On 2007-12-28 17:55, Stephane Russell wrote: > This is a very general post. I've just buy a Linksys Wireless router, > and it comes with a router, a firewall with forwarding and natting > capability and a DHCP server. I'm wondering if it's a equivalent choice > (for speed, security, etc) to use such a router for my network, or if it > just can't be as good as a BSD like DFBSD. For now, since 1996, my > FreeBSD, then DFBSD was never cracked, and it's not because nobody is > making any attempt. > > For one, DFBSD is supporting IPv6, but not the router (yet). So it's > already a plus for DFBSD. On the other side, by using my DFBSD as a > firewall, I'm exposing my file and print server directly on the net. > Also, the router is very little maintenance compare to a full server. > Another plus for DFBSD is backdoor control. Maybe I'm traumatised by the > movie "The Net", with Sandra Bullock. Nobody can verify if Cisco is > providing it's router with backdoors, or bugs at least, while this can > be easilly verified and fixed with an open source OS like DFBSD. > > For now, I still think a true open source OS is a better choice for this > kind of task.
I prefer to use BSD (Open in my case) instead of some commercial product mostly because they are infinitely more configurable. If I one day decide that I want functionality foo then I can pretty be sure that I can add that to my router. If I used commercial product then I am stuck with what the vendor though that I needed. PS. Some Linksys routers can run Linux, and perhaps also BSD, if that is the case it might be an attractive choice. -- Erik Wikström
