* Titan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have quite a predicament. I have been tasked with setting up an FTP > server for the research group I'm involved with. The problem is once > I'm gone someone with no *NIX experience will be maintaining the > server. I've been considering using OpenBSD because it looks like it > can go far longer without updates than Windows and Linux servers and > looks to be very secure. > > In your experience, would it be possible for someone with no *NIX > experience to maintain a simple FTP server?
Why put someone with no *NIX experience maintaining a *NIX server? >From my stand you're considering: - security - stability - is it easy to maintain? >From my experience these all fit the OpenBSD profile. > How long would you trust an unpatched OpenBSD server to go unhacked? No one seriously will give you an answer for this. If it's a unpatched whatever system and there's a known exploit then you shouldn't connect it to any network. If no exploit is known to exist in public you can pray but I don't know for how long I would trust it..
