I post here for lack of a better place. Sorry in advance to anyone offended.
I was speaking to an acquaintance that has a security background and she told
me her company prohibits the use of Free software because there is no
guarantee that there are no backdoors in it.
Has anyone
hi
( 05.01.12 09:21 -0800 ) Goehring, Chuck, RCI - San Diego:
I was speaking to an acquaintance that has a security background and
she told me her company prohibits the use of Free software because
there is no guarantee that there are no backdoors in it.
why is this not true of proprietary
I am assuming you are trying to start a flame war here.
With open software I can at least check if there is a back door. Think
on that for a while.
-Ian
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:21:01 -0800, Goehring, Chuck, RCI - San Diego
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I post here for lack of a better place. Sorry
Goehring, Chuck, RCI - San Diego wrote:
I post here for lack of a better place. Sorry in advance to anyone offended.
I was speaking to an acquaintance that has a security background and she told me her company
prohibits the use of Free software because there is no guarantee that there are no
Perhaps you sould read the source.
But I think your looking for some backing with your discussion. Try
posting to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see what
happens. Free software has their new zine out perhaps take a read.
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_01/
Jay Scherrer
On
Thanks. I actually found a mention in Stallman
http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt
From: Jay Scherrer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: OT: Free Software as a Security Hole
Perhaps you sould
