Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:57:44 +0200 From: Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl> To: "Jeremy Suo-Anttila" <jps@funeralexchange.com> Cc: "Alex" <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: : hiding OS name Message-ID: <19624177455.20020709175744@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <OAEOLDPOMIMMJMKEBFHCGELMCMAA.jps@funeralexchange.com> References: <OAEOLDPOMIMMJMKEBFHCGELMCMAA.jps@funeralexchange.com>
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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 for a firewall and FreeBSD would be the best choice of any other intel based computer. NetBSD would cover anything that is not supported. The different version of BSD exist for a reason. The principle bind the original suggestion is to have a firewall with a different OS on it. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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