Actually, in practice Free has been less secure. Not as much less as the penguin, but less than OpenBSD. There *is* a reason OBSD has a very unique moniker with respect to their default install.
And who has telnet enabled on a server anyway?[1] ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA [1] I assume you really meant ssh (secure shell), in which case yes, it was vulnerable as well. > -----Original Message----- > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:07 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) > > > > >and FreeBSD when doing general services where security is > less of a concern > > but no less secure in practice. :)) > > eg, obsd had the same vulnerabilities a *bsd to last year's > bsd telnet. > > For this home situation, FreeBSD would be the much easier setup, with > choice of ipfw2 or ipfilter. > > Len > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
