OpenBSD Now Nine Years Old

NekkidBob writes "OpenBSD, my personal favorite *BSD, turns 9 years old today. And with only 1 remote hole in the default install, I'd say that is a pretty good acheivement. The first commit was at 16:36 MST on Saturday, October 14, 1995. Happy birthday OpenBSD!"

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Re:And with only 1 remote hole in the default inst

[Shanep]

soon as you add in server applications, you decrease the security.

No shit?!

The point with OpenBSD, is that it has so many active security mechanisms, that a [insert network daemon] exploit might allow a remote root on your FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux machines, but only result in a DoS of that particular service on OpenBSD.

Already we are not only seeing open source OS' take leafs out of OpenBSD's book, but also Microsoft and Sun.

The multitude of active and passive security measures in OpenBSD is very impressive.

Plus the point is, that an OS should be locked down from the initial install and then built on from there as the admin requires, not as the OS maintainers think you will require.

Presumptuous people who build operating systems, do not make secure operating systems.