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The kernel is small so security patches and such will be less frequent and there are minimal utilities like ssh, shell, what have you. Also, the key is that th
by externalreality 8y ago
The kernel is small so security patches and such will be less frequent and there are minimal utilities like ssh, shell, what have you.
Also, the key is that there is very little to exploit so the likely hood of it being exploited is reduced.
- muricula 8y agoI'm all for attack surface reduction, but little to exploit is not nothing to exploit. Your shell, sshd, and networking stack have probably all been exploited many times.
- externalreality 8y ago> Your shell, sshd, and networking stack have probably all been exploited many times. Yes, I've exploited them myself with script-kiddy tools. Its not hard. Remember those your average libos application may not have any of those things (if not only an simple IP stack).