Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 04:33:01 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: "Blake Finley, MA, ABD-2" <blakefinley@transpacific.net>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD derivatives Message-ID: <20070603043301.28d9bef2@localhost> In-Reply-To: <46621503.5030303@freebsd.org> References: <4661FAC9.9010806@transpacific.net> <20070602201740.202e768a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <46621503.5030303@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:10:27 -0700 Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> wrote: > Bill Moran wrote: > > OpenBSD puts security higher on its list of project goals and > > motivating factors than any other OS I know. > > I disagree. I'd say that OpenBSD and FreeBSD put security in exactly > the same place -- at the top of the list. Sorry but I have to disagree here. FreeBSD ships with closed source software including following drivers: ath, nve, oltr, rr232x, hptmv. Closed source software implies potential insecurity. If security is at the top of the list then I see a clear contradiction here. Jona -- "I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and tell you that you are free." Eris, Goddess Of Chaos, Discord & Confusion
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