A warm welcome to a gentoo hardened administrator?

2013-05-14 Thread Dārayavahush Khola
Hello Everyone, I am currently an avid gentoo user for various server related services (i.e., dns, web, exim, voip). And was looking towards transitioning to OpenBSD for the packet intensive services, namely: Router: OpenBGPD SIP Proxy: OpenSIPS Media Server: Asterisk/Free Switcfh And was hoping

Re: A warm welcome to a gentoo hardened administrator?

2013-05-16 Thread Dārayavahush Khola
Hello Guys, Thank you so much for your responses. Are there any noticeably better, worst or equal stability and performance compared to the 2.6 kernel? As far as security is concerned, I know that this has always been OpenBSD's initiative however, some real life experiences would be nice to hear.

Re: A warm welcome to a gentoo hardened administrator?

2013-05-17 Thread Dārayavahush Khola
There is just now way. How did you know That is exactly what I was talking about. I even have it bookmarked for when I get some hardware together Amazing Alexy Ok The man pages. Just out of curiosity. Why is it "damned"? Dārayavahush

Re: A warm welcome to a gentoo hardened administrator?

2013-05-17 Thread Dārayavahush Khola
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Zé Loff wrote: > "how-to"-like blog posts don't tell you why each step is taken and/or why > some choices are made, be it some -* option to a command or a whole design. > Also, as it has been said, things change from time to time (e.g. pf.conf > syntax) and blog