From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 13 09:59:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA09103 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 09:59:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.2.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA09084 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 09:59:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (harconia-2-188.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.133.254]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.9.0) id LAA18512; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 11:59:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id LAA04827; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 11:59:26 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199806131311.HAA18060@bechtel.Colorado.EDU> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 11:59:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak To: Robert Dodier Subject: RE: Use of FreeBSD at www.microsoft.com?? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I suspect that they are using a commercial firewall because they have had a big cracker problem during that past year or so. If that is the case it is probably the Trusted Information Systems Gauntlet. The UNIX version of Gauntlet is based on a hardened version of BSDI. BSDI is a close cousin of FreeBSD. As to NT and security, that is an oxymoron. Frank On 13-Jun-98 Robert Dodier wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks very much for letting me intrude with a random question. > > I have read unsupported claims that Microsoft's main web site > www.microsoft.com is protected by a firewall running FreeBSD -- > the implication being that Win NT lacks security. > > If you can confirm this report, I'd much appreciate it. > > Regards, > Robert Dodier > dodier@colorado.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message