From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 30 13:33:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25ADC37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ext-nj2gw-2.online-age.net (ext-nj2gw-2.online-age.net [216.35.73.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3E943E7B for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:33:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lapinski@crd.ge.com) Received: from int-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (int-nj2gw-1 [3.159.236.65]) by ext-nj2gw-2.online-age.net (8.12.3/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id g8UKXSpv016329; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:33:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from crdns.crd.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by int-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id g8UKXMJm011577; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:33:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from exc01crdge.crd.ge.com (exc01crdge.crd.ge.com [3.1.116.47]) by crdns.crd.ge.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8UKXLK03558; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:33:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by exc01crdge.crd.ge.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <3XAH35AG>; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:33:20 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Lapinski, Michael (Research)" To: "'Kenneth P. Stox'" , Ralph Forsythe Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Rackspace-like provider for FreeBSD? Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:33:13 -0400 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Has there been a stated list of reasons or is this all word of mouth? I'd like to read thier reasoning and examples of the insecurities. -mtl -------------------------------------------------- Michael Lapinski Computer Scientist GE Research "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943 ->-----Original Message----- ->From: Kenneth P. Stox [mailto:stox@imagescape.com] ->Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:30 PM ->To: Ralph Forsythe ->Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG ->Subject: Re: Rackspace-like provider for FreeBSD? -> -> ->On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 12:32, Ralph Forsythe wrote: ->> Too insecure?? ->> ->> Uhh... ->> ->> What's their alternative? Linux easily tops FreeBSD on ->*nix advisories, ->> anything MS-based blows their theory out the door. About ->the only stuff ->> better would be perhaps NetBSD, and for sure OpenBSD. ->> ->> That's either a line of BS, or they hired some linux-only ->admin who is ->> afraid of anything BSD and just wants to get rid of it. At ->least IMHO. ->> Security is not a major problem on FreeBSD however, at ->least for an admin ->> with half a brain. -> ->That's my take on it, too. I was simply shocked when they told me that ->was the reason they were no longer selling FreeBSD machines. I guess ->they are only hiring admin's with quarter brains these days. :-( -> ->-Ken Stox -> stox@imagescape.com -> -> ->To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ->with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message -> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message