Re: Which firewall?: NetBSD/i386 vs Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0

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Date: 07/28/02 

Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:04:55 +0000

On 26 Jul 2002 10:04:06 GMT,
   svek <svek-NO-SPAM@gmx.net> wrote:

>> much documentation is on ipchains which are less powerful but
>> simpler than iptables).
>
> don't start this debate again since it will surely lead us nowhere.
> and I find iptables to be simpler to use than ipchains yet more
> powerful.

"easy to use" is a meaning of "simple" I did *NOT* have in mind.

> when it comes to remote root exploitation in the default
> installation yes. otherwise (according to securityfocus.com)
> slackware linux (which isn't even trying to be the most secure OS)
> has had less security bugs than openBSD through at least the last
> six releases of the both O/S.

Could you explain the meaning of "otherwise"? Does it mean "going
beyond default installation", does it mean "when it comes to other
harmful things (like local root exploits, etc.", or does it mean both
things?

> quite interesting don't you agree? :)

Indeed. I am unsure if I will stick with Linux or switch to OpenBSD.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt

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