 OpenBSD at first used the BSD daemon mascot . A specialized version of the daemon , the haloed daemon was drawn by Erick Green . Green was asked by de Raadt to create the logo for the 2 @.@ 3 and 2 @.@ 4 versions of OpenBSD . At first , it was planned to create a full daemon , including head and body , but Green was only able to complete the head part for OpenBSD 2 @.@ 3 . The body as well as pitchfork and tail was completed for OpenBSD 2 @.@ 4 . Subsequent releases saw variations , such as Cop daemon by Ty Semaka , but eventually settling on Puffy , described as a pufferfish . Since then Puffy has appeared on OpenBSD promotional material and featured in release songs and artwork . The promotional material of early OpenBSD releases did not have a cohesive theme or design , but later the CD @-@ ROMs , release songs , posters and tee @-@ shirts for each release have been produced with a single style and theme , sometimes contributed to by Ty Semaka of the Plaid Tongued Devils . These have become a part of OpenBSD advocacy , with each release expounding a moral or political point important to the project , often through parody . Past themes have included : in OpenBSD 3 @.@ 8 , the Hackers of the Lost RAID , a parody of Indiana Jones linked to the new RAID tools featured as part of the release ; The Wizard of OS , making its debut in OpenBSD 3 @.@ 7 , based on the work of Pink Floyd and a parody of The Wizard of Oz related to the project 's recent work on wireless card drivers ; and OpenBSD 3 @.@ 3 's Puff the Barbarian , including an 80s rock @-@ style song and parody of Conan the Barbarian , alluding to open documentation . 
