Ok,
I was surfing around a bit, doing some recreational reading and i
found this article:
http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20010509.html
it has the fairly provocative title,
"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as linux"
the author makes some good points especially when it comes to the sheer
number and diversity of solutions for linux.
The most relevant point has to do with finegrained access control, and
ease of configuration. OpenBSD is not easy to set up and administer
properly, whereas some of the mainstream linux distros are almost as easy
to use as that 'other OS' (no not BeOs).
I'd say it's another case of good enough beating out perfect.
There are some fairly blatant errors in the article though; for instance
the last parapgraph he talks about restricting access to port 80 and says
that it can be done easily in linux, not so easily or not at all in
Openbsd. Unless i misunderstood him it's fairly straightforward for
either system.
Larry Price | "We have seen the truth.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | And the truth makes no sense." -chesterton
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