Nowadays, probably the most secure OS are hardened Linux systems (like hardened gentoo and RHEL), Trustes Solaris 11, OpenBSD, QubesOS, Novell NetWare and OpenVMS.
What do you thing is doing the best security approach of this OS.
And what do you thing is better in practise?
(You can also include other OS you consider secure)
And what do you think os security on microkernel systems?
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:08
*grabs thing*
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:09
I install the service packs as soon as Microsoft puts them out.
Don't use third-party browsers such as Mozilla Firefox.
Windows Vista has proper refined security controls.
I don't know, Windows is hybrid and it's the most secure OS out there.
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:15
I get the punchline: The most secure computer is one that doesn't exist.
[The more crippled and unusable your computer is, the less likely that anyone would even bother to steal it for that matter.]
Does anyone still use computer hardware for offline, non-communicative purposes still? This is a legit question.
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:16
>>3 >>4
Dumb ass windows and mac os x users get the fuck out before I pwn your computer.
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:17
SE Linux, by far. It's made by the NSA and certified to Extra-Super-Duper Top Secret, so you know you can trust it.
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:18
VMS has had a fine grained approach to privileges for decades, it's nice to see that others are finally catching up, such as Solaris adding roles.
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:21
>>5
"I haven't gotten laid in over ten years, I think there's something wrong with my distro; what version are you guys using?" -- you
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Anonymous2013-07-31 19:25
>>8
Yeah dude. Ubuntu is the opposite of fun. Where's Steve Ballmer when you need him?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/17/state_of_linux_2013/ each day some 10,519 lines of code are added to the Linux kernel, while another 6,782 lines are subtracted from it. All told, the kernel averages around 7.38 changes per hour – a phenomenal rate for any code base.
As of 2013, the Linux 3.10 release had 15,803,499 lines of code.
If iOS was truly secure, there'd be no jailbreaking and Apple would control you.
If Windows was truly secure, you wouldn't be able to do what you wanted with your machine.
If the TCPA had its way and developed something truly secure, "your" computer is no longer yours.
Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither.
>>1 And what do you think os security on microkernel systems?
Microkernels are the only ones small enough to be formally verified (eg. seL4). However, that only covers the kernel itself. There's no guarantee the servers needed to implement a fully functional operating systems are secure or bug-free.
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Anonymous2013-08-02 18:58
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Each individual OS server is probably small enough to formally verify. When you formally verify a certain collection of servers, you can then formally verify this collection working as a whole system. If I was tasked to do this, I would verify the minimum amount of software I'd need as a platform for any kind of software, I'd call this minimum software something like "the trusted core".