On Apr 04 04:04:47, yellowgoldm...@gmail.com wrote: > As we all know on the front page of OpenBSD it says "Only two remote holes > in the default install, in a heck of a long time". > I don't understand why this is "such a big deal".
Look at the history of other systems and their remote holes. Don't you think OpenBSD stands out in this regard? > A part from the base system in xBSD, OpenBSD - so far - also contains a > chrooted web server, that can't be used for much else than serving static > content, and then the X system, which also can't be used for anything > before installing some third party application. What do you mean, "apart from the base system"? nginx _is_ in the base system. X and the WMs can be used for their main purpose: a couple of well organized xterms. More importantly, the base system also contains a TON of other usefull stuff. Do you pretend to not know this, or do you not know this? > All in all the default install is pretty useless Ah, so the firewall, the dhcp, the mail server, the nameserver, carp, bgpd, sndiod, none of that counts, right? Unbelievable. > So we need those third party applications to start the party, "Party" suggests you come from linux. Right? > Maybe I am just plain stupid, but could someone explain to me the point in > "bragging" about only two remote holes in the default install, when the > default install is useless before you add some content to the system, > unless you're running a web server serving static content only. Or a mail server. Or a firewall. Or a nameserver. Or a router. Or run an audio streaming server with midi (yes, that's in base). Or do software development in C or Perl or shell. But you are right, most of my machines are pretty boring. They just sit there doing what they are suppossed to. No "party" there.
