Linux Users, Which OS is more secure?

Question

Hello everyone
I would like to get some answers from the Linux users and hackers who are using the Open sourses OS on which Linux OS is more secure to be using for hacking?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hacker and never will be, But i am interested in programming and writing codes so that's why i moved from windows to Ubuntu then to BackTrack and currently using Kali Linux
Because there are so many Open sources OS from Linux i would like to hear your opinions and your experiences on which OS is the more secure.
Reason why I'm asking because i heard Kali Linux isn't secure enough compare to Backtrack as i have heard that Ubuntu is more secure than the Backtrack and all of these info drove me crazy without it been said without explanation
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

the level of security is up to the user. it's no use if you "harden" and secure your os as strict as you can, be on top of things watching logs and exploit news, and do constant updates if your web hosting customers use 1234 as their passwords or have rwxrwxrwx for all their publicly viewable files.



there is openbsd which is secure by default although technically it is not linux.

Answer 2

It's been my experience that Linux doesn't attract many viruses - fewer users, users just use repositories, etc. Set the firewall to run all of the time and Clam if your computer can swing it, and you're pretty much OK. I think the Linux viruses are aimed more at corporate servers - larger servers love Linux.



From what I understand, the NSA's version of Linux is the most secure, though you'll spend some time configuring it.



If you're mainly interested in coding, Debian is the root of many of the distros.



BSD (Unix-based) is pretty darn secure.

Answer 3

Pretty much all of the mainstream distros (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc...) have the same security mechanisms (IPsec, SELinux, etc...). It's the smaller distros you usually have to worry about; those maintained by only a couple people or those that think everyone still uses a Pentium I and being under 100 MB is an important size constraint.

Answer 4

I suggest to make hardware firewall with either pfSense, SmoothWall, IPFire, IPCop or the like.



If you are behind that firewall then you will be as secure as you can be. This way you can continue to use any distro you like. All you need is an old computer and 2 network cards (or one extra since there will more than likely be an ethernet port on the mobo).



This is assuming that the threat will not be inside your network.

Answer 5

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