Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:18:31 -0700 From: "Ben Hyatt" <benjaminhyatt@hotmail.com> To: "Roelof Osinga" <roelof@nisser.com>, "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: "Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios" <gustavo@ifour.com.br>, "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: firewall stuff Message-ID: <OE51XeVHInti3Lqe8li00003546@hotmail.com> References: <00d301c0cb87$0dee2bf0$0400a8c0@oracle> <01042222580500.00281@mark9.vladsempire.net> <3AE386CC.608B59B4@ifour.com.br> <020d01c0cbba$e03047f0$0400a8c0@oracle> <3AE4A6C4.3B96B701@nisser.com>
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> > Present impressions .... the OpenBSD installer (particularly disklabel) is > > an awful > mess... Look at 2.8... much nicer, er should I say much easier than previous versions. > The later releases I installed weren't all that bad. Actually > quite smooth. However, it (OpenBSD 2.8) which ran just fine on > the testbox, failed to run on the target machine. FreeBSD had no > such qualms. Haven't had one problem installing. Installed on x86 (home) and even tried out the sparc port on a old sparc 5 here at work. > Being on a deadline the choice was simple. The more so since, like you, > I had/have more hands-on experience with FreeBSD than with OpenBSD. Learn both ;o) > The reason I'd picked OpenBSD was indeed its focus on security. Whether > or not that is such a big deal in reality was a moot point. It made > for a great marketing USP ;). Having a focus on security and code audits are what make OpenBSD fun for me. I like having a secure setup out of the box per say. My only gripe with OpenBSD is it's lack of SMP, and no java 1.2 support. Guess I should donate that old P2B-DS with dual P2 300mhz's to Theo ;o) -Ben > Roelof > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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