From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 22:38:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2178C16A524 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:38:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D18B743D5C for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:38:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E25FE21D31B for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:38:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 64301-08 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:38:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from pooh.honeypot.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f01:224:1::2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49ADA21C99E for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:38:16 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Strauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:38:10 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <1102283228.3822.18.camel@tower1.digitaloverload.local> In-Reply-To: <1102283228.3822.18.camel@tower1.digitaloverload.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1796445.2eKnWV4Fn1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200412051638.15151.kirk@strauser.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at honeypot.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD or OpenBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:38:18 -0000 --nextPart1796445.2eKnWV4Fn1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 05 December 2004 03:47 pm, Damien Hull wrote: > 3. Firewall and routing support is built in I've never messed with non-basic routing under either OS, but you're surely= =20 aware that FreeBSD has several built-in firewall systems (including OpenBSD= 's=20 own "pf")? > Should I make the switch from FreeBSD to OpenBSD for my servers? There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea, but I personally wouldn't. = =20 Unless you have a hardware crypto accelerator installed, FreeBSD seems to b= e=20 several times faster than OpenBSD on the same hardware. That's not a=20 criticism of OpenBSD, but an observation that all that nifty crypto=20 functionality does come at a measurable cost. I would consider replacing FreeBSD with OpenBSD if: 1) I could afford faster hardware, including a crypto accelerator. 2) I don't mind hand-compiling software that hasn't made it into OpenBSD'= s=20 ports tree. 3) I value security above all else, including performance and easy access= to=20 lots of software. I can certainly imagine scenarios where I'd make that choice (credit card=20 databases, domain controllers, etc.) but for the stuff I work with more=20 commonly, FreeBSD is my pick. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --nextPart1796445.2eKnWV4Fn1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBs43W5sRg+Y0CpvERAqwdAJ90M6XyQeO7lN1x8nEfpSSH3kMRqQCfTFZD rF6UurfXANW6YT9yy7NeOx4= =qqHu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1796445.2eKnWV4Fn1--