From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 11 14:58: 8 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF39837B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:58:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.luukku.com (ultra45.almamedia.fi [193.209.83.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D9E43F93 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:58:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from atte.peltomaki@iki.fi) Received: by mail1.luukku.com (Postfix, from userid 60001) id 948331BA3D3; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:53:17 +0200 (EET) Received: from kameli.org (ip213-185-39-29.laajakaista.mtv3.fi [213.185.39.29]) by mail1.luukku.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 045351BA383 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:53:17 +0200 (EET) Received: by kameli.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:55:31 +0200 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:55:31 +0200 From: "Atte Peltomaki" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 as SOHO firewall, gateway -- STABLE? Message-ID: <20030211225531.GA95167@naama> References: <002a01c2d1ea$5fe43920$1705010a@VELDYT> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <002a01c2d1ea$5fe43920$1705010a@VELDYT> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 did see > that some people have upgraded their 4.7 servers to 5.0. Can anybody relate > their experience with the OS release? I am looking for cases in particular > for SOHO firewall/gateway environments. I have been waiting for Java and it > looks as if this release just might offer the features I need. http://www.freebsd.org/ says: New Technology Release: 5.0 Production Release: 4.7 If this isn't enough to convince you one way or other, ask yourself: What feature do your servers really need that only 5.0 has? Atte Peltomäki http://kameli.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message