Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 01:09:52 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, clefevre@citeweb.net, Akbar <Akbar@Aptitude.com.sg>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wats so special about freeBSD? Message-ID: <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> of "Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:12:42 PDT." <20000919221242.O367@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
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> (a) "They have done the big code audit." (You got that one.) > (b) They ship a secure default. > > Not FreeBSD, nor any other open source OS I am aware of, has done > (a). FreeBSD sacrifices (b) for having some stuff work "out of the > box." I'd appreciate more specifics. I think (a) is largely a perceptual advantage since software never stands still and I have to wonder just how much of a "rolling audit" any project of a largely voluntary nature can consistently manage. As for (b), I think FreeBSD has already made some very sensible decisions there and would very much appreciate knowing just where you think it's failed to do so, using -current as a baseline if possible since there's not much point in arguing about default security policies which have already been changed. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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