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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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Path of the weak 2000-04-17
Anonymous
Say... if we can just obscure our code instead of "doing it the right way" (TM)(C), we can probably also charge for bug fixes to. And why bother optimizing our code when memory is so cheap. Security through obscurity is the calling card of the lazy and weak!

Maybe you don't read the code, but ...

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