azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWe dont need onelemm.eeimagemessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1691arrow-down159
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minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoThere is no security benefit with immutable Linux
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoCan you elaborate? Wouldn’t malware need to install something which would not happen on an immutable?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf malware has root access it can do whatever it wants Things like SElinux and sandboxing is what secures systems.
minus-squareEnsignWashout@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoImmutable distros can usually be set to mutable with the correct privileged command. It’s essentially security by obscurity. But I disagree with “no benefit”. An infection miss through dumb luck is still a miss, after all.
There is no security benefit with immutable Linux
Can you elaborate? Wouldn’t malware need to install something which would not happen on an immutable?
If malware has root access it can do whatever it wants
Things like SElinux and sandboxing is what secures systems.
Immutable distros can usually be set to mutable with the correct privileged command.
It’s essentially security by obscurity. But I disagree with “no benefit”. An infection miss through dumb luck is still a miss, after all.