On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:48, Toni Mueller <openbsd-misc@oeko.net> wrote:

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> On Wed, 22.09.2010 at 15:47:02 -0400, Brad Tilley <brad@16systems.com>
wrote:
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>> Either will work fine so long as you purchase good NICs and avoid
>> cutting-edge (untested) hardware. The only things Linux does noticeably
>> better is:
>>
>>    * Dealing with SMP
>>    * Dealing with lot's and lot's of RAM
>>    * Dealing with huge file-systems
>
> Also, Linux is better supported by hardware vendors, and/or much less
> picky about hardware than OpenBSD is.
>

If you consider the garbage these vendors call drivers then sure.

The only debate really comes down to smp and flash.

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>
> If you are indifferent between the hackishness of iptables and the
> elegance of pf, then go with Linux because of the better hardware, and
> keep your fingers crossed that none of the security problems hit you
> (you're going to build a firewall, after all, right?).
>
>
> Kind regards,
> --Toni++