https://ndonaghy.com/tags/hardening/ Recent content in Hardening on Niall Donaghy Hugo en-gb Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:10:44 +0100 https://ndonaghy.com/posts/openbsd-disabling-unused-services/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:10:44 +0100 https://ndonaghy.com/posts/openbsd-disabling-unused-services/ <p>Whilst setting up this OpenBSD VPS I trimmed some unused services. Secure by default, but securer when not running. :)</p> <h2 id="check_quotas">check_quotas</h2> <p>There are disk quota checks at boot, however, I am not using quotas:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>doas rcctl disable check_quotas doas rcctl stop check_quotas </code></pre><h2 id="dhcpleased">dhcpleased</h2> <p>The DHCP client daemon; this is not needed as I am using a static IP:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>doas rcctl disable dhcpleased doas rcctl stop dhcpleased </code></pre><h2 id="slaacd">slaacd</h2> <p>IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration; disable if you are not using IPv6, I am not:</p>