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Re: Closed source & Secutiry (was: Re: Smooth wall - more detailed)
- To: Haim Gelfenbeyn <haim(at-nospam)hageltech.com>
- Subject: Re: Closed source & Secutiry (was: Re: Smooth wall - more detailed)
- From: Adi Stav <stav(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 03:17:54 +0300
- Cc: "'mulix'" <mulix(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>, "'Linux-IL'" <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: <001601c13134$7975aca0$0100a8c0@hagel.co.il>; from haim@hageltech.com on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 12:16:38PM +0300
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 12:16:38PM +0300, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
> This is true for the select number of very widely-used packages.
> However, rarely-used software is not audied actively, and security bugs
> are not fixed prompty. Take for example, Interbase. Wide-open backdoor
> was discovered only months after this quite popular database went
> open-source.
After existing in the closed-source version for many years. Actually
I consider Interbase a very good example.
> My message was that rejecting closed-source software just because it's
> closed source is not a solution for most people. Common user have to
> trust someone...
I agree with most of your points but I disagree here. It is better to
hope that at least one person in the world will choose to publish
crucial security information than to trust a single company (and by
definition not an impartial company, too) to do the same.
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