What's the most secure OS out there?

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:25 pm

Just a though that's on a lot of people's mind these days, when we talk secuirty, I'm all for: OpenBSD

thetza · Post by **thetza** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:41 pm

one that isn't plugged into the in-tar-net. my point: it really really depends.

Ryochan7 · Post by **Ryochan7** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:12 am

Nothing can beat the proven security of Windows XP, especially with the integrated Windows firewall.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:44 am

Ryochan7 wrote:Nothing can beat the proven security of Windows XP, especially with the integrated Windows firewall.

Get The FUD, dude

Judland · Post by **Judland** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:28 am

Ryochan7 wrote:Nothing can beat the proven security of Windows XP, especially with the integrated Windows firewall.

I'd put my trust in my old GEOS operating system (remember that?) over MicroShaft software any day!

Gomer_X · Post by **Gomer_X** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:33 am

My Windows XP system is the most secure system at my house. I only boot it once a month, it is running no exploitable services, has never had a virus, spy-ware or even an attempted attack.

The point is any OS can be secure or insecure depending on how it's administered. No OS is completely secure by default. Unix was originally very insecure, and wasn't tightened up until the 80s

I would have voted for VMS if there were such an option. It's supposed to be extremely secure.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:15 pm

Gomer_X wrote:The point is any OS can be secure or insecure depending on how it's administered. No OS is completely secure by default. Unix was originally very insecure, and wasn't tightened up until the 80s.

I am aware of that, but for example I do think that OpenBSD is a little more secure out of the box than say Fedora is, and I'm just guessing here

Yeah I know OpenBSD doesn't have a lot of services enabled by default, but that's part of what makes it secure, you KNOW what's on there and know a what to look for in security reports, if there's an exploit, it's just a quick compile, and you're all fixed!

Gomer_X · Post by **Gomer_X** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:23 pm

Tsuroerusu wrote:I am aware of that, but for example I do think that OpenBSD is a little more secure out of the box than say Fedora is, and I'm just guessing here

You'll remember that the TLLTS honeypot was a default install of Fedora, and it was never cracked.

Good enough for me.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:45 pm

Gomer_X wrote:You'll remember that the TLLTS honeypot was a default install of Fedora, and it was never cracked.

Good enough for me.

Of course, I do remember that and I am not saying by any means that Fedora is insecure, because it isn't, it can be tough as a mountain to crack, by default it turns on a firewall, and encourages SELinux, it is by no means insecure.

I just thought it would be fun to see what OS people saw as the most secure.