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OpenBSD: 4 Years Exploit Free

Posted by timothy on from the running-a-tight-ship dept.

Teknoenie writes: "Upon a recent visit to the OpenBSD website http://www.openbsd.org i noticed a nifty change. 4 years without a remote exploit in default install. I have to dish out a big congrats to the OpenBSD team. Great job guys." It seems good to mention as well that now's a good time to order OpenBSD 2.9 if you're so inclined, since it's scheduled to ship in three weeks.

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  1. Not exactly something to be proud of by QuantumG · · Score: 3

    It's like walking around in the street with a sign on your back saying "I havn't stolen anything in 4 years" or "I havn't shot a dog in 4 years".. so what? You're not supposed to. If you did (that's you Microsoft/Sun/Redhat/etc) you should feel guilty about it and never do it again, but I hardly see why someone who does the right thing should feel like they are something special.

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    1. Re:Not exactly something to be proud of by squiggleslash · · Score: 3
      I prefer to think of it as an alcoholic proudly boasting that sie hasn't touched a drop in four years. Security holes are like an addiction, lose discipline and you'll fall down on the job and let them in.

      I think the OpenBSD team have something to be proud of. It takes a lot of discipline and hard work to create an operating system of this complexity that is as close to being bug free as they've done. Nobody else has come this close, and of those that are close, such as FreeBSD, they've achieved it partially thanks to building on the work the OpenBSD people have done.
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  2. 4 years by joq · · Score: 3


    IMO OpenBSD defines what security should be in all operating systems. Its OS is highly scrutinized prior to any version being released, and the team reacts quickly at the slightest whiff about a security issue.

    After hanging out in #openbsd (/nick rwxr--r-- && sil) on the efnet for the past year or so, I've determined that most of the "hardcore" developers are extremely dedicated to making Open as secure as possible for the love of security strictly. I've met no troll developers looking to brag about getting OpenBSD to the level it is now.

    Sadly however, many people tend to think that OpenBSD is a one man show (Theo) and turn their distaste for one person into an OpenBSD bashing session. Its ironic many will try to bash the OS for that "one" person, and fill a forum or email thread with useless words never once focusing on the fact that OpenBSD is unrootable on a default installation something which no other OS can claim.

    greets to all the guys who work on the OS at their leisure their work is appreciated.

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  3. Re:4 years without a remote hole?! by DeepDarkSky · · Score: 3

    It would obviously not be as controversial, but I think that's a female fish...

  4. time frames. by saintlupus · · Score: 3

    red hat linux - now three and a half days without an exploit!

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