How Secure is Linux? - Learn if it’s Secure by Default or Design
The debate about how operating systems manage security has been the talk of the Tech Industry since long. If I was to answer this question that how secure is Linux or any other OS in the market today, it would be simply the Software Architecture and Design of that particular OS environment. From my experience with Windows after DOS, it gradually moved up the security ladder but today exists as a very unsecure platform that requires many applications to secure it.
For the MAC OS, I would again say look into its basics, what is MAC OS a derivation of, the question is automatically answered. As for Linux, I can proudly state that Linux today stands Secure By Design, that is what the FOSS community calls its design. Once again taking you back into history, Linux is the Linux Kernel, the software on top of which the rest of the Operating System lies. The Linux Kernel was originally designed to be secure but the the applications that reside on top of that kernel may be insecure due to the packaging strategies of the Distribution companies that fork Linux and redistribute them with their commercial or non-commercial modifications to increase its users. I will cover security in more details during this month.
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