Normally I would recommend OpenBSD for a firewall. It is definately not
the "easier to configure and support", but it has not had a remote
comprimise on a default install in something like 4 years... now, having
said that, I think there are some issues currently with the new licensing
in IPFILTER, which has been all of the BSD's firewall solution for
sometime. I read somewhere it will not be included in future releases of
OpenBSD. I have note verified this myself, but it is supposed to be taken
out of the default install of 2.9. You could add it back in yourself of
course, but this increases the complexity yet another notch (it has to be
compiled into the kernel).
I like both OS's, but I would recommend you fit the tool to the job.
OpenBSD will entail more of a learning curve (basic installation and
configuration are simple... the "devil" or "daemon" is in the details...).
FreeBSD is great for a desktop OS or web server.
Carric Dooley
Senior Consultant
COM2:Interactive Media
"But this one goes to eleven."
-- Nigel Tufnel
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Thorsten wrote:
> We are discussing to use either OpenBSD or FreeBSD
> for our new firewall.
>
> Does anybody know, Which one is more stable
> and which one is easier to configure and support?
>
> At the moment we are using debian linux, with the help
> of some scripts it is ok to configure.
>
> Does anybody have an opinion?
>
> Thankks for any comments,
>
> Henni
>
>
>
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