Subject: questions about netbsd
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: KroNiC~BSD <kronic_bsd@fastmail.fm>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/08/2003 14:45:22
> Afternoon folks, I am trying to find another BSD to replace my current 
> installs of openbsd. I have always heard that netbsd was very stable 
> and ran on may platforms, but i have a question. What is netbsd's 
> security record? Does it have encryption built into the kernel like 
> openbsd...such as the blowfish password algorithm? Stability is 
> important but so is security as most of my bsd installs are firewalls, 
> routers, ids systems etc...  Another question i have about netbsd is 
> its stability / ability to perform under very heavy loads such as web 
> servers, vpn servers and fileservers....and what brand / model of 
> network card would you guys recommend for such demanding 
> environments?  We are wanting to replace our linux web servers and 
> file servers with a BSD OS. One last question :)  What is the minimum 
> disk space reqs. I was going to install netbsd this weekend for a home 
> router project. I salvaged a old p/90 machine but it only has a 
> 341-meg hd. Would this be enough to install just the minimum and still 
> have sources so i can apply patches or cvs update as needed.

>
> Thanks in advance, and have a Great Day!
>
> God Bless