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Re: The Myth of Open Source Security



"Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo" wrote:

> RS>> Try out OpenBSD <http://openbsd.org/security.html> for size
> RS>> (they claim Three years without a remote hole in the default install! Two
> RS>> years without a localhost hole in the default install!)
>
> What I don't like in OpenBSD is when someone discovers security hole they
> pop up and say "we've fixed it yet back in 1997". So why didn't you share
> it? Just to keep the claim of "most secure OS" or just because they don't
> care?

mainly because they do want to _produce the most secure OS_ and not to
_have people use the most secure OS they produce_, IMHO.

>
>
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