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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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Rigorous methodology 2000-04-17
Anonymous
...is called "being obscure, irrelevant and extremely lucky". Everyone who is not obscure and irrelevant, and used large amount of poorly-audited software, had a breach of security, and a lot of obscure and irelevant ones, had it, too. The consequences of break-in, of course, are different and actua...

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