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From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
Subject: Dear god not another *BSD debate (was - hiding OS name)
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--- Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl> wrote:
> Hello/Beste Jeremy,
> 
> Tuesday, July 09, 2002, 5:52:43 PM, you wrote:
> 
> JSA> Just because the firewall is OpenBSD do NOT
> make it anymore secure then a
> JSA> well tuned and hardened FreeBSD box. The box is
> only as secure as the
> JSA> administrator maintaining it.
> 
> OpenBSD had earned it reputation on security. It
> score a little better
> then FreeBSD on this topic. At the very least you
> have less possibility
> of a insecure system. OpenBSD would be the best
> general choice
> for a firewall and FreeBSD would be the best choice
> of any other intel
> based computer.  NetBSD would cover anything that is
> not supported.
> The different version of BSD exist for a reason.
> 
> The principle bind the original suggestion is to
> have a firewall with
> a different OS on it.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet,
> Alex
> 
> 
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