Red Hat vs Fedora Security

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Hi! I am using Red Hat, and Fedora at home, and I would like to know if there is any difference security wise between them? I am just curious mostly about security from the outside network, (internet) trying to break into my system, instead of physical access. Is Red Hat better than Fedora on security? Thanks, and have a great day! :)

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That is a nice query. Red Hat being stable built would surpass Fedora which is built by community on overall approach. I was able to find this link which talks about relationship between both of these two: https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/articles/relationship-between-fedora-and-rhel

Hi, thanks for your reply! In your opinion Red Hat is more secure than Fedora?

Hi GD, In my opinion, though there is not much difference between two in terms of kernel, Red Hat is best built and suited for enterprise level. Apart from kernel the other necessaries wrappers that make a complete operating system would best fit for enterprise requirement, so, I could say RHEL is a matured version of Fedora.

Thank you!

Hi GD,

Fedora is the upstream project of Red Hat, you can consider it being the lab for RHEL. This means that the main difference
between them is feature related (more current packages available in fedora), security wise : both follow the same principles.

Regards,
Christian

Hi! Thanks very much for your reply! So what you are saying is that there is no difference in security between both RHEL, and Fedora? Thanks! :)

Hi GD,

Generally there is no difference - the most important impact regarding security has the user himself. You can setup a fedora system as safe as a RHEL system, for example you can apply the same SCAP rules and you can adjust the security settings in fedora right as you can set them up in RHEL - you yourself decide about and between the level of convenience and security of an operating system. :)

Regards,
Christian

Thank you for your helpful reply. :)

You're welcome, GD ... I'm glad that you appreciate our help and find the information to be useful. :)

Regards,
Christian

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