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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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semantics 2000-04-17
Ryan Russell <ryan (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]>
If you assume the "Blackhat" means that the person finds the vulnerabilites, and then uses them against others, then the tone is reasonable. I don't think Elias means to imply that the act of looking for vulnerabilites itself is wrong. Saving them for one's self, and/or putting them to use against...

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