Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 09:45:55 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: security: what does OpenBSD have, that FreeBSD doesn't have... Message-ID: <19990523094555.A33370@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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Hi !
Am currently discussing FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD in private e-mail.
What make OpenBSD so "secure" ? Or can this kind of security be
reproduced with FreeBSD ports ? I think of tools like:
bjorb - secure TCP relay software,
http://www.hitachi-ms.co.jp/bjorb/
bro - Bro is a system for detecting Network Intruders in
real-time by the guys that brought you tcpdump, libpcap,
and flex
cfs - This is CFS, Matt Blaze's Cryptographic File System.
It provides transparent encryption and decryption of
selected directory trees. It is implemented as a
user-level NFS server and thus does not require any
kernel modifications. Under FreeBSD, the mount command
for the CFS tree must include "-o port=3049,nfsv2".
fwtk - The TIS Firewall Toolkit is a set of programs and
configuration practices designed to facilitate the
building of network firewalls.
skip - IP-Level Cryptography, Secure every application with
one protocol. http://skip.incog.com
stunnel - The stunnel program is designed to work as SSL
encryption wrapper between remote client and
local (inetd-startable) or remote server.
stunnel can be used to add SSL functionality
to commonly used inetd daemons like POP-2,
POP-3 and IMAP servers without any changes in
the programs' code.
tcp_wrapper - With this package you can monitor and filter
incoming requests for the SYSTAT, FINGER, FTP,
TELNET, RLOGIN, RSH, EXEC, TFTP, TALK, and other
network services.
vscan - McAfee's evaluation VirusScan for FreeBSD, provides
immediate scanning of MS-DOS files hosted on FreeBSD
Unix systems.
Could somebody please explain ?
--
Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas
http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html
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