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I still believe there are some (i agree not many) reasons to still use Alpine Linux. The obvious is the small size i think still maybe even smaller than Ubunt
by rediculous400 4y ago
I still believe there are some (i agree not many) reasons to still use Alpine Linux. The obvious is the small size i think still maybe even smaller than Ubuntu. But more importantly the security, it focuses on security with features such as stack-smashing protection, address space layout randomization, and a hardened kernel. And isn't performance still decent for being lightweight and fast? And of course the package management apk manager. Isn't it smaller package repository than other distributions still?
- klooney 4y agoRedHat also does a ton of hardening (ASLR since 2004), and they employ the people that wrote most of the implementations. They've historically been quite good and fast with security updates, and are one of the vendors that gets the inside track on security embargoes. They're also really slow and stable, which is nice for boring plumbing.
- sebazzz 4y agoHow much of these security hardening matters in a container?
- blueflow 4y agoAn application running in a container is still an application running in userspace, so the hardening applies as normal.