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I've been in talks with the DO owner regarding how at least half of the DO BSD UserVoice votes (https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/su
by hiphopyo 11y ago
I've been in talks with the DO owner regarding how at least half of the DO BSD UserVoice votes (https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/3232571-support-bsd-os https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocea...) were for OpenBSD. Yet only FreeBSD got supported.
How, for instance, most of the cool stuff in FreeBSD comes from OpenBSD (pf, OpenSSH, OpenSMTPD, OpenNTPD, LibreSSL, http://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/62641-crypto-freebsd-playing-catch-up-says-de-raadt http://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/62641-crypto-...). How, for instance, one cannot protect oneself properly using FreeBSD's outdated version of pf.
He's expressed his utmost sympathy, and it is my belief that he's slowly but surely realizing OpenBSD's worth.
- unknownzero 11y agoThis is great, I remember being disappointed about only freebsd being added from this effort as well. Thanks from the rest of us for keeping the conversation going :)
- pyvpx 11y agocan you mention what is unsafe with FreeBSD's outdated version of pf?
- merlincorey 11y agoThe main difference in my experience (I am both a FreeBSD and OpenBSD user) is in syntax, not functionality. It's not as if FreeBSD is shipping a strangely vulnerable version of PF. I believe it's possible also he may be referring to multi-core PF which last I heard was still a ways away in FreeBSD.
- Sanddancer 11y agoMulti-core pf landed in freebsd 10. There are further enhancements in the pipe, like a better hashing algorithm, planned for 11
- VirginColada 11y agoOpenSMTPD, OpenNTPD and LibreSSL aren't in FreeBSD. To say that most cool stuff in FreeBSD comes from OpenBSD is pretty misleading. Certainly, FreeBSD has lots of cool things that come from other operating systems. :)