Quoting "david t. asuncion, jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 1/4/06, Froilan Romualdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
additional post lang:
Ayaw ko ang BSD kasi sa opinion ko mahirap itong i install kagaya ng
Slackware, although alam ko na ito ay mas-secure at alam ko mas-stable
ito. Secure siya lalo kung alam mo ang ginagawa mo (install yung
kailangan lang na applications).
Is it true ba na mas secure ang BSD? Any proof on this? Sorry, but I also
have no idea that's why I am asking.
There's no quantitative proof on the matter... It all lies on perception and
preference. The BSD's are more mature in some aspects (e.g. network code, very
stable driver API, etc) while Linux is more mature in some aspects (e.g. SMP,
journalling filesystems, etc). Each has their own strengths and weaknesses as
each of the projects have their own engineering preferences.
Personally I disagree with RedHat as well as OpenBSD's approaches to
security -
RedHat's approach with SELinux is very much intrusive, and some flaws in
SELinux's design - particularly with having to export all kernel symbols via
the Linux kernel hooks - can potentially lead to a new class of very-hard to
detect rootkits, while OpenBSD's over-hyped approach is equally paranoid even
without resorting to mandatory access control - as encryption everywhere leads
to a lot of performance bottlenecks - which OpenBSD doesn't really care
primarily about, as it's their perception of security which is foremost to
them. Those being said, I'd admit that there are areas in computing
wherein the
approach done by both systems are just fine.
<FLAMEBAIT>
Microsoft Windows security IS an OXYMORON. They may pay lip service to
security
with creeping security features (their implementation of ACL's is quite
technologically advanced, and .NET's security framework is really admirable)
but they still DON'T GET security. I guess the bad decisions (graphics
routines
in the kernel, HTTP server as in-kernel - WTF?) accumulated since 15 years ago
is still haunting them. In fairness, the original NT design was good on paper
:D
</FLAMEBAIT>
In the end it all boils down to preference and what the user seems to be the
adequate tool for the job. Nonetheless - free and open source software is all
about choice - and choice IS good.
--
Paolo Alexis Falcone
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