J.C. Roberts wrote: > To the rest of list users; Please pardon another long email from me on > this. Helping reasonable people like Robbert understand why many people > consider "HOWTO's" to be harmful is hopefully worth the added noise and > bandwidth. > > > On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:57:12 +0100, Robbert Haarman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > >> If end-users are lazy and want to take the easy way out, they should > >> go back to using linux and MS-Windows. They are not welcome here. > > > >That's a pity. I personally think OpenBSD is the _only_ operating system > >that takes security as seriously as it should be taken, and it would be > >in everybody's (well, almost everybody's) best interest if they used it. > >There is nothing wrong with the project not wanting certain users, but > >it leaves these users with a choice among evils, which is a pity. > > > > Both security and reliability are really nothing more than a byproduct > of correctness and well informed decisions.
That's the point. Note the "nothing more". And the "byproduct". If you throw away the correctness, and the effort it requires, the security and reliability won't be around for long. Yes, OpenBSD is the _only_ operating system that takes security as seriously as it should be taken. Consider the why of OpenBSD's accomplishments. Remove the why and you remove what they accomplished. Use OpenBSD and think like Windows and get Windows security.
