On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Martin G. McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote: > I have been behind on reading Email this Summer, but I > just read the discussion concerning FreeBSD. This is a little > off-topic because FreeBSD isn't Linux, but it is open-source, > free, and very robust. This last Summer, I installed FreeBSD-4.3 > on four IBM Netfinity servers. It took me a bit to get the hang > of the process, but it is extremely blind-friendly if your system > has at least one serial port and that port functions as Com1. Thanks a lot for your report; that's very interesting. > > > FreeBSD is just another fine open-source choice we have. > I think it has much better security by default than Linux does, > but Linux can be quite secure if you take the time to make it > that way. Well, actually, let's not forget that linux is just the kernel; security level varies greatly between the different distributions. Also, distributions like Redhat who are trying to become more user friendly can't quite do so without sacrificing security a little. I think the level of security by default also does differ amongst the different BSD based OSes anyway. > > Anyway, I figured I would share my experiences with the > rest of the list regarding FreeBSD. Again, thank you for doing so. > > I probably should amend what I said at the first. If > you have a Windows P.C. and JAWS or any of the other Windows > screen readers, that will also work fine to communicate with the > FreeBSD system's serial port. Your Windows terminal program > should emulate a VT100 and the Comm port needs to be 9600, N, 8 > and 1 in order to work with the remote console built in to the > FreeBSD installation disk. Hey, you've forgotten linux! :) You could easily use a linux box with minicom to access the target machine... > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Network Operations Group > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list