On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 08:04:38PM +0200, mdff wrote: [...] > for dell i'd choose obsd as well... but not for sun. theres trusted > solaris and very good sec-features starting from sol9. also, i figured > out that machine specific tools from the solaris os are not even planned > under obsd.
Nonetheless, if I need to choose between trusting closed-source Solaris and the open OpenBSD for security, I tend to trust OpenBSD more. > furthermore for security, i guess it's always good 2 have a mix of > hardware and os's. In that sense it's even more interesting to run OpenBSD on Sparc, as OpenBSD/Sparc would be a less common combination than Solaris/Sparc... ;-) In addition, until the advent of Solaris 10 (which doesn't support older Sparc hardware anymore), Solaris was far too expensive for home users like myself - there was a so-called "free" (as in cost) licence, but that was only valid for a limited set of machines and - even worse - only for machines bought from Sun or a licenced dealer. None of my Suns falls under that category, hence, Solaris 9 is a no-no for me. With OpenBSD (or even Linux), at least I don't have to worry about all that licence nonsense. Cheerio, Thomas -- ****** PLEASE: NO Cc's to me privately, I do read the list - thanks! ****** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!"