caring as fewer and fewer people stopped using the OS.
Mike
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From: Vincent Glaume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Vincent
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:23 AM
To: Robert M. Judy
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: most secure Unix type
According to Robert M
Robert M. Judy wrote:
What is generally considered to be the most secure (or securable)
Unix/Linux package/version?
Thanks in advance,
rmj
Well I consider that a good administrator will be able to make his unix
or unix based box secure, i mean you can keep track of vulnrebilities
and
jeremy wrote:
HAH... you actually trust a distro, edited , modified and secured by the
NSA? Can we say backdoor, secret backdoor, have we forgotton the governments
policy is to DENY DENY
Paranoia certainly *can* be a healthy thing, but in this case, you are
making an assumption that the
UNIX-wise - OpenBSD - http://www.openbsd.org
Linux-wise - Engarde Linux - http://www.engardelinux.org
My 2 cents.
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From: T0aD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:54 PM
To: Robert M. Judy
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: most secure Unix
As others have said, the security of a system is more a function of the
admin running it than anything else... A great admin running Windows
2000 is by far better off than a complete moron running OpenBSD... Also,
don't put too much weight into the Orange Book rating of a system as it
does not
Quoting Nicholas Janzen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
OpenBSD is secure by default.
The default install is secure, without any modifications.
That's because by default everything is turned off; secure by default but
unusable by default.
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|Nicholas
the OS Scan project covered this very topic. www.securitywriters.org.
Linux 7.2, windows 2000, XP, Solaris 6 and 8 and etc.
a security assessment of modern day tools was performed on each os out of the box.
Then the latest patches were applied and systems were rescanned. Solaris 6 really
One still disassembled and still in the box.
Robert M. Judy wrote:
What is generally considered to be the most secure (or securable)
Unix/Linux package/version?
Thanks in advance,
rmj
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phone: (410) 684-6566
as far as i know: openbsd claims to be very secure. their slogan is:
5 years without a remote hole...
regards,
phil
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From: Robert M. Judy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: most secure Unix type
What is generally
Take a look here:
http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/epl/epl-by-class.html
It looks like HP UX is the only Unix OS that has made it into the B1
Security class. However, other evaluations of more current OSs aren't
listed. The usual qualification applies, it depends. There are to
consider,
OpenBSD is secure by default.
The default install is secure, without any modifications.
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You can't tell anything like that without knowing what your needs are.
The same about your skills and preferences.
Anyway, if I have to recommand an os who quickly reacts on vulnerabilities and
who get a real great team of development, I would like to quote OpenBSD :)
By the way, you need an
According to Robert M. Judy:
What is generally considered to be the most secure (or securable)
Unix/Linux package/version?
Thanks in advance,
Hi !
you may have a look to this :
http://securityfocus.com/vulns/stats.shtml
rmj
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