RE: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Mike Dawg
caring as fewer and fewer people stopped using the OS. Mike -Original Message- 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

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Fadi Khouja
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

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Josh Glover
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

RE: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Jason Armstrong
UNIX-wise - OpenBSD - http://www.openbsd.org Linux-wise - Engarde Linux - http://www.engardelinux.org My 2 cents. -Original Message- 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

RE: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Shawn Duffy
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:most secure Unix type What is generally considered to be the most secure (or securable) Unix/Linux package/version? Thanks in advance, rmj -- email: pakkit at codepiranha dot org web: http://codepiranha.org/~pakkit pgp key: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Eric
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. -- |Nicholas

RE: most secure Unix type

2002-06-14 Thread Hornat, Charles
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

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-13 Thread Meritt James
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 -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-13 Thread Phil
as far as i know: openbsd claims to be very secure. their slogan is: 5 years without a remote hole... regards, phil - Original Message - 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

RE: most secure Unix type

2002-06-13 Thread Shutters, Mike
: most secure Unix type What is generally considered to be the most secure (or securable) Unix/Linux package/version? Thanks in advance, rmj

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-13 Thread Nicholas Janzen
OpenBSD is secure by default. The default install is secure, without any modifications. -- |Nicholas Janzen | | Third-Net.Com INC| | Visit http://www.third-net.com | | for more information about us |

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-13 Thread T0aD
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

most secure Unix type

2002-06-12 Thread Robert M. Judy
What is generally considered to be the most secure (or securable) Unix/Linux package/version? Thanks in advance, rmj

Re: most secure Unix type

2002-06-12 Thread Vincent
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 -- ~ V. GLAUME 'v' \// \\/ENSEIRB