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How secure is open source?

Publication:ComputerWorldDate:Feb 27 2006
Reporter:Chris Bell

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Received wisdom would have it that transparency makes systems more secure by allowing anyone to view the underlying software code, identify bugs and make peer-reviewed changes.

Computer security and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier certainly adheres to that theory. He’s been saying engineers should “demand open source code for anything related to security” since 1999. But not all security experts agree.


 

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Fred Schneider is a Microsoft Shill/ $25 million grant from MicrAaron|Feldman27 Feb, 12:19
In my opinionKnuxT1528 Feb, 17:22

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