Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:52:11 +0100 (CET) From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> To: Don Muller <dmuller@lcc.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is this how to use Freebsd? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.10011041348160.4511-100000@humbolt.nl.linux.org> In-Reply-To: <003c01c044ed$292e1e00$490822d1@user>
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Don Muller wrote: > Well, the company did not explain how, or why it happened. The > programmer I work with suggested BSD.Of course I wanted security! > Well, they gave me some explanation that the server was hacked at the > xfs port. But later I was told that the ftp port on redhat 6.2 was the > vulnerability, so they actually were not sure? > So this is when we had the network people install Freebsd. And where > my questions lie. I wouldn't trust *THOSE* people with any OS :) Linux and BSD are comperable in security; both rely on a competent admin to keep the system secure over time. Lacking a competent admin on-site, you may look into a free Unix which has the capability of semi-automatically upgrading itself. I suspect the BSDs can do that; Conectiva Linux, Debian Linux and all Debian derivatives do that too (apt-get). Systems lacking that ability will always be in danger of getting behind in security updates when the admins don't look after the machine... regards, Rik -- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength. http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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