BIG citation needed.
> Not sure it makes a difference over Linux
It doesn't.
Edit: listen, I understand that people are religious about their operating system kernel, but please make a reply to these points if you have one to refute.
> BIG citation needed.
While it may be debatable how much of an effect the OpenBSD security culture has on real world security outcomes, it is pretty obvious to most people I think that OpenBSD has a culture of security (or a focus on it) that Linux simply does not have. Security is practically the entire branding of the project. Just go to its home page, literally the first sentence is an advertisement for its security record. The culture is very much there, regardless of results.
Now, if you did want to argue that the security culture does not necessarily result in better outcomes, 1) that intention should probably be made more clear, and 2) why not at least provide an argument or some amount of evidence for it?
* https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=...
And then look at the same number of security advisories for the Linux kernal during the same time:
* https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=...
And then remember that NOBODY uses OpenBSD.
Literally no big-time company uses OpenBSD. Who uses OpenBSD??? Literally nobody.
In aggregate they will serve/distribute 34 GB/s.
This is a business-critical workload.
Would you put this on OpenBSD? And if so, who would you call when it breaks?
Would you put this on FreeBSD? And if so, who would you call when it breaks?
We put this on Linux. And we can Red Hat when it breaks.
It has broken for us in the past. And we get absolutely top-notch Linux kernel TCP experts on the phone to help us fix the issues in no time.
FreeBSD: https://www.xinuos.com
OpenBSD: https://www.openbsd.org/support.html
NetBSD: https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/consultants.html
Oh and load-balancer..Jupiter OS is based on FreeBSD, pfsense and Opnsense(HardenedBSD), Netflix, Cisco, Sophos, Stormshield and so on:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/n...
PS: If you serve 34GB/s you should probably have your own 'top notch' TCP experts ;)
https://vez.mrsk.me/freebsd-defaults.html
On Linux, I won't even start on the policy on most distros.