[PLUG] OpenBSD

Ed Sawicki ed at alcpress.com
Mon Oct 20 11:43:02 UTC 2003


On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 11:07, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Phil Tomson wrote:
> 
> > OpenBSD has a great reputation for security, however you might want to
> > check out the benchmark site that was posted earlier:
> 
> Phil,
> 
>   I did look at the site. For a SOHO installation I don't think that's an
> issue. From everything I've read OpenBSD is the ultimate in paranoid
> security so I think that's ideal for a firewall.
> 
>   OTOH, the floppyfw has served me well for almost 4.5 years now. I'd just
> like to do more filtering of spam and other junk at the firewall rather than
> only at the MTA.

I think it would be easier for you to enhance your floppyfw
firewall rules than to learn another OS/firewall platform.
It would certainly take less time - time that you need to
spend on your book.

Ed








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