From owner-freebsd-security Wed Aug 23 15:36:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F3E37B424 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:36:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from softweyr.com ([208.187.122.225]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA19863; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:36:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <39A45383.9456CDA@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:43:15 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.1-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christian Jacken Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which version of FreeBSD to choose / secure shell / OpenBSD References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Christian Jacken wrote: > > Hi friends@freebsd.org, > > possibly I did overlook something, but for which version of FreeBSD (if > possible please include the URL) should I look for if I want to install a > very stable version of FreeBSD on an remotely administered webserver in the > US (I'm in Brazil)? 4.0 or 4.1. The 4.1 disks should be available Real Soon Now (tm). > Which secure shell could I run on this server without infringing any US > patents/copyright laws? OpenSSH. > Do you think that OpenBSD has a real advantage over FreeBSD because of > better cryptography/safety? This is probably not the right forum to ask that question. If you're not familiar with how to go about securing a BSD system, the answer is yes. The OpenBSD "secure by default" installation is designed to prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot if you don't know what you're doing. If you do have a good idea how to secure a BSD system, and spend some time turning off services you don't need on a FreeBSD system and/or installing secure alternatives, it is as secure as OpenBSD. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message