OpenBSD 3.9 released

Posted May 1, 2006 22:36 UTC (Mon) by kornak (guest, #17589)
Parent article: OpenBSD 3.9 released

quote: "We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of eight years with only a single
remote hole in the default install."

Interesting. How many documented remote holes in other OS's. This might be
an interesting statistic. IMHO

OpenBSD 3.9 released

Posted May 2, 2006 17:39 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link] (1 responses)

Easy: just release an operating system where everything is disabled by default. Recipe: take e.g. Debian, ship a version without daemons and with all ports closed; the default install is now secure.

In other words, it is a meaningless statistic IMHO.

OpenBSD 3.9 released

Posted May 8, 2006 12:17 UTC (Mon) by ortalo (guest, #4654) [Link]

That's primarily a marketing statement indeed.
But well, IMHO, it does reflect pretty well the security level of OpenBSD anyway. Something that may be less evident to the general public if stated differently.
For example, you may note that their "security" page does *not* mention the well known PF firewall among the prominent security features of OpenBSD. Do you think that the general public would read this page and understand that it really demonstrates unique maturity with respect to security issues (more than "you need a firewall")?