on Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 04:13:26PM -0500, Harmon Seaver (hseaver@cybershamanix.com) wrote:
Steve Furlong wrote:
Sunder wrote:
Why Plan-9? I'd say go with OpenBSD. :) Built in crypto, built in firewall, secure on installation without you needing to tweak stuff. Hell you can even tell it to encrypt swap pages.
I'd really like to use OBSD for my always-on server, but there are a few shortcomings.
Does OBSD have a kernel optimized for use as a router like linux does? That's really important if you want a full-time router. http://master-www.linuxrouter.org:8080/
I suspect the oBSD response would be that you don't have to. Anecdotal evidence (and Linus's own comments) are that Linux networking is weaker than it could be, the BSD stack has traditionally held a security advantage. That said, oBSD's overall performance is generally considered to be lower than that of GNU/Linux. What with hardware prices, adding redundant hardware might be considered preferable to trying to handle the load on one high-performance box. But that's also not my area of expertise. Back to the cornfield.... Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html