-embedded devices. For example, “corebox.ir” is based on Mongoose web server.

Using PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrapper to Keep Track of Files
Luca Ferrari
This paper proposes a simple setup of a File System FDW that allows a system administrator or an application to query the filesystem to get information about files, as well as storing at least one historical version of the latter. The approach presented here is not meant, to any extent, to substitute the traditional and better suited Source Control Management software (like RCS and the like).

Free RDP Configuration
Loris Zimmerman
In this article, you will learn how to set up HP t620 Thin Client with Linux Kernel.

Interview with Abdorrahman Homaei
Ewa & The BSD Team
Currently, Abdorrahman is busy with daily administration tasks and CoreBOX development, which are getting harder and more intense.

Interview with Oleksandr Tymoshenko
Ewa & The BSD Team
Oleksandr is a software developer with more than 15 years of experience. He worked on a number of projects in various fields including Linux PDA software, SMS center for GSM telco, servers for multiplayer games, IP PBX box, and firmware for VoIP phones.

On October 1st, the Network Enforcement Act took effect in Germany. This creates a legal framework for censorship of the Internet. As more and more governments take the hammer of censorship to content, what are the ramifications for free speech. More importantly, has the Internet come of age?
Rob Somerville