Subject: Re: NetBSD being used as the core for secure OS distro
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org, netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Alan Horn <ahorn@deorth.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/25/2003 10:43:03
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Greg A. Woods wrote:
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:38:35 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
>Reply-To: netbsd-users@netbsd.org, netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>To: Shane M. Coughlan <shane_coughlan@hotmail.com>
>Cc: netbsd-users@netbsd.org, netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>Subject: Re: NetBSD being used as the core for secure OS distro
>
>[ On Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 11:38:36 (+0100), Shane M. Coughlan wrote: ]
>> Subject: NetBSD being used as the core for secure OS distro
>>
>> Now, my question...I was drawn to NetBSD because of its small size (not much
>> package litter in basic install...wonderful) and its portability. However,
>> I notice the consensus online appears to be that NetBSD is mainly for
>> academic use, and that FreeBSD is better for commercial use, especially
My last three firewalls deployed in a commercial environment have been
NetBSD. YMMV. :)
Cheers,
Al