From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 09:40:54 2003 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 E058637B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.pro.sk (proxy.pro.sk [195.80.161.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3781A43F3F for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:40:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from prosa@pro.sk) Received: from peter (Peter [192.168.1.53]) by ns.pro.sk (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id h6PGemE86477; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:40:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from prosa@pro.sk) Message-ID: <00c901c352cb$6ebfad00$3501a8c0@pro.sk> From: "Peter Rosa" To: "Kenneth Culver" References: <006901c352c9$ff970fa0$3501a8c0@pro.sk> <20030725123256.W24957@alpha.yumyumyum.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:40:18 +0200 Organization: PRO, s.r.o. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: What version of BSD should I use 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: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:40:55 -0000 Thanks for quick response. I have thought so, but I want to be sure. There is also 4.7. Do you think better to use 4.8 ? Peter Rosa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Culver" To: "Peter Rosa" Cc: "freebsd-questions" Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 6:34 PM Subject: Re: What version of BSD should I use > > I have spent a lot of time on FreeBSD.org web pages, but I still can not > > find > > VERY SIMPLE answer for this question: > > what version of FreeBSD should I use ? > > > > I need system which is VERY STABLE, with as few possibilities to hack as > > possible > > (the best is absolutely closed :-) ), running only named, sendmail, samba, > > apache, php, > > perl, and firewall. It will be used also as a gateway to I-net for small > > company, so it > > MUST be SAFE, STABLE and nice. That is what I want. > > On the other side, it is possible to download FreeBSDs from 4.7 to 5.1. > > Use FreeBSD 4.8. There are several pages on freebsd.org that say use 4.x > for stability, 5.x for trying out new tech. Also, I'd not use named or > sendmail. There are programs out there that are (in my opinion) better. > djbdns is a lot more secure than named, and postfix is a lot more secure > and a lot faster than sendmail... not to mention much easier to configure. > > Ken >