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Microsoft: Closed source is more secure
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2001-04-12

Redmond's security response chief warns the RSA Conference of the perils of open source.

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Wha?? 2001-04-13
bleezer (at) plz (dot) com [email concealed]
Is microsoft trying to compare buffer overflow weaknesses in some open-source software (ie. bind, sendmail,etc) with the gaping security holes in products like outlook, etc?

And could he please explain what security (if any) quality assurance checks products like Win95, 98, ME went through. Consi...

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