From owner-freebsd-security Fri Aug 13 9: 5:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from kremvax.demos.su (kremvax.demos.su [194.87.0.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A468A1504B for ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sinbin.demos.su!yormungandr.demos.su!mishania@kremvax.demos.su) Received: by kremvax.demos.su (8.6.13/D) from 0@sinbin.demos.su [194.87.5.31] with ESMTP id TAA19113; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:57:25 +0400 Received: from yormungandr.demos.su by sinbin.demos.su with ESMTP id TAA10616; (8.6.12/D) Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:57:03 +0400 Received: (from mishania@localhost) by yormungandr.demos.su (8.9.3/8.9.2) id TAA21040; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:56:08 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from mishania) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:56:07 +0400 From: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" To: Darren Reed Cc: dave , 026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca, mishania@demos.net, tomb@securify.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Secure-FreeBSD" Idea Message-ID: <19990813195607.A20710@demos.su> References: <199908131543.BAA28035@cheops.anu.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <199908131543.BAA28035@cheops.anu.edu.au>; from Darren Reed on Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 01:43:57AM +1000 X-Point-of-View: Gravity is myth, - the earth sucks. Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 01:43:57AM +1000, Darren Reed wrote: # In some mail from dave, sie said: # > > Basically I popped the CD in, selected the partition and hit install. It # > > whirled rebooted and presto, I was running Be. # > I recently installed Redhat and FreeBSD...I am familiar with both, but the # > Redhat install took 3 runs through the install process to get right, and # Be careful when trying to compare people's experience with Linux installs. # "Linux" is rather obscure in this subject - what you need to know is whether # or not it is Debian or Caldera or Redhat or Slackware or Suse or ... # I've not seen the most recent RedHat install, but 5.x and earlier were a # lot harder to install, if you were using SCSI or had a device anywhere but # a preprogrammed slot, than FreeBSD. Caldera's latest is meant to be much # better. If anyone can make a Unix install better than Solaris's, I'd be # very impressed. Indeed, but weren't we talking about having an option of levels of secureness of the box whilst installation stage? ;) afair, no OS's provide such. # # Darren -- -mishania To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message