Re: why isn't there a newer linux fw-howto

["Jan B. Koum " <jkb () best com>]

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Adam Shostack wrote:

> I'll be a contrarian.  The Linux audit project is going full steam,
> and has found lots of interesting stuff.  Freebsd is great for desktop 
> systems, and comes easy to use, but its a lot more work to take it to
> FW ready.  If you want a BSD system, try openbsd.
>
> Adam

        I'll be a contrarian to a contrarian. Ouch!

        AFAIK people in both Net and FreeBSD camps do follow OpenBSD tree
for security fixes. As for FreeBSD been only great for desktop: I'd think
folks at yahoo and hotmail who run their web server on FreeBSD would not
agree with you on this one. :)

        Also, what is "a lot more work" to which you are referring to is
needed to make a FreeBSD box ready? In general any Unix box by default
needs work to be a firewall: extra services turned off, custom kernel
created, ip filtering enabled, etc.

        But I do notice that we all agree on one thing: if it has to be a
free source unix based firewall, it is gotta be BSD.

-- Yan


> On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 02:53:51PM -0400, Matt Curtin wrote:
> | 
> | I'll second the recommendation for FreeBSD over Linux.  Both are
> | capable, but FreeBSD is a better choice for networking.  I have had
> | better experiences with FreeBSD than with Linux in installation,
> | configuration, etc. 
> | -- 
> | Matt Curtin cmcurtin () interhack net http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/
>
> -- 
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