From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 24 03:34:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA03323 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 03:34:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA03318 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 03:34:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk) Received: from brunos-sun.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.185]; by hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5/S-4.0) with SMTP; for ""; id LAA21922; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:34:03 +0100 (BST) Received: locally by brunos-sun (SMI-8.6/QMW-client-3.2b); for "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"; poster "scott"; id LAA06211; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:27:08 +0100 Message-ID: <19980824112708.A6119@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:27:08 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs FreeBSD References: <19980821141844.16052.qmail@wolf.com> <002e01bdcf31$1b3f6ad0$0a1e21cb@superbruce.hotmix.com.au> <199808240909.VAA13178@witch.xtra.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199808240909.VAA13178@witch.xtra.co.nz>; from Dan Langille on Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 09:09:21PM +1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 09:09:21PM +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > On 24 Aug 98, at 15:33, Craig Beasland wrote: > > > Also, a well built NT box is more secure than a poorly built BSD one - > > wouldn't you agree. > > Is the above indeed what you meant to say? I would have expected > something like 'less secure' to be mentioned on a FreeBSD mailing list. I would say that FreeBSD is significantly more secure 'out of the box' than NT, and can be made more so by someone who knows what they are doing. Of course, if your security person is clueless, all bets are off no matter how good the OS. I would also say that a 'BSD admin is more likely to be clueful, since they have to do more than just point'n'click :) Just my $0.02 worth..... Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message