29 Oct
2004
29 Oct
'04
6:16 p.m.
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,"
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Pieces of seven, pieces of seven - A parroty error.
"To err is human...to really f*** things up requires the root password."
From a collection of quotes at http://www.indigo.org/quotes.html