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Embedded RTOS Maker Raises Linux Security Issues

Posted by michael on from the if-your-product-sucks,-you-can-always-bash-the-competition dept.

drquizas writes "Embedded RTOS provider Green Hills recently delivered an address where they raised the question of whether Linux can be considered secure enough to be used in defense applications. Much of the usual FUD is present in the remarks, although an interesting question is raised regarding what defense and other government contractors are required to do in testing code (in this case anyway): is the closed code here being held to a higher standard than its open-source equivalent, and does this change the 'security through obscurity' argument?"

3 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. What? What? What11!11?1 by zogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    quote from this raty-os dude

    "It costs us $500 to $1,000 a line to review our source code. It would cost billions of dollars to review Linux."

    Say whut? It actually costs this? why? where can I sign up???? I'll sub my per-line auditing out, rake it in...

    Naw, cmon, really? the government charges this, or he just pays this cost? Because..huh?

  2. He's right you know by bogie · · Score: 5, Funny

    For example you'll never see backdoors in commercial software. You can rest easy that they've done their job well and everything is nice and secure. That's why its better to stick with big commercial vendors like Cisco.

    btw, why even give a story like this press? What a joke.

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    If you wanna get rich, you know that payback is a bitch
  3. Re:Open source is much better than closed souce by Total_Wimp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on. These guys have a valid point. When you rely on high-quality closed source vendors like Cisco at least you guarentee you won't have back doors built into your system.

    Oh. Wait. Nevermind.