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Less features than Linux, still written in C with the same Unix security model and thus not fundamentally more secure. There is of course the advantage of bein
by devit 11y ago
Less features than Linux, still written in C with the same Unix security model and thus not fundamentally more secure.
There is of course the advantage of being more obscure and thus less likely to be exploited, but most people probably consider desktop Linux obscure enough and companies usually don't care about such security mitigations.
- pjmlp 11y agoWhile I agree 100%, they at least try to review all C code and provide safer APIs instead of the usual ones For example they clearly state that one should use fgetln() instead of fgets(). http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man3/fgets.3?query=fgets&arch=i386 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man3/... Of course, that won't fix the issues with using C, but the mentality at least is more security oriented. What we really need is something like Midori reaching production. It would surely cost less money than all the Windows Phone restarts.