On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Dave Wreski wrote:
(Hi Dave)
> Much of security is about the environment. If you're familiar and
> comfortable with OpenBSD, then perhaps that is your best solution. There's
> often more things than security that need to be taken into consideration
> before you can make your decision.
I've never put a great deal of stock in that (though I did cover it in my
reply as well.) Comfort != security, so it really needs to be "all other
things being equal"- which of course they rarely are.
> We at Guardian Digital have recently released EnGarde Secure Linux, a
> distribution of Linux engineered from the ground up with specific regards
"Postfix and BIND configured using default parameters that help to prevent
spam, take advantage of chroot benefits, restrict unauthorized queries, and
more."
Wouldn't you want more than default parameters for BIND?
Paul
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