Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD

From: Sam Fourman Jr. <sfourman_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:36 -0600
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Bill Moran <wmoran_at_potentialtech.com> wrote:
> In response to Anton Shterenlikht <mexas_at_bristol.ac.uk>:
>
>> >From my information security manager:
>>
>>       FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a
>>       (comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for example:
>>
>>       http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Root-exploit-for-FreeBSD-873352.html
>
> Are you trying to make your infosec guy look like an idiot?  Does he
> realize that FreeBSD has a grand total of 16 security problems for all
> of 2009?  Hell, Microsoft has that many in an average month.
>
> If he can find something (other than OpenBSD) with a better record than
> that, I'd love to hear about it.

Either your infosec guy is close to incompetent or this is flame bait.
I have tried looking around and OpenBSD appears to be the undisputed
#1 track record in terms of security and FreeBSD is #2 (I didn't count
dragonflyBSD)
Linux is Just horrible, and Windows well enough said :)

Sam Fourman Jr.
Fourman Networks
Received on Fri Dec 11 2009 - 06:42:37 UTC

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