5/6 I'm running an old openbsd 3.2 system. I see that 3.5 now uses
ELF instead of a.out and they say source upgrade is not an option and
binary is possible but "very difficult". I'm lazy but need to upgrade
for various reasons. I use openbsd because I love 'pf'. I hate the
linux firewall tools. I haven't tried the other bsd's in a long time.
This is a headless server system so I don't care at all about the GUIs,
hardware support, or other apps. It's a firewall, mail, apache, dns,
and ssh server. Before I bite the bullet and rebuild an openbsd 3.5
system (which I'm *very* familiar and comfortable with) is there any
reason to switch to any other *nix out there? What am I missing
sitting in my little isolated openbsd world? Thanks!
\_ FreeBSD has pf. join us!
\_ The pf port is pretty good, but it is missing newer features
like pfsync and carp.
\_ Which version of FreeBsd would you suggest? Does pf exist in the
4.x series? Should I wait for 5.3 or is 5.21 working ok enough
for a home server? Thanks again. --op
\_ 5.2.1 seems to be pretty stable. I'm running it on a
box at work that provides nfs, nis, smb, apache, mail
and ntp with pf acting as a host firewall.
\_ Not much, if all you are using the box for is a router then stick
with what you know.
\_ I'm in a similar position. I have a OpenBSD 3.3 box that acts
as a router/firewall. I'm planning to reinstall w/ OpenBSD 3.5
because it has lots of security updates (privilege sep. named,
OpenSSH 3.8.1, pro-police, &c.). |
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