[olug] *BSDs - Free, Open, Net

[Jim]

Jeff Hinrichs wrote:
>Are there any BSD users that want to comment on the differences
>between FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD? Specifically, if you were going
>to replace a DNS server and wanted to try BSD which would you choose
>and why.

I would just use Open. BIND runs chroot by default, and is audited.
You would be able to just install the OS, setup for DNS structure,
then watch http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html for any problems. 

>For a starting point, lets consider this a discussion for a
>uniprocessor intel/amd box with ide drives. It will sit on the
>internet naked and will be acting as a server with no workstation
>stuff (i.e. no X, etc). Running DNS or Apache/PHP or smtp/pop
>services.

You are running the same apps, regardless of what OS you got under the
hood.

I would still suggest OBSD, simply because both BIND and apache will
run chroot out of the box for you. Some times that can be a problems
with some webapps that expect to access the whole filesystem, but you
can either work around that or just turn off the chroot for apache.

Jim