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Open Source Security: Still A Myth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

jpkunst writes "John Viega (coauthor of a.o. Building Secure Software) argues in Open Source Securitey: Still A Myth at O'Reilly's onlamp.com that "open source software may currently be less secure than its commercial counterparts.". According to him, there may be "more eyeballs" looking at open source software, but he does not believe those eyeballs are looking for security problems in a structured way."

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  1. Securitey by whitelabrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like geeks with spelling skills are still a Myth too?

  2. Closed source speel chacker by w.p.richardson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Still as much of a myth as "Securitey"?

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  3. Go team go! by Maagma · · Score: 5, Funny

    Securitey, it's like 'Security' but with an extra 'e' for effort!

  4. Dammit by GauteL · · Score: 4, Funny

    You will respect my securitey!