openBSD v. freeBSD

[xtra crispy]

What are the differences? I'm looking to put openBSD 2.9 or the latest version of freeBSD that will become a web sever.

thanks

 

[kylef]

I've been curious about the details to this one as well, but I think you might want to post this in the [OS] forum rather than here in Networking...

 

[reicherb]

I have used freeBSD as a web server and thought it was extremely easy to setup and configure. Although I have never used OpenBSD, it is supposed to be the most secure OS available.

 

[Poontos]

My vote is on FreeBSD. It's rocksolid and is very fast. Faster than OpenBSD.

Are you familar with Unix?

With regards to security, out of the box, they are both very secure. After
that, it's as secure as you make it.

FreeBSD's claim to fame is the OS behind Yahoo and bunch of other sites.
Web serving that is.

FreeBSD.org

 

[xtra crispy]

i'm familiar with unix. At work we use openBSD so i was just curious as to the differences. After I made the post I did some digging around and I think freeBSD is what's getting installed.

thanks