Re: Security Comparisons

2007-11-10 Thread knitti
On 11/10/07, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of philosophy. Linux is about making all kinds of toys work in a hot-plug way and allow people to boast about their uptime. OpenBSD is about security. I would add usability (conciseness, least surprise and coherency) and thus

Re: Security Comparisons

2007-11-10 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 05:52:03PM +0100, knitti wrote: On 11/10/07, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of philosophy. Linux is about making all kinds of toys work in a hot-plug way and allow people to boast about their uptime. OpenBSD is about security. I would add usability

Security Comparisons

2007-11-09 Thread new_guy
for itself and has a strong history of security. IMO, OpenBSD doesn't need to be 'sold' as as security solution as it sells itself, but others feel differently. Many thanks to any who can offer advice, Brad -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Security-Comparisons-tf4779123

Re: Security Comparisons

2007-11-09 Thread Darren Spruell
On Nov 9, 2007 10:53 AM, new_guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this is off-topic, I apologize. Just tell me and I'll go away ;) I'm having discussions with a coworkers about moving to OpenBSD for Apache/PHP web hosting. Right now, we use various Linux distros. I have no problem with that. Linux

Re: Security Comparisons

2007-11-09 Thread new_guy
. Comparing OpenBSD 3.x (85 Advisories) to Debian 3.x (577). http://secunia.com/product/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Security-Comparisons-tf4779123.html#a13676309 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Security Comparisons

2007-11-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 02:27:16PM -0800, new_guy wrote: Darren Spruell wrote: Sadly, justifying the obvious through these means is often a requirement. Here's an approach you might consider. Take a best practice / standards guide such as from NIST: