Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 22nd Sep 2009 15:34 UTC, submitted by google_ninja
During the roundtable discussion at LinuxCon this year, Linus Torvalds made some pretty harsh remarks about the current state of the Linux kernel, calling it "huge and bloated", and that there is no plan in sight to solve the problem. At the same time, he also explained that he is very happy with the current development process of the kernel, and that his job has become much easier.
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Security, you mean the absence of a mandatory access control framework? Or even not a standardized kernel authorization framework like Linux and NetBSD (kauth) have had for years? I am a whole lot happier to use my webserver in a sandboxed SELinux or AppArmor environment, than on OpenBSD.
You know, security is not only about disabling every service in the default install and doing a proper audit. Those things help, but other UNIXes have far more preventive security measures. And companies like Red Hat have been pushing the envelope a lot.