On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Martin Peikert wrote: > It's not the OS that will solve your problems. The security of an OS is > dependend of the ability and knowledge of it's administrator. If you are
It's also dependent on its codebase (size, complexity, design, implementation.) > more familiar with Linux, stay with Linux. If you are interested in a OS > that is focussed on security, try OpenBSD. Familiarity is something that should be balanced against homogenity of the environment. If your security infrastrcture is the same as your server infrastructure, then there's the potential that a single problem will more likely affect both systems. The OBSD work really has more relevence in servers than firewalls, as most of the exploited services shouldn't be running on a firewall in the first place. Other than the ICMP kernel bug recently, there's not much that should have affected a well-configured Linux firewall in the last couple years. Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions [EMAIL PROTECTED] which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
