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Initial idea 1

 I've been thinking about the topics I can choose for my Major project and found out that there is a topic I am interested in for quite a long time. I want to describe my idea here.

I have an idea to make a research in Linux security and find out how it differs from windows. A lot of people I am communicating with told me that Linux is used all around the world in security area. I want to find out why, understand the general idea of Linux and try to find the information about its weak points. I hope that during my first steps in this research I will find some more narrow and specific problems which I can make my project about

Linux is an open source operating system which means that all users can see not only its code but also modify it. It is considered to be a major advantage of an open-source system because the more people can observe the code, the more chance to spot the weaknesses before it is exploited appears. Also it gives a lot of space for other developers for customization and modification the system according to their needs (Heath, 2019).

(Kaspersky, 2021)

There are some essential differences between Windows and Linux that affect security significantly. One advantage of Linux is that it provides its users with software through command line. A lot of software is available for user in the repositories, thus, user does not have to search it on the internet. Generally, this is a safer method of downloading software and helps prevent viruses (Yaswinski, Chowdhury and Jochen, 2019). Nevertheless, not all software is available for the user in the repositories, for instance you cannot install Google Chrome on Ubuntu through command line and you have to download it on the internet. Google Chrome is a trustworthy application but you can never be sure about other applications you download (Yaswinski, Chowdhury and Jochen, 2019).

Linux is an open-source operating system which anybody is allowed to modify, hence, there are a lot of distributions, some of which are really popular. Many Linux distributions have focus as well, for instance Debian has excess for a large quantity of software which make it popular among programmers; Elementary OS is meant to be friendly for users migrating from Windows and Mac OS; ubuntu is mostly meant to be aesthetically pleasing and so on. There are also distributions which focus on penetration testing such as Kali Linux and Parrot Security OS.

(Nethserver, 2017)



                                                                    

References

Kaspersky, 2021. What Is Linux and Is It Really Secure?. [image] Available at: <https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/linux> [Accessed 6 October 2021].

Yaswinski, M., Chowdhury, M. and Jochen, M., 2019. Linux Security: A Survey. [online] Ieeexplore.ieee.org. Available at: <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8834112> [Accessed 12 October 2021].

Heath, N., 2019. What are open-source operating systems? Everything you need to know | ZDNet. [online] ZDNet. Available at: <https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-are-open-source-operating-systems-everything-you-need-to-know/> [Accessed 12 October 2021].

Nethserver.org, 2017. The Periodic Table of Linux Distros. [image] Available at: <https://community.nethserver.org/t/the-periodic-table-of-linux-distros/7941> [Accessed 12 October 2021].

Comments

  1. Carrie MansfieldOctober 12, 2021 at 4:14 AM

    This could be an interesting area to explore and give you a wide range of potential research points. Try to think about at least one other possible theme for your project and get some initial research included before you make your choice this week.

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