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.
Me when I’m not a professional with no understanding of his things actually works and I accidentally reinvent “computers insecure, avoid them at all costs for max cybersec”
OpenBSD can, objectively, do only a fraction of what Linux can. As a result, it is expected it will have only a fraction of vulnerabilities.
much smaller target so far fewer people are looking for holes in bsd, subsequently there are fewer reported ‘issues’.
and if you tasked all the persons and organizations looking for holes in linux to do the same to bsd…
this ⬆️
also it is a gud thing we are finding exploits so that we can fix them ; theres currently no OS with zero exploits, the fact that none being found is concerning bcz nobody is checking and there might be some bad exploits in them…
“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.”
Very few operating systems are secure out of the box. It’s up to the users to make it secure. It just so happens to be that Linux is the easiest to make secure, therefore I’ve always seen it as such when done right. Not to mention, I can know exactly how everything works rather than the blackboxes of Win or Mac.
I just had some great hamburger helper. Cooked some onions with the meat, add some extra cheese and a little mustard to enhance that cheese flavor. A few more noodles. Incredible.
I love it at how most online communities goes like this:
Day one, no exploits: “Linux is the most perfect OS there is!”
To suddenly,
Day two, two exploits found: “ERMERGEHD LINUX IS A PILE OF SHIT HAHA OMG COMPLETELY UNUSABLE HOW ON EARTH SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO USE SUCH PIECE OF CRAP AHHAAH OMG WOW! DID I SAID IT’S SHIT?”
Folks really love to extrapolate things for the sake of drama, sadly.
