Dear god not another *BSD debate (was - hiding OS name)

From: twig les (twigles@yahoo.com)
Date: 07/09/02 

Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:24:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
To: security@FreeBSD.ORG

The subject is self-explanatory.

--- Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl> wrote:
> Hello/Beste Jeremy,
>
> Tuesday, July 09, 2002, 5:52:43 PM, you wrote:
>
> JSA> Just because the firewall is OpenBSD do NOT
> make it anymore secure then a
> JSA> well tuned and hardened FreeBSD box. The box is
> only as secure as the
> JSA> administrator maintaining it.
>
> OpenBSD had earned it reputation on security. It
> score a little better
> then FreeBSD on this topic. At the very least you
> have less possibility
> of a insecure system. OpenBSD would be the best
> general choice
> for a firewall and FreeBSD would be the best choice
> of any other intel
> based computer. NetBSD would cover anything that is
> not supported.
> The different version of BSD exist for a reason.
>
> The principle bind the original suggestion is to
> have a firewall with
> a different OS on it.
>
> --
> Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet,
> Alex
>
>
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