OpenBSD

Lucas Vogel lvogel@exponent.com
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:42:54 -0800


I wish that kind of attitude would stream over into some of the freshmeat
posters...

-----Original Message-----
From: Furmanek, Greg [mailto:Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 8:45 AM
To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
Subject: RE: OpenBSD


I have to concur with your statements.

OpenBSD is very well engineered.  They have the
best man pages in the industry.  Authors of most
of the software are too paranoid to develop/release 
sloppy software.  

The Wolf


-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Mike Starke [mailto:mgcon@neta.com]
-> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:48 PM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: OpenBSD
-> 
-> 
-> I know this is the linux list, but I have just installed
-> OpenBSD, and I think I am hooked. I installed it a year
-> or so ago for a standalone anon ftp server, never had a problems
-> with it, but never spent much time on it.
-> 
-> Just recently we have been having problems with our users
-> dropping their connections to a remote Citrix server (Our ASP).
-> They have always had the dropped connections after a random
-> amount of time.  I had always experienced dropped ssh connections,
-> but I have always just delt with it. I know ipchains
-> has a history of the ssh problem (others?), didn't want
-> to get creative w/ipchains, so I thought I would give OpenBSD
-> a try. I'm hooked.  Never have I seen such outstanding man pages.
-> 
-> ipf seems so much more intuitive than ipchains. ipnat was 
-> also a piece
-> of cake.
-> 
-> One question I do have before I get carried away with how 
-> much I enjoy
-> BSD is this: Has anyone got Qmail and MySQL running under OpenBSD.
-> I noticed qmail is available as a package, but I didn't see MySQL.
-> Anyone have any tips they can offer.
-> 
-> Hope the BSD thread isn't out of line here.
-> 
-> Mike
-> mgcon@getnet.com
-> http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
-> Phoenix, AZ
-> USA
-> 
-> 
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