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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)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by beep@piefed.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] eddiereasoner@mstdn.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@vk6flab @beep how did you get more than 500 characters? Is it dependent on the instance?

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm typing this on Lemmy, not Mastodon.

[–] eddiereasoner@mstdn.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

@vk6flab How can I link my accounts or get it to show up on both?

[–] Ategon@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

if you mention a lemmy community in your post the post gets sent to show up in the lemmy community. Comments are automatically federated if you comment on a lemmy post.

lemmy posts are all federated to mastodon though if the servers know about each other

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 1 day ago

No idea. I have two accounts, one on Lemmy, one on Mastodon. Presumably somebody is mirroring this community to Mastodon, or perhaps the other way around, I'm not sure.