Re: FreeBSD 4.3 and 6G RAM

2001-07-21 Thread Mike Smith
> So, someone wanting to implement this in FreeBSD isn't starting from > square one? That depends on how you number your squares. > Can the NetBSD stuff be fairly easily ported to FreeBSD, or is their VM > system too funky? It's just different. But no, the NetBSD work doesn't immediately tr

Re: Please be nice to the newbie....

2001-07-21 Thread Derek C.
I read all of that :-) I read the whole kernel config section, the source sync section, and a bunch of other sections of the docs. Wery thorough and easy to follow. I have a lot of respect for the people responsible. Any advice at all is great. This includes, but is not limited to performance

Re: Please be nice to the newbie....

2001-07-21 Thread H
Derek C. wrote: > So, what I am asking, is there any advice that you would care to > impart to this FreeBSD newbie (aside from RTFM, which I have done... > FreeBSD's docs Just follow (yes, it is part of the FM :) http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html Perhaps nice is to fam

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Greg Black
Sung Nae Cho wrote: | Thank you all for your generous info on encryption. Hmmm, now I don't | know what Microsoft actually meant when they advertised Windows NT, 2000 | was "Truly Secure"! They lied -- as they normally do in the interest of making a sale to an uninformed user. To Unsubscribe:

Please be nice to the newbie....

2001-07-21 Thread Derek C.
Hello all, I am new to FreeBSD, and I am about to embark on my first FreeBSD kernel compile. I am very familiar with the kernel build process in linux, but FreeBSD appears to be a very different animal in that respect. So, what I am asking, is there any advice that you would care to impart to

Re: is "stable" "stable"?

2001-07-21 Thread Jordan Hubbard
Very well said. This should be added to the handbook. :) From: Lamont Granquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: is "stable" "stable"? Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:27:01 -0700 (PDT) > > On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, A. L. Meyers wrote: > > Having followed the postings here for a few weeks it seems, at > >

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Bill Moran
Sung Nae Cho wrote: > One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that > unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop > use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just > means, it's not officially considered UNIX by OP

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Jonathan Smith
> Thank you all for your generous info on encryption. Hmmm, now I don't > know what Microsoft actually meant when they advertised Windows NT, 2000 > was "Truly Secure"! It meant, believe us in all we say and do! Give us your money because you will believe whatever we say It's all "advertis

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Sung Nae Cho
Hi, Thank you all for your generous info on encryption. Hmmm, now I don't know what Microsoft actually meant when they advertised Windows NT, 2000 was "Truly Secure"! Regards, Sung N. Cho, Saturday, July 21, 2001. Dept. of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. On S

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Matt Dillon
:Hi, : :One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that :unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop :use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just :means, it's not officially considered UNIX by OPEN-GROUP ** ) I

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Charlie Watts
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Sung Nae Cho wrote: > Windows NT is very secure in that matter. Simply reinstalling Windows > NT will not let you read someone else's file. Also, it won't let you > reinstall Windows NT without verifying that you're the right > administrator! During the reinstall, it asks

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:45:05PM -0400, Sung Nae Cho wrote: > Hi, > > One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that > unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop > use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just

Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Sung Nae Cho
Hi, One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just means, it's not officially considered UNIX by OPEN-GROUP ** ) I've use

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2001-07-21 Thread cmsnell
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