Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?

Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by thesuperbigfrog on Sunday January 15, 2023 @04:43PM (#34393823)

Serious question: How big is OpenBSD as a target for malware, exploits, viruses, etc. ?

OpenBSD's track record is impressive but is it a significant target compared to Windows, MacOS, and Linux?

It is easy to say "only two bullets have ever penetrated my armor" when hardly anyone is shooting at you. I do not know if this is the case because I have never used OpenBSD and I do not know how widely it is used (headless servers, embedded devices, etc.).

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Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by lcall on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:13PM (#34402836)

If that were true you might also expect FreeBSD and NetBSD to have similarly low levels of exploits, and my general impression (not research, just reading around) is that they have had more exploits in that timeframe (privilege escalation bugs, whatever).

You can read more about OBSD's security by going to https://openbsd.org then clicking the "Security" link near the top left.

ps: FreeBSD seems to have more users than OpenBSD, and NetBSD seems to have fewer users than OpenBSD.

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