This is truly interesting. Since I wish to make an experimental firewall at work, I was wondering whether anyone can point me in the right direction. Where can I find/download a FreeBSD??
Arcady Genkin wrote: > Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If there are any debian-bsd people here maybe they can > > answer this. I have been doing some reading and have > > heard that some of the BSD variants are considered a > > better canidate os for a firewall system than linux > > (herertic!). OpenBSD in particular was highly > > regarded in this (though it was said to be a RPITA to > > install). Any thoughts on this out there? > > Reportedly, *BSD's have the fastest TCI/IP stack in the industry. They > are also pretty secure, out of the box. For example, while Linux > mounts disk partitions asynchronously, my FreeBSD installation mounts > syncronously by default. > > I run Debian on my main workstation, and FreeBSD on my > NAT/Firewall/www-server/cvs-server box. That one is a P133/32M, and > copes beautifully with the load (well, the load is not *that* great). > > Also, I cannot help but admire FreeBSD's mechanisms for > updates/upgrades. IMHO the "ports collection" system is remarkable. > > It was very easy to install and configure. > HTH, > -- > Arcady Genkin http://wgaf.dyndns.org > "'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who > loves man is nailed?..'" (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche) > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null