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#! rnews 1586 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:11438 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4386 Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!skypoint.com!cyberoptics.com!bpeters!not-for-mail From: peterson@bpeters.cyberoptics.com (Bruce Peterson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 3 Aug 1995 00:29:49 -0500 Organization: CyberOptics Corporation Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3vpmse$g6a@bpeters.cyber.mn.org> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3v6iao$mbl@hydra.msgi.com> <3vk5oi$6sf@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3vmeu4$vc@big.aa.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bpeters.uucp In article <3vmeu4$vc@big.aa.net>, Jonathan Gross <jong@ssc.com> wrote: >MAD AS HELL, ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw () scratched out: > >>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 ? > > This is also true of Linux. IP forwarding is an option when >you compile the kernel. Setuid scripts are disabled, and there are >all the standard firewall arrangements easily available for Linux. You said 'easily available' instead of 'included'--does that mean one just has to ftp to someplace to get them? (Not everybody has ftp access.) Also, are shadow passwords installed 'out of the box' with Linux, yet? FreeBSD firewall arrangements are an option when you