Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:33:06 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: ChunMing Wu <beachboywu@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ask a question.. Thanks.. Message-ID: <20010619123306.K50546@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010618201922.93639.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com>; from beachboywu@yahoo.com on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 04:19:22AM %2B0800 References: <20010618201922.93639.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com>
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ChunMing Wu said on Jun 19, 2001 at 04:19:22: > I'd be appreciated if you can tell me which one of > these operating systems is more secure in general and > why. Thanks for the help... Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux, http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html Why Linux will never be as secure as OpenBSD (same author), http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010516.html Overall, OpenBSD has a vastly better track record on security, but (I think) lacks the equivalent of the NSA extensions. Eventually I think security depends more on the administrator than on the system itself (follow security bulletins, apply patches when needed, etc). But going by past history you'll need to apply fewer patches with OpenBSD... R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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