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More secure than what? Given the world runs on Linux servers, its pretty obvious that is probably the most secure. Outside black boxes like M$ and Apple, FOSS
by hospitalJail 3y ago
More secure than what?
Given the world runs on Linux servers, its pretty obvious that is probably the most secure.
Outside black boxes like M$ and Apple, FOSS OS level seems quite secure. How often do you see Linux malware caused by OS in the wild? Sure you install wordpress and never update it and get a cryptominer installed, but its not like anyone is pinging a server with a picture and an overflow error is causing a Pegasus exploit.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> Given the world runs on Linux servers, its pretty obvious that is probably the most secure. That's not obvious at all, and judging by CVE rates appears to be untrue.
- mardifoufs 3y agoActually it makes their point. Linux is super widely used, meaning it has millions of eyes on its codebase and it's a very high value target for both attackers and security researchers. OpenBSD is just a LOT less used, meaning that there might be latent security problems that no one bothered to uncover. It's very easy to have less CVEs when you are used less, that's why I have some doubt about the "secure" reputation it has.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoSure, market share is an argument that Linux might get better checked, but considering it an "obvious" foregone conclusion is unsupported.