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Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:18:31 -0700
From:      "Ben Hyatt" <benjaminhyatt@hotmail.com>
To:        "Roelof Osinga" <roelof@nisser.com>, "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
Cc:        "Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios" <gustavo@ifour.com.br>, "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: firewall stuff
Message-ID:  <OE51XeVHInti3Lqe8li00003546@hotmail.com>
References:  <00d301c0cb87$0dee2bf0$0400a8c0@oracle> <01042222580500.00281@mark9.vladsempire.net> <3AE386CC.608B59B4@ifour.com.br> <020d01c0cbba$e03047f0$0400a8c0@oracle> <3AE4A6C4.3B96B701@nisser.com>

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> > Present impressions  .... the OpenBSD installer (particularly disklabel)
is
> > an awful > mess...

Look at 2.8... much nicer, er should I say much easier than previous
versions.

> The later releases I installed weren't all that bad. Actually
> quite smooth. However, it (OpenBSD 2.8) which ran just fine on
> the testbox, failed to run on the target machine. FreeBSD had no
> such qualms.

Haven't had one problem installing.  Installed on x86 (home) and even
tried out the sparc port on a old sparc 5 here at work.

> Being on a deadline the choice was simple. The more so since, like you,
> I had/have more hands-on experience with FreeBSD than with OpenBSD.

Learn both ;o)

> The reason I'd picked OpenBSD was indeed its focus on security. Whether
> or not that is such a big deal in reality was a moot point. It made
> for a great marketing USP ;).

Having a focus on security and code audits are what make OpenBSD fun for me.
I like having
a secure setup out of the box per say.  My only gripe with OpenBSD is it's
lack of SMP, and no
java 1.2 support.
Guess I should donate that old P2B-DS with dual P2 300mhz's to Theo ;o)

-Ben

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