September 2021
Beginner
264 pages
7h 48m
English
Content preview from 97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know
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Chapter 26. Why Choose Linux as Your Secure Operating System?
Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
My first experience with Linux was in 1997 when I was looking for a more secure system to enter IRC channels on the internet without getting dropped by attacks. During my research, I found a hacking website where the author mentioned that he used Linux as his OS (operating system) and BitchX for IRC browsing. According to him, the system was like a battle tank.
I installed it and it was love at first sight. My PC became another one with the operating system. It stopped crashing or getting slow, and then I started replacing services that I professionally installed on Windows (Proxy, DNS, etc.) with equivalents using Linux.
I started to sleep better afterwards with the reduction of support tickets during nonwork hours. Linux, although new, was safe and reliable against attacks, so I decided to go deeper. Since its creation in 1991, Linus Torvalds has kept security as one the centerpieces of the operating system design, following the POSIX style (standard Unix variants).
Why is Linux the most secure? Let’s go:
Linux is the most chosen by cloud providers (which support thousands of virtual machines and containers), appliance manufacturers, and even NASA to equip a special bus and to build the reputation of your product and your business.
There is total separation of privileges between programs ...
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