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Open Source Versus Closed Source Security
Jason Miller, 2004-09-30

In the age old battle between open source and closed source operating systems and applications, can either of them really be considered more secure than the other?

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One Definite Benefit 2004-10-04
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The one area where open source does shine above is resolution of discovered vulnerabilities.

Anyone who has watched any of the major vuln lists for any length of time has seen a vulnerability get announced, verified, examined and patched in less than 24 hours. Has anyone ever seen that happen wi...

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