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Linux is actually very vulnerable to exploits and it's showing with high value vulnerabilities that has been dropping in the latest years; FreeBSD is way better in security record (piefed.world)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/uncommon/p/1089778/linux-is-actually-very-vulnerable-to-exploits-and-it-s-showing-with-high-value-vulnerabi

I hate when people keep repeating the myth that Linux is more secure than X OS without any understanding of how much Linux gets exploited.

On the other hand, FreeBSD rarely suffers from wide security issues.

Overall, I don't think anyone should repeat the myth that Linux is secure.

And at least if they gonna recommend Linux, they better recommend a good distro with SeLinux, hardened kernel and hardened OS.

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[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 28 points 6 days ago

Lol.

Linux has vulnerabilities found because its a popular OS, so people actually vulnerability hunt on it. No one cares about freeBSD, so it doesn't get the same scrutiny.

This is also the same reason Windows has so many reported vulnerabilities, it is a massive target worth exploiting.

[-] Neptr 6 points 6 days ago

FreeBSD has cleaner code and a far simpler kernel. More eyes on the code doesn't make the code quality magically better, and vis versa. Linux has many security features not present in the *BSDs, but it also has a massive attack surface and has been historically hostile to security features (see: grsecurity isn't upstreamed because it was rejected by the kernel maintainers).

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 11 points 6 days ago

Cleaner code according to who?

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