ummh well unfortunately for OpenBSD it does not have the flexibility of FreeBSD i.e the ports where you can do a port upgrade with ease , IIRC you have to download the tarballs and install them manually , i would not go for OpenBSD just cause it is said to be secure i would also look at the ease of upgrading and patching any running services. As for protecting yourself from services which have vulnerabilities all i can suggest is that you keep updating your box and have a tight firewall which shall only allow what is needed and block the rest.
cheers David Ziggy Lubowa Systems Administrator One2net (U) 7th Floor Workers Hse Tel: +256 41 345466 Mob: +256 77 769064 Fax: +256 41 345468 Web: www.one2net.co.ug ----------------------------------- A Network Of People And Technology | ----------------------------------- On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Eric Friedrich wrote: > I've sucessfully set up a home LAN with NAT, OpenBSD firewall, and all > the goodies. However, I'm wondering what the next step is. As far as > system maintenance, I know that all OS's require constant patches, but I > have no idea what that involves as far as OpenBSD goes, is there a > program out there which will update the system for me? > Also, I've heard of attacks using other protocols, and such, what > other security measures can I implement aside from only opening the > necessary ports with PF? Is there anything to protect against non tcp > attacks, DOS attacks and other ones I'm not mentiong? Thanks, > > limited > > >
