Debian vs Ubuntu

[musya]

Hey guys i am just wondering what everybody thinks about security issues as for running a server with debian or with ubuntu(even though its based off of it...)

Thanks!

[Roxoff]

Security wise, you should have no more problems with one than with the other, provided you keep them fully up to date. Personally, I'd steer clear of Ubuntu because I dont like brown. But that's just aesthetics...

[Kojak]

You can secure both almost equally well (slight advantage debian imho), but I would always choose a pure debian stable over ubuntu for servers.

[oz]

If I were going server, I'd also go with Debian over Ubuntu... but that's just me! Everyone has an opinion, so maybe try both then make up your own mind.

[musya]

Ok thanks, ill give debian a try seems more stable to me on the server side of things, but what about redhat? i heard that redhat has more kernel security...not as much kernel exploits as in debian...?

Thank You!
Musya

[gtmtnbiker98]

Have you considered CentOS for an enterprise worthy distro? CentOS is the same as RHEL 4 and is very stable.

[Kojak]

CentOS / Whitebox / RHEL are all great choices and they have SELinux included by default for added security.

[musya]

I believe ubuntu is part of SELinux, not sure about debain though.

[Wraithe]

debian would be a good choice for a server...especially with outside connections...
but it is linux and you do have choice...
start reading...what is more than important is your ability...
if you know a distro well enough then you can make a lot of mod's to be secure...
just be careful of distro's with limited stability and too many restrictions on what will work...(yeh i know i have mandriva and its a bit limited),,,but i use ubuntu and its fine but dont know wether it will be on the server soon or not...
debian is fairly faithful...

[Kojak]

yeh i know i have mandriva and its a bit limited

Could you explain to me what limits you in Mandriva? Maybe it is not limiting you at all, but you simply don't know your way around with it.