On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 08:49:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 11:40:49AM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: > > > I thought this was interesting because of the Linux technical > > implications. Is it really possible that some group of secret > > government operatives are forcing 1000+ Linux web sites down? > > Depends on if their sysads keep up their patches, using good iptables > rules, turn off services they don't need, and so forth. Personally, if > I was having to deal with assholes (like Bushit, Trashcroft, whoever) > trying to own my webservers on a day-to-day basis, I think I'd say "OpenBSD > is the OS for me."
Well, they'd still have to configure the machine correctly, and keep up with patches, but it would probably slow the attackers down. It still depends on how knowledgable the sysadmins are about the OS they are using. Of course, OpenBSD _is_ well dcumented ... > I would also download it from a non-U$ site, in this situation. It would still be going through U$ networks. Buy a CD and update the sources with cvs over ssh. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
