Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:05:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Bolingbroke <freebsd@bolingbroke.com> To: Joel CARNAT <joel.carnat@noos.fr> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is OpenBSD safer than other BSDs ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106011400560.70939-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> In-Reply-To: <20010601195419.3283ef01.joel.carnat@noos.fr>
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OpenBSD is pretty much founded on the idea of a secure OS. Their development, their installation policies, etc, are all oriented to making OpenBSD as secure as possible. FreeBSD doesn't have the same single-minded focus, but that's not to say FreeBSD neglects security. On the contrary, there is an ongoing audit effort, that besides doing independent review, also incorporates security fixes from OpenBSD and elsewhere. If I wanted an absolutely secure gateway just for security, I would probably go with OpenBSD, because that's the focus. But for general usage, FreeBSD has more features, and still has enough of an effort on security concerns that I'm reasonably content with FreeBSD's security for general applications. Ken On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Joel CARNAT wrote: > 'lo folks :-) > > I'm using OpenBSD as my home gateway and I was wondering : > is an OpenBSD box really safer than a FreeBSD one if your configure things (like inetd, ipf, ...) the same way ? > > if not, what's the point in using Open rather Free for a Gateway/Firewall/DNS cache/DHCPd ? > > thnX for answers > > === > Joel CARNAT > > software is like sex : it's better when it's free :P > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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