From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 9 02:58:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA14800 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 02:58:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA14795 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 02:58:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA01791; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 21:28:17 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id VAA02325; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 21:28:16 +1030 (CST) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 21:28:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jan B. Koum " Cc: Owen Barnett , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD vs. FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990109212815.B1743@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990108230358.A19973@best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990108230358.A19973@best.com>; from Jan B. Koum on Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 11:03:58PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 8 January 1999 at 23:03:58 -0800, Jan B. Koum wrote: > On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 12:52:09AM -0600, Owen Barnett wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I've been using FreeBSD now for a few months, but have recently read a >> little about OpenBSD. All the sources I've read seem to indicate OpenBSD >> as superior in security issues and FreeBSD in performance issues and >> perhaps "friendliness" - I was wondering, if anyone has had experience >> with both, what are the tradeoffs between each system? > > FreeBSD is as secure as OpenBSD. One can argue it is even > more secure as OpenBSD was the last OS out of the two to have > local 'get root' type vulnerability. Security also depends a > lot on the admin of the system. I think this is rather a blanket statement. OpenBSD has a stated aim of being particularly secure. I can't say whether they come closer to this goal than FreeBSD, but you can't put them down on the basis of a single datum. > But you are right - FreeBSD wins in the performance area > no questions asked. I disagree. I would ask questions, or at least answer implied questions. There's been enough unpleasantness between the *BSDs in the past; we don't want to start that again with a number of unqualified statements, even if they should be correct. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message