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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.
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Cyrille Lefevre                 mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net

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