I suppose they must be using data from that new study that shows that security through obscurity actually works...ha ha
> > From: "Mike Finn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/05/23 Thu PM 02:14:21 EDT > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon > > They are so cute when they try to convince the world their platforms are > more secure.... > > I thought I'd share my favorites: > > "I've never seen a systematic study that showed open source to be more > secure," said Dorothy Denning, a professor of computer science at Georgetown > University who specializes in information warfare. > --- Is there a systematic study that says they were less secure??? What a > bozo statement. > > "Microsoft's push is a new front in a long-running company assault on the > open-source movement, which company officials have called "a cancer" and > un-American." > un-American? In the sense that "American" means anything MS profits from, I > guess. > a Cancer? No wonder I feel dirty. I liken those f&%^#ing macro viruses more > to a cancer than anything else. > > "Microsoft also said open-source software is inherently less secure because > the code is available for the world to examine for flaws, making it possible > for hackers or criminals to exploit them. Proprietary software, the company > argued, is more secure because of its closed nature." > > Hmm. If they say it, it must be true. Just more FUD-rhetoric. Nevermind > that there are (I would argue) FAR more well-meaning folks testing OSS > software than ill-meaning ones. > > #mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott > M Stark > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [JBoss-dev] Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon > > > Microsoft tries to squelch Open Source at the pentagon, but apparently many > at the pentagon are seeing the light. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > _______________________________________________ > Jboss-development mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > _______________________________________________ > Jboss-development mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
