Category: Operating_Systems, BSD
Title: Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux
Description: Set flame guns to kill. Please read the entire article before flaming me, as many of your concerns/etc will probably be answered next week. OpenBSD and Linux, two decidedly different operating systems. OpenBSD claims to be secure by default, and has undergone an extensive code audit, so the question is: have I been hit in the head with a blunt object, or what? Security is an extremely complex subject with a variety of definitions. This article is an attempt to educate people, I personally consider OpenBSD to be a reasonably secure operating system, in some ways more secure then your average Linux distribution. However people have a wide variety of needs when it comes to security, and some of these needs are not met by Linux more so then OpenBSD. There are a variety of security products and software suites for Linux currently available and a number of security projects in the works that will have a significant effect. Depending upon your exact needs, budget, level of expertise and so on there is a
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