Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:46:40 -0200 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 as SOHO firewall, gateway -- STABLE? Message-ID: <3E494510.2070500@tcoip.com.br> In-Reply-To: <002a01c2d1ea$5fe43920$1705010a@VELDYT> References: <002a01c2d1ea$5fe43920$1705010a@VELDYT>
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Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > I have been watching this list and I have not seen much talk about the > stability of FreeBSD 5.0 (RELENG_5_0) or of its use as a server? I=20 > did see > that some people have upgraded their 4.7 servers to 5.0. Can anybody=20 > relate > their experience with the OS release? I am looking for cases in=20 > particular > for SOHO firewall/gateway environments. I have been waiting for Java=20 > and it > looks as if this release just might offer the features I need. For various reasons, 5.0 is not recommended if you are not willing to=20 put up with downtime and possible loss of data (as in, much more than=20 usual). On the other hand, if you _are_ willing to reinstall everything=20 now and then, you might use it. I have it installed on a firewall on a cluster, and I'm now trying to=20 use it for bastion host, where it's mac features can be put to good use. A question you must ask yourself, though, is if 5.0 offers any feature=20 you need that 4.7 doesn't. As far as I know, Java doesn't have any=20 special benefits on 5.0, because the multithread library is still the=20 same. I might be wrong, but... <shrug> As for firewalls, I don't really see a need. I can't think of any=20 feature of use to a firewall that is present on 5.0 but not on 4.7. The=20 reason I run 5.0 on one of my firewalls is so I can help catch bugs.=20 Anything untowards happens and I can just turn it off. Moreover, I can=20 reboot it with 4.7 if I really need (a separate disk). --=20 Daniel C. Sobral Ger=EAncia de Opera=E7=F5es Divis=E3o de Comunica=E7=E3o de Dados Coordena=E7=E3o de Seguran=E7a TCO Fones: 55-61-313-7654/Cel: 55-61-9618-0904 E-mail: Daniel.Capo@tco.net.br Daniel.Sobral@tcoip.com.br dcs@tcoip.com.br To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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