> No, that makes a Solaris box you could theoretically > secure to prove a point more secure than a default > installation of OpenBSD.
Actually, truth be told, that makes it [I]the daily order of business[/I]. How so? Because using Solaris, you [I]engineer a platform[/I] which you can use as a "Lego system". For example, I can have a fully configured and working firewall locked tighter than a drum in 20 minutes or so, starting from bare metal and installation speed limited only by the speed of the HW and the network that serves the flash image up. "Look ma, no optical drive!" Want a DB server? *FLASH* and in another 20 minutes there's your fully configured and working Oracle server, thank you very much. What did you need again, a fully working desktop, but all you have is bare metal? *FLASH* (25 minutes later) OK, here you go, and please don't forget to enjoy your spiffy Mplayer and XMMS with all the cool plugins. [I]Can we take that coffee now? I'll have two sugars, no milk.[/I] Solaris enables me to do stuff like this. And take my coffee break, which is an added bonus! (Now you know why I really like Solaris: it's the coffee breaks.) > I picked load balancing as an example. What about > stateful IPv6 filtering? You betcha! > Binary logging for better > performance and less writing to disk? No binary logging I'm afraid, but I wouldn't want that anyway. Didn't you read "The Art of UNIX programming"? ASCII is the best format around because it's so portable. And, [I]bzip2[/I] just has a field day with it... > Renumbering TCP > ISNs from weaker OSs? Integrated queueing support? Don't need it -- it's already built into the TCP/IP stack of Solaris. > When both Linux and OpenBSD exist one doesn't have to > play the game. Linux can be used when usability is > required, OpenBSD when security is required. 1. by having to choose, you're already playing a game 2. having to choose, you're causing yourself and others unnecessary overhead; you shouldn't have to have [I]a salad[/I] just to get what you need 3. that's exactly the beauty and elegance of Solaris: one platform to satisfy your needs, it just depends which image you flash on the bare metal, because it is capable of doing both the job of Linux and of OpenBSD. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
