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Security — Open Vs. Closed

Posted by kdawson on from the depends-what-the-meaning-of-is-is dept.

AlexGr points out an article in ACM Queue, "Open vs. Closed," in which Richard Ford prods at all the unknowns and grey areas in the question: is the open source or the closed source model more secure? While Ford notes that "there is no better way to start an argument among a group of developers than proclaiming Operating System A to be 'more secure' than Operating System B," he goes on to provide a nuanced and intelligent discussion on the subject, which includes guidelines as to where the use of "security through obscurity" may be appropriate.

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  1. Re:Well... by leenks · · Score: -1, Troll

    And unless Operating System B is even more crippled (hard to imagine, I know, but maybe it's possible).

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