OpenBSD

[Furmanek, Greg]

I used paranoid as a complement.



-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Lucas Vogel [mailto:lvogel@exponent.com]
-> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 8:43 AM
-> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
-> Subject: RE: OpenBSD
-> 
-> 
-> 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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