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BioHaze
02-23-2001, 03:50 PM
I am just about ready to setup my firewall box and was wondering which one I should go with. FreeBSD or Debian. Is one better then the other or more secure for this and stable?

[ 23 February 2001: Message edited by: BioHaze ]
Bradmont
02-23-2001, 03:53 PM
Why not try both? :).

Just a note: FreeBSD isn't Linux. It's BSD.
Tyr-7BE
02-23-2001, 04:07 PM
Don't bet the farm on this, because I'm really just going from memory, but I recall hearing that OpenBSD was built with security in mind. Apparently a team has gone through the kernel time and time again, line by line and addressed a lot of security concerns.
And no, BSD isn't Linux, but it's related. Technically, Debian is and isn't linux. It's a GNU OS which uses the Linux kernel. But hey...it's all *nix so it's all good :)
jintxo
02-23-2001, 04:19 PM
FreeBSD is real real fast, man. I love it. Itīs what I use on any firewall I ever install. Oh and firewall configuration is so much easier in FreeBSD than in linux (personal opinion here, no flames)
compunuts
02-23-2001, 04:44 PM
Both are good choices and similar using SysV. Yeah so why not both?