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Jack Coates, Rainfinity SE
t: 650-962-5301 m: 650-280-4376
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, amanda wrote:
>
>
> If you use the popular RedHat distribution of Linux then it's actually 100%
> freely available with source. Where did you get the 99% number?
covering my bases against people who would write back and say "my distro
came with a Lucent modem driver (or some such) and that's not open
source!" Not to mention the whole GPL/BSD/SAL/NAL licensing silliness.
>
> Of course OpenSource is more secure. Just look at Crypto AG for an
> example of closed source systems. There is a very good reason that
> the Chinese prefer international Linux software over American or Israeli
> software.
>
> I would never use closed source software in a maximum security environment.
> Actually, I wouldn't use Linux either. Nothing but OpenBSD.
>
OpenBSD's reputation precedes it, though I haven't had a chance to play
around yet. As long as the system is capable of handling the basic
requirements of performance and security, an admin should use what they're
more comfortable with -- an experienced NT admin could spend a lot of time
with his/her nose in a manual while the fancy new *nix box gets eaten
alive by script kiddies.
> Amanda.
>
> ps. the Crypto AG story is here: http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/
>
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