TechCodex to Programmer HumorEnglish · 1 year agoWould you agree?imagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1666arrow-down1147
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minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoEverything needs good security. Firewall devices only cover a specific, limited portion of the attack surface of machines behind them. One successful browser exploit or attack on an exposed port, and the firewall may as well be a paperweight.
minus-squareLinuxSBC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTrue, but it’s hard to get end users to use OpenBSD. It’s really easy to make a firewall based on OpenBSD.
Everything needs good security. Firewall devices only cover a specific, limited portion of the attack surface of machines behind them. One successful browser exploit or attack on an exposed port, and the firewall may as well be a paperweight.
True, but it’s hard to get end users to use OpenBSD. It’s really easy to make a firewall based on OpenBSD.