Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 01:41:21 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> To: Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl> Cc: Jeremy Suo-Anttila <jps@funeralexchange.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: : hiding OS name Message-ID: <20020711234121.GK21234@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <19624177455.20020709175744@dds.nl> References: <OAEOLDPOMIMMJMKEBFHCGELMCMAA.jps@funeralexchange.com> <19624177455.20020709175744@dds.nl>
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On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 05:57:44PM +0200, Alex wrote: > Hello/Beste Jeremy, > > Tuesday, July 09, 2002, 5:52:43 PM, you wrote: > > JSA> Just because the firewall is OpenBSD do NOT make it anymore secure then a > JSA> well tuned and hardened FreeBSD box. The box is only as secure as the > JSA> administrator maintaining it. > > OpenBSD had earned it reputation on security. It score a little better > then FreeBSD on this topic. At the very least you have less possibility > of a insecure system. OpenBSD would be the best general choice one thing I dislike w/ OpenBSD is that there are almost no advisories ? are they "so" secure or are they just hidding things like "not seen, not caught" ? Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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