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From: Gene Wilburn <njo@interlog.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 17:40:46 -0500
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A question for experienced users of both Linux and freeBSD -- how would
you compare the out-of-the-box security of each?  A recent thread
indicated that many distributions of Linux could use a serious
tightening up of security.  Is this also the case with freeBSD, or do
you have to spend a lot of time tweaking security there too?

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Gene Wilburn, Toronto, ON, Canada  |  njo@interlog.com
Northern Journey Online: http://www.interlog.com/~njo/