Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:01:03 -0800 From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Commercial Tripwire available for Linux, not FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990224190103.A8308@best.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990224192004.03fc8450@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 07:35:38PM -0700 References: <4.1.19990224192004.03fc8450@mail.lariat.org>
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On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 07:35:38PM -0700, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: > 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 This simply means BSD has better security then Solaris, Linux and NT. -- Yan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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