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   NetBSD/amiga Guide to Networking FAQ</a>
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<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="network/ipv6/index.html" target="_top">IPv6 Networking FAQ</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="network/ipsec/index.html" target="_top">IPsec FAQ</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="network/ipsec/rasvpn.html" target="_top">RASVPN HowTo -
  building a user remote access VPN gateway using IPsec</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="http://www.NetBSD.org/~rmind/npf/" target="_top">
  NetBSD Packet Filter (NPF) documentation</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150820034113/http://www.nwo.net/ipf/" target="_top">
  Deprecated: IPFilter (IPF) resources</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="network/pf.html" target="_top">Deprecated: Packet Filter (PF) FAQ</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
  <a class="ulink" href="https://www2.sonycsl.co.jp/person/kjc/software/TIPS.txt" target="_top">
    ALTQ Tips</a>
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</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
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<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="printing"></a>Printing and Scanning</h3></div></div></div>

<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
  See <a class="ulink" href="misc/index.html#printing-scanning" target="_top">
  this section</a> for help with various printing tasks or for
  setting up a scanner. Scanners are not supported by the NetBSD base
  system. It is necessary to install and configure additional software.
  </li></ul></div>
</div>


<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="security"></a>Security</h3></div></div></div>

<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
    See the <a class="ulink" href="../support/security/" target="_top"> security page</a>.
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<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="software"></a>Software and pkgsrc</h3></div></div></div>

<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
      <a class="ulink" href="pkgsrc/index.html" target="_top">The pkgsrc guide</a>
    </li>
<li class="listitem">
      <a class="ulink" href="software/index.html" target="_top">Adding/compiling software on
        NetBSD</a> (including packages &amp; pkgsrc)
    </li>
</ul></div>
</div>

<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="system"></a>System and Userland</h3></div></div></div>

<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
    <a class="ulink" href="compat.html" target="_top">Binary emulation in NetBSD</a>
  </li>
<li class="listitem">
    <a class="ulink" href="elf.html" target="_top">ELF and NetBSD</a>
  </li>
</ul></div>
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<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="X11"></a>X Window System</h3></div></div></div>

<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
 <span class="emphasis"><em>X Window</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>X11</em></span> is the
 graphical display system used on NetBSD. Depending on your platform,
 either the X.Org or XFree86 implementation is the default on NetBSD,
 and X.Org can always be used from pkgsrc as an alternative.
 <a class="ulink" href="x/" target="_top">This HOWTO</a> about X11 helps with specific
 configuration issues.
  </li></ul></div>
</div>

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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="documentation-external-resources"></a>External Resources</h2></div></div></div>
    

<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="tutorials"></a>Tutorials, articles and books</h3></div></div></div>
  
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
 <p>
 A collection of published technical and non-technical articles can be
 found <a class="ulink" href="../gallery/articles.html" target="_top">here</a>.
 Presentations about NetBSD are listed
 <a class="ulink" href="../gallery/presentations/index.html" target="_top">
 on this page</a>.
  </p>
 </li>
<li class="listitem">
 <p>
 <a class="ulink" href="../gallery/research.html" target="_top">
 Research carried out using NetBSD</a> and
<a class="ulink" href="research/" target="_top">Research of interest to NetBSD</a>
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<a class="ulink" href="books.html" target="_top">Recommended reading</a> - informative and
useful books
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>

<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="documentation-other-systems"></a>Documentation for BSD and other Unix Systems</h3></div></div></div>
    
    <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
        <a class="ulink" href="http://www.unix.org/online.html" target="_top">
        Single UNIX Specification</a>
      </li>
<li class="listitem">
        <a class="ulink" href="bsd/" target="_top">Historic BSD Information</a>
      </li>
<li class="listitem">
        <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/solaris-11-192991.html" target="_top">Solaris 11</a>
      </li>
<li class="listitem">
        <a class="ulink" href="http://fxr.watson.org/" target="_top">FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD (and
        Linux) Source Tree</a> (cross-referenced)
      </li>
<li class="listitem">
        <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html" target="_top">GNU</a>
      </li>
</ul></div>
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