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This post is not very robust in its arguments: 1. vulnerability list is not very relevant as a measure if you don't relate to SLOC, features available or somet
by aleclm 4y ago
This post is not very robust in its arguments:
1. vulnerability list is not very relevant as a measure if you don't relate to SLOC, features available or something;
2. having a lot of configuration options for security is far from being good, security should be easy and by default; if the tradeoffs are unclear you enter FUD and avoid enabling them; is randomizing PIDs good? what are the downsides? :shrug:
3. I stopped reading given that the most prominent arguments seemed heavily biased;
- efortis 4y agoAbout point 1, and not exactly SLOC, but the comparison is between Linux (a kernel) and FreeBSD (a full OS). Now, it’s possible that the number of vulnerabilities are much higher in the Linux Kernel because there is more research interest due to its larger usage.