Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:35:38 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Commercial Tripwire available for Linux, not FreeBSD Message-ID: <4.1.19990224192004.03fc8450@mail.lariat.org>
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Today, a client asked me if I would install the commercial version of Tripwire on his FreeBSD server, which had been compromised and needed a thorough cleaning. I browsed Tripwire's Web site and then called to confirm what appeared to be true: Tripwire has no implementation for FreeBSD. They support Solaris and Red Hat Linux, period -- and are working on an NT port. The person who answered the phone said that he doubted there would ever be an implementation for FreeBSD because "no one uses it." When I pointed out that FreeBSD's estimated user base is two thirds that of Linux, and that large companies like Yahoo! use Linux, he said, "Well, I'm sorry, but we haven't even considered doing a port because we don't believe there's any demand." (Translation: an operating system that doesn't get a lot of press is assumed not to be in demand.) Given that, I think that FreeBSD's profile needs a considerable boost. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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