On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Vim Visual wrote: > Besides, o'bsd is showing to be a much more mature *nix system than > GNU/Linux, which seems to be a teenager... I love the professionality > of o'bsd people
That's my reason. A simple system, logically laid out on disk, consistent. > > Well... now... WHAT ABOUT MY QUESTION??? > > FIREFOX WITH FLASH - HOW?? Heh. Linux emulation in a "chroot" jail. I haven't tried this. > > But _very_ slightly. Most exploits even in Open Source programs are > > discovered through analysis of the program produced. So programs from > > closed and open source have basically the same level of vulnerability, > > since that is how you find exploits in closed-source code. Agree, but in the case of Flash, I'm vaguely scared (I don't use it) since it interfaces with a browser of unknown properties, running on X (with all its problems). I'm also wary of Flash because it seems to want to execute code on "my" side -- similar objection to java. I don't like downloading code and running it blind, especially in an X setting. The closedness of Flash and suchlike means that it has not been subjected to public scrutiny and possibly audit. > > So, with the closed source, we have to trust the company when they say the > > program doesn't deliberately do anything underhanded, and we can't fix any > > problems we find ourselves. From a security standpoint, that's the > > _entire difference._ Any extra vulnerability from being able to see the > > code is so minuscule that it has never mattered. And yet this is the precise case with Mozilla vs IE. That's quite a difference, in my opinion. Dave _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
