dmz server setup - opinions

From: Jeff (jeff.dyke_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/31/05

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    I realize this may be partial religion and then potentially bias due to the list
    but here goes anyway.

    I need to build a DMZ server, of sorts, that will sit on the public internet.
    It will take in data from embeded devices and in turn services from behind a
    firewall will pull data from it to later process. The main processes that i
    need to run are ftpd,httpd, possibly smtpd(sasl2,tls), and later proprietary
    code that talks to the embeded devices.

    Originally i was thinking of using OpenBSD, as it seems to lend itself very
    nicely to the public but secure environment. On the other hand, if i were to
    use FreeBSD, i could jail each process, granted i could also chroot each process
    in OpenBSD and httpd is already done for me.

    I will be running a firewall on the box either way and will also have sshd and
    rsyncd running, only allowing access from the internal network.

    I have move expierence with freebsd, but my limited knowlegdge based on an
    install and configuration of openbsd3.7 has made me comfortable with it as well.

    Any opinions on which OS is better suited for the task? Security and reliablity
    are the foremost concers( aren't they everyones ) and i think both OS are more
    then up to the task.

    Thanks for any input.
    jeff

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