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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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Closed source more secure? Really? 2001-04-13
counter_counterinsurgency (at) nospam.hotmail (dot) com [email concealed]
I'll remember Lipner's comments about the security of closed source every time I hit "Cancel" on the login dialog box for Windows 98. All joking aside, one factor in favor of open source is that designers can resist the temptation to add features that might have security side-effects. Microsoft ha...

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