Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:27:21 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Pedro Timoteo <deh@meganet.pt> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD and FreeBSD Message-ID: <3A719759.78D23ACA@softweyr.com> References: <71.a38f915.27a1fe5e@aol.com> <20010126105335.A12152@meganet.pt>
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Pedro Timoteo wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 05:10:38PM -0500, GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com wrote:
> > he guys i was getting mad lately because alot of BSD newbies are choosing
> > openbsd because they say it is "more secure"
>
> Put it this way: both OSs are 1) much more secure than any Linux distro,
> and 2) so secure that any security problems your friends have will be
> caused by their own mistakes, not OS bugs. :)
OpenBSD is more secure *out of the box*. The default FreeBSD installation
aims to be more like what most people would want inside their own secure
network. Either can be configured like the other with relatively little
work.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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