Mitnick on OSS

Posted by Hemos on Monday January 30, 2006 @03:35AM from the hacking-it-out dept.

comforteagle writes "Infamous cracker Kevin Mitnick (turned security consultant) has come out to say that he'd prefer to 'hack' open source code vs proprietary closed code. "Mitnick says that open source software is easier to analyse for security holes, since you can see the code. Proprietary software, on the other hand, requires either reverse engineering, getting your hands on illicit copies of the source code, or using a technique called 'fuzzing'." He further says that open source is more secure, but leaves you wondering questions if enough people are really interested in securing open source code."

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Re:Master of the obvious! by erick99 · 2006-01-30 04:15 · Score: 0, Troll

I think the parent, and many others, wish they had some fame, a good job, and other such things. Nice try, though.

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mitnick == god? by Jacek+Poplawski · 2006-01-30 05:06 · Score: 0, Troll

Is this idiot some kind of god for all you kids? Who cares what such pathetic person have to say about Open Source or Free Software?