Why Plan-9?

Sunder sunder at sunder.net
Sun Oct 21 06:14:11 PDT 2001



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.


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 + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\
  \|/  :aren't security.  A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\
<--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you   \/|\/
  /|\  :masked killer, but  |don't email them, or put them on a web  \|/
 + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often.
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Jim Choate wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> 
> >        All the more reason to use Linux routers and firewalls.
> > Especially if Cisco pulls a Larry Ellison.
> 
> Nope, Plan 9.
> 
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com





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