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Oh, Monday > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:21 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) > > > I concur. > > > ASB > http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Roger > Seielstad > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:54 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) > > > > Microsoft, and most Linux vendors, could stand to learn a > thing or > > two from OpenBSD. > > Agreed, on all counts. I've got a firm belief that OpenBSD > will be one of the most influential OS's over the next five > years based entirely on that statement. > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:27 PM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) > > > > > > On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, at 7:30am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > obsd is more secure, but "in practice" fbsd is just as > > good, esp for the > > > situation discussed. > > > > OpenBSD's security isn't due so much to superior software > (a lot of > > it is the same code the other BSDs, and even many Linux flavors, > > use), but their > > better approach to configuring it. They apply the principle > > of "deny by > > default" to everything. They don't enable services to run by > > default. > > Services are configured "locked down" by default. They make > > extensive use > > of things like unprivileged processes, separate user accounts > > for different > > services, and chroot jails. So, a freshly installed OpenBSD > > box, rather > > than being open to the entire universe, is completely locked > > down. The > > admin just has to open the things he or she wants, rather > > then plugging all > > the holes the vendor installed for him. > > > > Microsoft, and most Linux vendors, could stand to learn a > thing or > > two from OpenBSD. > > > > -- > > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ------ > 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]
