Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:11:54 -0500 From: terry tyson <beebum@gmail.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: stefan@swebase.com Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows Message-ID: <dad842a90410260611bd09d08@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEIJEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <056501c4bab1$c72d9ed0$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEIJEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:20:08 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: <snip> PMFJI, (especially since I'm a newbie) but I think I understand at least some of what Ted is saying here. I set up a home firewall and later had a hardware failure. I replaced the box and decided to use Mandrake Linux for the firewall because I thought it would be easier to set up. It was easier to set up initially with all the pointy clicky stuff. Then a friend (who knows much more than I do) sniffed the box and warned me that I had holes galore. As I tried to fix the problem it became more difficult than when I was using BSD. I finally installed OpenBSD for the firewall (still use FreeBSD for everything else) and even tho there is a lot to learn I can make it do what I want. I have learned that just because something looks good on the surface, that doesn't mean that it's better. -- Terry
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