OpenBSD /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Jason Murray - jmurray (at) computer (dot) org | | "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain" | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Jim Comen wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to determine what would be the best (and most appropriate) OS > platform for a firewall. I've looked through several months of past > postings on this mailing list as well as other URLs to see if I could find > any clear direction on this issue, but I haven't seen any. > I'm going between NT and a UNIX variant. > > I would characterize my findings as 'UNIX is more secure than NT but NT is > fast approaching the level of security offered by UNIX'. I've seen > recommendations to avoid NT but backed up by generalizations, rather than > example. Similarly, I've seen that UNIX has been suggested as a more secure > platform, but again, only backed up by generalization. > > I'd like to hear if my interpretation of the NT v UNIX issue is shared by > others and would I be making a mistake if I went with NT. I'm leaning > towards NT because, if the two OSes are truly close in their level of > security, it would be wise for me to go with NT since we'll have other NT > servers on site and I'd like to restrict the number of different servers. > > Thanks > Jim > - > [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] > - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
