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Re: A discussion of Linux and BSD - about scaliability, consistency,
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| Daniel Rudy 2004-11-21, 8:56 am |
| At about the time of 10/30/2004 5:30 PM, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz stated
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> begin In <f2375275.0410282108.425fe0a1@posting.google.com>, on
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> at 10:08 PM, penang@myrealbox.com (Penang) said:
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> What is BSD?
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> How about among the Free, Net and Open camps? ;-)
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> Why not install one, two or all three and see how they stack up
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As a FreeBSD user, the difference between the camps is what they focus on.
NetBSD - The goal is to be ported to every platform that has a CPU.
FreeBSD - Dedicated and optimized for high performance and usability on
IA32 and Alpha platforms. 5.x adds a few more such as IA64, AMD64,
Spark, PPC, etc.
OpenBSD - The focus is security. Cryptographic support is built into
the kernel. It will even encrypt the swapfile. If you are looking to
build a NSA-DoD compliant machine, this is the one to use.
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| Daniel Rudy 2004-11-23, 3:58 pm |
| At about the time of 11/21/2004 4:14 PM, William Ahern stated the following:
> Daniel Rudy <5n6o7.8d9c0r1u2d3y4.5s6p7a8m9@0e1m2a3i4l5.6p7a8c9b0e1l2l3.4i5n6v7a8l9i0d1.2n3e4t5> wrote:
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> I don't think OpenBSD is compliant. Unfortunately, I believe compliance is
> more a function of the number of acronyms supported, not proven security.
> They want a million + 1 ways to create ACL's. Whether a hacker can subvert
> them is another story entirely.
If it's not compliant, then it has to be close. It's a shame really.
OpenBSD is a work of art to a security specialist.
> Fortunately, OpenBSD is the opposite. OpenBSD, like NetBSD, is primiarly
> concerned with correctness of code and design, even if that means fine
> tuning 30 year old code and systems. OpenBSD's emphasis happens to create a
> robust system with regards to intrusion protection, be that code,
> applications or processes.
Which is why it's widely reguarded as the most secure operating system
that you can get. It *SHOULD* be NSA certified. How many OpenBSD
systems have been cracked that you have heard about? None, as far as I
can remember. Yes, they've had security vulnerabilities, but they are
few and far between.
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