[geeks] are *BSD (and Linux) people "unhelpful"?

Brian Hechinger wonko at arkham.ws
Wed Apr 3 16:17:12 CST 2002


On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:13:00PM -0600, Amy wrote:
> 
> > IRIX (for values of 6.5 and later) can be hammered into being quite
> > secure, provided that you turn off the metric buttload of crap that's
> > auto-installed and set to run.  It's just that...well, fixsolaris.txt is,
> > what, about 50k?  fixirix.txt would be about 120k. :)
> 
> bill said something the other day that applies well. you cant make a silk
> purse out of a sow's ear. sometimes it's cheaper to buy a new pig.

all OSes need work done to make then safe for internet use.  some just need a
little more work than others.  and what new pig would you recommend?

-brian
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