I've always taken for granted the idea that open source was inherently more
secure because it's open to peer review. Linus said Given enough eyes, all
bugs are shallow. But has anyone ever done a serious study on the subject?
I've seen plenty of emotional arguments and anecdotal evidence,
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 08:05:21AM -0500, Bud Rogers wrote:
I've always taken for granted the idea that open source was inherently more
secure because it's open to peer review. Linus said Given enough eyes, all
bugs are shallow. But has anyone ever done a serious study on the subject?
Bud == Bud Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bud I've always taken for granted the idea that open source was
Bud inherently more secure because it's open to peer review. Linus
Bud said Given enough eyes, all bugs are shallow. But has anyone
Bud ever done a serious study on the subject? I've
When was the last time someone looked over the entire code base of mySQL to
make sure it didn't have a trojan inside? I mean hey, theoretically, who
goes over source code? Reading other programmer's source is both painful and
difficult. It would not be hard for someone to release a oss package,
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 02:34:16PM -0700, Paul Lowe wrote:
When was the last time someone looked over the entire code base of mySQL to
make sure it didn't have a trojan inside? I mean hey, theoretically, who
goes over source code? Reading other programmer's source is both painful and
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 07:00:59PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz typed:
} On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 02:34:16PM -0700, Paul Lowe wrote:
} When was the last time someone looked over the entire code base of mySQL to
} make sure it didn't have a trojan inside? I mean hey, theoretically, who
} goes over
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