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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!news.gun.de!wup-gate.wup.de!andreas From: andreas@wup.de (Andreas Klemm) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 17 Aug 1995 11:37:24 GMT Organization: Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH, D-40789 Monheim Lines: 30 Message-ID: <40v9lk$mdc@wup-gate.wup.de> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <tgmDC46x0.A4M@netcom.com> <DC4soz.Fw0@kithrup.com> <3v3meh$mol@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <3v6iao$mbl@hydra.msgi.com> <3vk5oi$6sf@gate.sinica.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunny.wup.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:11470 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:13691 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4445 ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw wrote: : Coranth Gryphon (gryphon@msgi.com) wrote: : : Why? Because it is more stable than Solaris, AIX, SCO, or the other : : commercial operating systems that I have had the dis-pleasure of : : working with. Their only advantage is that you can pay someone a lot : : of money so as not to have to deal with the problems yourself. : Here comes another issue of selecting OS : system security. : I don't mean FreeBSD or Linux is more vulnerable, but for example, I know : Sun (or AT&T ?) seems to put some effort on the security issue of SunOS 5.x. : Some actions are turned off by default for security. In this case, would it : be more advisable to buy commercial OS ? Could you please enlighten us with facts, so that one could really compare good or missing security features ?! : I know computer security is another issue, but shouldn't a good : OS help ISP to prevent system from being intruded ? Yes of course. But now say, _what_ in _your_ opineon does Solaris better/worse ... same for FreeBSD. After that we can argue. Currently all you tell is "bla". Sorry. -- andreas@wup.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix -