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Security of Open vs. Closed Source Software

morhoj writes "Cambridge University researcher Ross Anderson just released a paper concluding that open source and closed source software are equally secure. Can't find a copy of the paper online yet, but I thought this would make for an interesting morning conversation. You may not agree with him, but anyone who's on the BugTraq List can tell you that open source software isn't as bug free as we would all like to think." I found Anderson's paper, so read it for yourself. There are some other interesting papers being presented at the conference as well.

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  1. Re:Security Bugs are inevitable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(void)
    {
    printf("Hello World!\n");
    exit(0);
    }

    Ist das nicht perfekt?