Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:03:45 +0200 From: George Liaskos <geo.liaskos@gmail.com> To: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> Cc: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD Message-ID: <a57b43540912121703i4f1f8ab6k5a32f8202c446ef1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B2433E4.2040809@lazlarlyricon.com> References: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091210095122.a164bf95.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20091212.163352.850602504923947435.imp@bsdimp.com> <11167f520912121544j471e2f15oc2b2bdba926b46ab@mail.gmail.com> <4B2433E4.2040809@lazlarlyricon.com>
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http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=142120 On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> wrote: > Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >>> >>> Are you sure that OpenBSD has a better record? >> >> >> I found this for loose reference. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD#Security_and_code_auditing >> >> I will say that even though on the surface OpenBSD appears to have a >> better track record security wise >> I tend to use FreeBSD for my desktop needs because of things like >> Nvidia Graphics (esp now that there is amd64 support) > > Where's that? The Nvidia site says nothing about it yet, and the makefile > for x11/nvidia-driver still says ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=i386. I'm eagerly waiting > for it, but I can't find anything other than a forum post (I don't have the > address handy at this computer, but I know it's somewhere in the mailing > list archive) from Zander at Nvidia corporation saying it's on its way. > >> also wine works in FreeBSD and some of my clinets still run windows apps. >> >> I find FreeBSD is the middle ground the world needs between Linix and >> OpenBSD >> >> Sam Fourman Jr. >> Fourman Networks >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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