On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 01:21:23PM +1200, Rik Tindall wrote: > Jim Cheetham wrote: > >>Nate Walker wrote: > >>>What distro would be good, considering that I might well put it into a > >>> > >But, if you're actually trying to operate the machine as a trusted > >interface to the Internet, rather than to play with it, then OpenBSD is > >the significantly more secure option, although much more difficult to > >set up. > > If Nate chooses to go down this road, then yes, an install CD and help > is available at Freenix tonight. He'll get an overview of the difference > between Ubuntu and FreeBSD to boot. Installation work will require all > your peripherals - down to power board & cable - to be present.
For the specific job of being your secure external machine, I don't see a significant benefit in choosing FreeBSD over a mature server Linux; however I do see a benefit to OpenBSD in this role. > We'll try and collar Jim next time he's in town for an OpenBSD talk too! Good luck! Unfortunately it's looking like being a very long time before I get an opportunity to get to Christchurch -- but, if I do, I'm sure you could encourage me to wax lyrical on almost any subject :-) -jim
