FreeBSD – A Lesson in Poor Defaults
↗A data-rich, strongly critical dossier arguing FreeBSD's default security posture is poorly designed and slow to improve, citing long backports, root-running update/build workflows, insecure defaults across OpenSSH, packaging, and SSL, with concrete mitigation recommendations (LibreSSL, non-root builds, swap encryption, tightened sysctl/loader.conf) and governance/transparency concerns.
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