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Open source no panacea for security

by Donna Buenaventura Nov 20, 2003 3:13AM PST

Conventional wisdom says that viruses, bugs and other security problems could be more rapidly cleaned up if only the world would move to an open-source model. Security experts speaking at Comdex disagreed.

"I think open-source software is slightly less secure," said Gary McGraw, chief technology officer of Cigital, who sat on a panel on security problems at the five-day conference in Las Vegas.

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Apparently, MS is still looking for...

by Keith Marcotte Nov 20, 2003 6:43AM PST

"one set of good eyes". With millions of lines of code, no single person can review it for vulnerabilities.

MS isn't the one that is finding all the vulnerabilities in Windows/IE/OE/... Why should Linux developers be held to a different standard?

Speaking only as a member. The opinions expressed are my own.

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Closed source no panacea for future.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 20, 2003 7:13AM PST

Sadly, a fine product in closed source with just one bug can be a dead end.

Let me just write that I agree with Richard Stallman that closed source has problems as well.

Bob

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