On 04/09, Scott Colby wrote:
> Finally, if you wanted to create a router that you could (metaphorically)
> put in a closet and forget about for 5 years, what approach would
> you take? My initial thought was OpenBSD + s6, but I worry now that
> there could be an impedance mismatch between these systems.
>
> Any thoughts people have on this will be greatly appreciated.
Hi, Scott!
Re putting it in a closet and forgetting about it for five years, one
thing to note is that according to
https://www.openbsd.org/errata70.html
OpenBSD's stable branch is supported for one year, so if you were
tracking that, you'd have to upgrade every year.
NetBSD's stable branch is supported for longer than one year based on
https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal.html#history
but they don't say exactly how long. The trend to me looks like
at least three years. They currently support their 8 and 9 stable
branches which were released on July 17, 2018, and February 14, 2020,
respectively.
FreeBSD's stable branch is supported for five years according to
https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup
And of course there are other BSDs that I haven't listed.
Regards,
Lewis
Received on Mon Apr 11 2022 - 19:18:09 CEST