"Open source has a healthy effect on security"
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| What are your views between open source and proprietary
| [software], especially where security is concerned?
| Rayner: Open source actually has a healthy effect on security,
| because it allows a vast community to expose fallacies or
| defects in products. So, we certainly are not part of the
| security run by obscurity camp, and if it's truly secure,
| it ought to be intrinsically so, not because you've hidden
| it. As a matter of principal, the more open you are about
| the nature of your solution, the more secure it will be.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/SurfControl_Max_Rayner_CIO/0,139023764,339273270,00.htm
Earlier today:
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| Are security issues a cause for concern in OSS?
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| Security issues are better addressed in OSS than in proprietary
| systems. I have personally tested the security systems in OSS. I
| was not able to intrude into the system as long as the default
| firewall was on. Once I brought down the Linux default firewall,
| the system allowed remote access.
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| Over 75 per cent of the world's servers are on OSS today because
| of the robustness of security in Linux.
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2007/02/19/stories/2007021900130400.htm
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