So you had a good time.. great! So I guess you're running a clean OpenBSD box without any kind of thirdparty application? In that case great.. otherwise go suck on a lollypop!
2014-04-04 12:18 GMT+02:00 Andy <a...@brandwatch.com>: > Hahahahahahahahahaha.. Reeeeeaallly!!! :) > > You should have sent this a couple of days ago as an April fools, I > genuinly thought it was at first. > > Anyway it seems like enough people have already replied so I won't add any > more. Just had to reply because this geuninly made me laugh out loud. > > > Good luck and happy learning. OpenBSD is a learning curve but one which > will pay off if you persevere (especially if you're trying to use it for > network services). > > > On 04/04/14 03:04, Martin Braun wrote: > >> As we all know on the front page of OpenBSD it says "Only two remote holes >> in the default install, in a heck of a long time". >> >> I don't understand why this is "such a big deal". >> >> A part from the base system in xBSD, OpenBSD - so far - also contains a >> chrooted web server, that can't be used for much else than serving static >> content, and then the X system, which also can't be used for anything >> before installing some third party application. >> >> All in all the default install is pretty useless in itself and I am going >> to quote "Absolute OpenBSD" by Michael Lucas: >> >> «You're installed OpenBSD and rebooted into a bare-bones system. Of >> course, a minimal Unix-like system is actually pretty boring. While it >> makes a powerful foundation, it doesn't actually do much of anything.» >> >> So we need those third party applications to start the party, yet none of >> these applications receives the same code audit, security development and >> quality control as OpenBSD does. >> >> As soon as we install a single third party application our entire >> operating >> system is, in theory at least, compromised as these third party >> applications gets installed as root. >> >> Maybe I am just plain stupid, but could someone explain to me the point in >> "bragging" about only two remote holes in the default install, when the >> default install is useless before you add some content to the system, >> unless you're running a web server serving static content only. >> >> Best regards. >> >> Martin
