Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:43:08 +1000 From: Andrew <mynet@uq.net.au> To: Stuart Henderson <stuart@eclipse.net.uk> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using one FreeBSD box as router/firewall/vpn Message-ID: <377A2CFC.8BF24208@uq.net.au> References: <009901bec1a4$a15ee260$3d94cbc1@oemcomputer> <3778ABCB.73728DE2@eclipse.net.uk>
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Some people would say OpenBSD is more secure - But that is another argument alltogther and it all come down to how people setup their systems. A novel idea though that I have seen done is burning the whole OS to a bootable CD-rom. The great thing is you have no danger of the HD crashing and even if someone finds a way in theres not a much they can do that a reboot wont fix ;) You would need to update the CD as important bugfixes/new releases came out but blank CD's are cheap. Andrew Stuart Henderson wrote: > > Using Linux as a firewall is madness, FreeBSD is MUCH more secure, > > don't forget there are other choices too :) FreeBSD security can > be hardened significantly by running with securelevel set and using > chflags schg to secure critical binaries. That way you have to > restart in single-user mode to make any alterations. > > 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
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