Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:11:12 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCIOCGETCONF/PCIOCREAD requires write permission? Message-ID: <3A3429B0.A389F032@softweyr.com> References: <3A333CE4.5B9FDA92@newsguy.com> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012021342100.5019-100000@zeppo.feral.com> <200012080707.AAA12102@freeway.dcfinc.com> <20001208115004.B81619@dragon.nuxi.com> <200012100901.CAA27464@harmony.village.org> <3A334EEB.5833CE81@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
>
> Warner Losh wrote:
> >
> > In message <3A333CE4.5B9FDA92@newsguy.com> "Daniel C. Sobral" writes:
> > : ported to every hardware platform under sun, and we do not go out of our
> > : way to provide security. Thus, NetBSD and OpenBSD have the edge on us on
> >
> > What? I don't see how you can say that about security...
>
> We don't go *out* of our way. And just because OpenBSD has an *edge*,
> that doesn't mean said edge is all that big.
FreeBSD balances security concerns with usability, whereas OpenBSD goes for
the "security" choice every time. This makes one of the systems more secure
without user tuning, the other more functional without user tuning.
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
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