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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 6 months ago by 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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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

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).

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