> -----Original Message-----
> From: mouss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2000 3:48
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eduard Formanek;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: NAT and freebsd
>
>
> so after OS wars, no come the "flavours wars"...
>
> At 09:26 28/11/00 -0700, Bruce Bauer wrote:
> >My opinion: Don't!
>
> Mine: DO!
>
>
> >Use OpenBSD instead. www.openbsd.org
>
> stay with Free
[...]
> >Secure by default.
>
> Free is not bad!
Are you JOKING? There have been about two dozen FreeBSD advisories in the
last month! I can't even remember the last OpenBSD advisory I saw. I agree
that FreeBSD is not bad in a general sense, but unless/until it has the
level of active security review that OpenBSD gets I'm not interested in
using it for a security host. Just as I'm not interested in using OpenBSD as
a workstation.
>
> >Built in ftp proxy.
This was an error - OpenBSD does not have a built in FTP proxy. IPFilter
kind of has one but it's not a real proxy. Which is a shame.
>
> ipfilter is enough for most of us.
> the few who need a proxy can consider the FWTK one.
Or the SuSE one, which I found easier to get working an better for granualar
control. *shrug*
Cheers,
--
Ben Nagy
Marconi Services
Network Integration Specialist
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