From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 01:10:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7A316A46E for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 01:10:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A3513C500 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 01:10:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JJ100J6VCM4XP60@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:10:52 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JJ10077RCM47SY0@pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:10:53 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JJ1005MRCM3UK22@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:10:51 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 14763 invoked from network); Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:10:28 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:10:28 +0000 Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:10:27 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <20070602201740.202e768a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Bill Moran Message-id: <46621503.5030303@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 References: <4661FAC9.9010806@transpacific.net> <20070602201740.202e768a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070511) Cc: "Blake Finley, MA, ABD-2" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD derivatives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:10:51 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: > OpenBSD puts security higher on its list of project goals and > motivating factors than any other OS I know. I disagree. I'd say that OpenBSD and FreeBSD put security in exactly the same place -- at the top of the list. I think the distinction to draw is that FreeBSD has a longer (albeit unwritten) list of project goals, with the effect that a smaller proportion of the development being done on FreeBSD is security-related; this may make it look like we care less about security, but it's really just a sign that FreeBSD is a larger project. Colin Percival