Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:20:24 -0500 From: Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Another Security-related Question Message-ID: <3B4CC318.F18D9F68@camel.kdsi.net> References: <E15KQGo-000092-00@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Martin McCormick wrote: > > After reading the Security section of the FreeBSD web > site, I still have a question which has been asked of me and > which I am relaying. > > If security holes are discovered in other versions of > UNIX, say, Solaris or one of the Linux varieties, is there any > mechanism under FreeBSD to see whether or not the same hole or > exploit possibility exists in FreeBSD? > > We will be using FreeBSD servers completely exposed as in > no firewalls, at least in the near future, and I want to be able -------^ You can still run a packet filter like IPFW which is another line of defense against intrusion. > to honestly reassure them as much as humanly possible. > > My own bias is that we are probably equally at risk running > some of the commercial OS's, but that is just my opinion. > > Thank you. > > Martin McCormick > > 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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