Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:32:18 -0800 (PST) From: John Wilson <john_wilson100@excite.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: aeg@iname.com Subject: Re: FreBSD Rulez Message-ID: <9059022.947853138650.JavaMail.imail@prance.excite.com>
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Alexandr Gribenko wrote: > > Not to long ago two famous russian news web servers lenta.ru and vesti.ru > were hacked up and their contents changed by some hacker > To all russian community here is the interview with him in russian. > http://humor.21.ru/atos/090100.html The fact is that he said that he, > himself would use freebsd as an operating system NOT linux, which was used > and he hacked. ;o) > I by myself paranoic use openbsd for servers but my heart,workstation and > laptop (soon) is FreeBSD ;o) Well having read the interview, I came to the conclusion that it's nothing but FUD, and the guy is not to be taken seriously. I mean, break into any system? Secure a server to make it impenetrable by attackers? Pleeease. See for yourselves. John [who has translated selected parts into English from the original Russian] ... Atos: May I ask you a few technical questions? What operating systems were they running? [the servers he'd hacked into -J.W.] Webster: Linux, kernel 2.0.38 with no significant security holes, which is absolutely impossible to penetrate from outside without a user account on the system. [But he did nonetheless - does it mean he had an account? -J.W.] ... Atos: Can you break into any server, or do you use some known security holes or exploits? Webster: I can break into any system. ... Atos: In your professional opinion, which operating systems are most resistant to such attacks and should be deployed "on the battlefield"? Webster: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, but by no means Linux. ... Atos: What can you say about Sun Solaris or NT? Webster: There's currently an enormous number of security holes in SunOS; as for NT it's just a child's toy. Atos: Can you be sure than no-one will ever be able to hack into a server secured by you? Webster: I am absolutely certain. Atos: This interview is likely to be published on the Internet. Would you like to add anything, or give some advice to Internet Service Providers? Webster: They should follow the example of www.elvis.ru and never install Linux on a large number of servers, which is but a recipe for disaster. I personally recommend FreeBSD. _______________________________________________________ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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