Re: Linux as resilient as BSD, resource hogging?

From: Michael Erskine (osiris@deltaville.net)
Date: 08/03/02 

From: osiris@deltaville.net (Michael Erskine)
Date: 2 Aug 2002 16:31:32 -0700

Jem Berkes <jb2002_padding_@pc9.org> wrote in message news:<Xns925E7C243A9F8jbdontusepc9org@205.200.16.73>...

Write this script:

#!/bin/sh
./me

Save it as me. Then run it on your favorite *nix.
Mind you this can lead to a hard rest to regain control.
Let me know how it goes.

They are all about the same or they were a few years ago.

I do so wish the *nix community would find a common enemy.
BSD rocks. So does any other variant of *nix. BSD's claim
that they are "more" secure than other *nix flavor is
speciously unqualified. The claim that one major distro is
easier or harder to secure is basically a claim that can't
be substantiated. One *nix believes you should have a clue
when setting up, another presumes you don't. For the beginner
I'd recommend *BSD over Linux (it was an OpenBSD user that
set up this host http://www.urbanna.net/compromise/compromise.htm )
Clearly he had no clue... Probably never had to learn how to
secure a box...

Today I installed SuSE 8 on a box. Firewall setup was point
and click easy, box was a server. Personally, while I've installed
several distro's, I've never found one I liked as much as SuSE.
Others swear by Red Hat, to each his own. If it ain't Microsux,
I'm for it.

-m-

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