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Elias Levy, SecurityFocus 2000-04-17

Is Open Source really more secure than closed? Elias Levy says there's a little security in obscurity.

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>So does all this mean Open Source Software is no better

>than closed source software when it comes to security

>vulnerabilities? No. Open Source Software certainly does

>have the potential to be more secure than its closed

>source counterpart.

>But make no mistake, simply being open source i...

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