Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:05:13 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "T. Norman" <dnorm@thegrid.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002272150050.1309-100000@stimpy.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <000801bf8191$6394cb40$4835a2d1@default>
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T. Norman wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Ok, I am looking for an opperating system that has many securety > options, Yes, and, not only does FreeBSD have options, but great care has been taken to ensure that those options present a defaulted secure system without compromising useability. It is, of course, possible to further secure a FreeBSD system by removing unnecessary services, or replacing insecure services (such as telnet) with secure services (ssh). It is also possible to throw security to the wind and open yourself up to all sorts of attacks. On an installed system, security(7) is a good read. Keep up with CERT and other major security advisories. Follow my golden rule of security: Do not run as root what you would not want someone else to run as you. > many server options and can be used for most other functions > of a pc I don't exactly understand this requirement... Define 'most other functions' :-) The canonical answer to your question would be the extensive ports collection. ( http://www.freebsd/ports ), containing ported applications from various vendors, all tailored to install seamlessly on a FreeBSD system. I believe the ports collection has surpassed 3000 programs... There must be something there for you :-) > I would like it to be small, but full of options. I haven't tried it in a while, but the minimal install without X might occupy about 200MB. Installing everything with sources will require about a gig. If you want REALLY small, have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ ... it fits on a floppy :-) > I would like it to run on both slow and fast systems and be able to > work as a server. FreeBSD runs as slowly or as quickly as you want it to :-) It can be (and has been) installed on a 386. I run it on Pentiums and PIIs. Some run it on SMP PIII systems. > Is this os the one im looking for? > You won't know until you try it... I know I like it. -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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