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Re:OpenBSD 6.7 by throwaway2048 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:16PM (#23236578)
What is a "modern hardened cloud OS kernel"?
Re:OpenBSD 6.7 by justin66 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:32PM (#23237611)
It's an operating system kernel that can apparently provoke a response from a number of people in spite of having two buzzwords prefacing it.
Re:OpenBSD 6.7 by rvp-x on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:21PM (#23241494)
Presumably something like CoreOS which makes extensive use of containers and any security feature it can get its hands on.

If I personally put my own opinion on it, I don't like unnecessary use of containers because the model gives you a lot of outdated dependencies, and I'm not sure whether containing a vulnerability once it happens is that noteworthy.

Old skool "use good, secure code. update dependencies" and not focusing on containing a vulnerability produces a much safer system IMO.

Re:OpenBSD 6.7 by blablabla123 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:43PM (#23236967)
The cloud part makes much more sense when combining it with the user land. I think that's also where OpenBSD (or *BSD in general) really shines, everything is very coherent. Regarding Linux, I'd probably see CentOS/RHEL as "modern hardened cloud OS" with all it's measures in place. But even as a complete BSD beginner, I find OpenBSD or FreeBSD easier to configure than CentOS, which IIRC requires a lot of manual whitelisting of capabilities for server daemons.