Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:58:05 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: firewall stuff Message-ID: <01042222580500.00281@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <00d301c0cb87$0dee2bf0$0400a8c0@oracle> References: <00d301c0cb87$0dee2bf0$0400a8c0@oracle>
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On Sunday 22 April 2001 18:50, Doug Young wrote: > Where can I find info on the pros & cons of FreeBSD vs OpenBSD > firewalling ?? > I'll bite on this. There isn't going to be a ton of difference. They both use the same program to do packet filtering. OpenBSD is more secure, but it is harder to install and use, and there isn't that much documentation. Their motto is "secure by default" and that is what the design goal of OpenBSD is: security. FreeBSD is also secure, but they put more of an emphasis on ease of use and performance, and less on security. Even so, FreeBSD is more secure (according to many) than linux or windows. Either one would be a good choice. Josh > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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