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Interesting article...and nice FUD from the Trend guy..
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| techiem2 Jul 15, 2008 4:29 AM EDT |
Quoting: Perry did have questions about whether an open source-based tracking system would itself be secure, since any developer would have access to the source code. "The fact that it's open source makes the structure of security visible to the bad guys as well. ... Corporations don't open source security for that reason." Ah...the ever present "security through obscurity" argument. It seems to me that it's more likely corporations don't open source security because: 1. Their system is really very insecure and they are hoping nobody will find out 2. They have nice back doors built in that would get them in lots of trouble if someone found out 3. They are stealing IP/code/methods/whatever from someone else and don't want to get sued for it 4. They really believe the security through obscurity arguments |
| jezuch Jul 15, 2008 11:45 AM EDT |
Openness wins: if it's good for cryptographers, it's gotta be good for Linux! |
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