Hi Joon. Each BSD implementation (eg: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD) has a special field. FreeBSD, for instance, is good for general TCP/IP purposes. NetBSD is for high security networking. I only know that OpenBSD exists, and I think it is meant for developing software solutions(not sure though). The BSDs have more years behind it than Linux, and are providing rock stable performance (there is also an implementation of BSD focusing on stability but I don't remember it). BSDs provide considerable better performance than Linux, though Linux enjoys a greater number of users willing to help each other, documentation/information resources, and more user-friendly distributions(eg: Mandrake).
... VFA: Visiting Foreign Aggressor ... Yankee go home! --> Balky On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Joon Guillen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm about to make a Firewall / NAT machine, and I was thinking of trying OpenBSD. >But before delving into it, I would like to know your thoughts about it, and perhaps >compare it also with Linux. Would I be better off using Linux for NAT or will >OpenBSD provide better packet transfer? How's the hardware support on BSD kernels? >Things like that, and some more if you would care to share it. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
