[geeks] My network configuration

[Phil Stracchino]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>>> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>>> I'd use OpenBSD in that application rather than NetBSD, but that's
>>>> mostly just individual preference.
>>> I'd say that it's *100%* personal preference.  There's effectively no 
>>> difference.
>> Oh, there are differences.  Security philosophy, platform support, and
>> console support, for starters.
> 
> For the vast majority of setups, none of those matter.
> 
> How many people are going to be using a DEC PMAX or Amiga to be their 
> router?  How many of the security corrections to OpenBSD don't make it 
> into the other BSD's?

I was going to try FreeBSD on my Ultra5.  I ended up using OpenBSD on it
after all because, although the UltraSPARC architecture is supported,
the Sun console isn't supported usably by *any* of the available console
options.  Since I didn't have a serial console cable handy at the time
or another machine I could use for the purpose, FreeBSD was unusable to me.


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