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Yeah I don’t know if at this point it even matters. I was nervous about even leaving this comment. Maybe showing my decade old bias.

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Same sentiment here. I could come up with one "advantage" of OpenBSD over Linux - smaller user base. In a simplistic kind of a view that should make it less compelling to put in as much effort into developing exploits vs more common OS'. I couldn't back this up with any concrete data though.

Security through obscurity isn’t foolproof, but it isn’t entirely foolish, either. It can reduce risk if part of a layered defense strategy.

It is important to remember though that it is not the number of users but but the value of the compromise that determines how compelling the O/S is. There are like vintage mainframe O/Ses for which folks are actively developing compromises because some government or telco hasn’t migrated off. Then again, those teams aren’t going to waste a exploit on somebody’s home Usenet archive.

TL;DR: nevermind. I am too busy arguing with myself to be coherent.

I use alpine for my bastion machine, but I'm not even sure if it's the best solution.

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