They also forgot to mention that about a year ago M$ was hacked and their source codes downloaded. Or, that six weeks after XP was released there was a site on the net where a program could be downloaded that disabled the function in XP that required users to make yearly returns to the M$ well to beg Billy the Squid to be allowed to use XP for another year. Proprietary or open source if there's an open port a hacker will find his/her way in. At least with open source, there are multiple distros and releases. Having the source code to Mandrake 8.2 might not be much help breaking into a system based on Caldera 2.4.
"m.w.chang" wrote: > > well well.. how about open-sourced stones and knives. Silly suggestion > in my opinison, as a desperate attempt to keep his job and make some noise. > > If US copies of any closed/opened programs are clean and secured, how on > earth would anyone be hack into her corporate world? His suggestion > mreely told the world that US computer systems had lots of bugs awaiting > for us to explore.... > > > This is a good one. > > http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-929669.html > > -- > may the force, the farce and linux be with you. > See you in news://news.hkpcug.org and http://www.linux-sxs.org > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
