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> It's the same with the OpenBSD operating system. There's so much extremely obscure, complex code that attempts to address the same problems we have been deali
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
> It's the same with the OpenBSD operating system. There's so much extremely obscure, complex code that attempts to address the same problems we have been dealing with for 30+ years. What if we started removing code and reducing the attack surface instead of trying to patch over them, or we came up with an entirely new approach?
OpenBSD absolutely removes things: Bluetooth, Linux binary compatibility, and sudo, off the top of my head, with the sudo->doas replacement being exactly what you're asking for.
- arp242 2y agoAlso Apache → httpd, sendmail → (open)smtpd, ntpd → (open)ntpd. Probably some other things I'm forgetting. I've seen a number of reasonable criticisms of OpenBSD over the years. Not being minimalist enough is certainly a novel one.