20090623 Expert Explains Why Free Software Can be More Secure Than Non-Free Counterparts
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Dan acknowledged that some people had a hard time understanding how open source software could be secure. “There is a perceived risk of open source from a security standpoint, people are very concerned about using software and it’s either “I don’t know where it comes from”, or “what backdoors have been put in the software”. I think it is largely a red herring, people don’t know where their proprietary software was written either nor do they know where the backdoors are in that. In open source, there is usually very robust version control, and you can see every line of code where it came from, who put it there and who made changes to it. The ability to do that inspection and do security audits is much greater in open source than in proprietary software”. About the issue of foreign involvement and where the software is written – at least in Defense – with respect to influence and control, Dan pointed out that in most cases we have no idea where proprietary software is written either, and buying from a US company does not mean that it was written here.
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Think for yourself for a change. Stop to think that upwards to 70 percent of the Internet runs on Linux. Is that obscure? If what you say were true, wouldn't the Internet be brought to its knees on a daily basis? If it were Microsoft servers running the show, it may very well be. The fact that Linux exists gives you a stable environment to dwell on the Internet. I'd be a bit more respectful and check my facts before I went leaving public record of my ignorance. What you say or do on the Internet never goes away. Carla should have posted those comments.
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/06/linux-security-through-obscurity-fini.html
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