On Friday 29 October 2004 17:13, Paul wrote:
Hi Nick
There is some grain of truth in both sides of the argument - Closed source, and any potential hacker has to work hard to find the flaws.. Open source, many eyes to spot the bugs.
Regards, Paul...
(off to find the nomex suit).
On Friday 29 October 2004 09:13, Nick Daniels wrote:
"While some argue that many eyes lead to fewer security flaws, others argue that those wishing to exploit, or tamper with, open-source code have an easier time than with closed source code,"
Hi That was not my point, if a report was commissioned and it came to the conclusion abc why should the conclusion be changed to xyz? For fear of upsetting certain individuals or companies? Who changed the report? How were the changes visible in "secure" operating system? Does the government use Word? Regards Nick .