TechCodex@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoWould you agree?programming.devimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1665arrow-down1145
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minus-squareLinuxSBClinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoOpenBSD is focused on being incredibly secure, and they generally succeed. Firewalls need good security.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoEverything needs good security. Firewall devices only cover a specific, limited portion of the attack surface of machines behind them. One successful browser exploit or attack on an exposed port, and the firewall may as well be a paperweight.
minus-squareLinuxSBClinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTrue, but it’s hard to get end users to use OpenBSD. It’s really easy to make a firewall based on OpenBSD.
OpenBSD is focused on being incredibly secure, and they generally succeed. Firewalls need good security.
Everything needs good security. Firewall devices only cover a specific, limited portion of the attack surface of machines behind them. One successful browser exploit or attack on an exposed port, and the firewall may as well be a paperweight.
True, but it’s hard to get end users to use OpenBSD. It’s really easy to make a firewall based on OpenBSD.