From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 9 16:03:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8758016A407 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:03:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B6813C469 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:03:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (jqdovs@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l09G3Lv9019961; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:03:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l09G3LuG019960; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:03:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:03:21 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200701091603.l09G3LuG019960@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, maanjee@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0701090714q45032eb0q7160d77ba9807628@mail.gmail.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:03:27 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: User Security Question? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, maanjee@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:03:28 -0000 VeeJay wrote: > Just had a debate with a collegue at office, but still lack knowledge on > FreeBSD security :( For a start, I recommend you read the security(7) manual page. It should give at least rough answer to most of your questions. Another good reading is chapter 14 of the FreeBSD Handbook, titled "Security". Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. > Can the denizens of this group enlighten me about what the > advantages of Python are, versus Perl ? "python" is more likely to pass unharmed through your spelling checker than "perl". -- An unknown poster and Fredrik Lundh