gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 02:00:27PM -0900, Grant Stockly wrote:
> >
> > Why is NetBSD so much faster than OpenBSD.  I thought their kernels
> > structures were related.
> 
> Related, yes.
> 
> Remember that OpenBSD encrypts everything. Yes, everything. That's why
> it's a bit slower and feels sluggish.

really?  everything?  what exactly does this mean?  how do you encrypt
everything?

> That also means it's more secure. Some people think of this as
> overkill, and it's not really necessary in all contexts (certainly not
> as a workstation) but it's a very good idea on any machine that's
> going to see a lot of (possibly hostile) traffic.

i hear this claim a lot (that openbsd is oh so much more secure than
anything else out there).  in what way is it really that much more secure?

-colin