Re: Secure

From: Alfred Perlstein (bright@mu.org)
Date: 11/12/01 

Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:24:37 -0600
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To: Florin MANAILA <florin.manaila@softnet.ro>

* Florin MANAILA <florin.manaila@softnet.ro> [011112 12:18] wrote:
> Hi all,
> Question:
>
> How secure is FreeBSD compared with OpenBSD , NetBSD , Linux ???

FreeBSD has a strong focus on security, we do a lot of our own
investigation as well as tracking and collaborating with what's
going on in OpenBSD , NetBSD , Linux to make sure we're up to date
and they are as well.

Nowadays with full disclosure everyone is doing pretty well
relatively. 

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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