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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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Vendor trust; 'Security by Obscurity' 2004-10-06
Anonymous
I think the article commented that (in effect) 'a process I can see is better because otherwise I have to trust the vendor'. I think an important addition to this is the concept of liability. If a vendor is liable for failures in its products, you don't really have to trust it to 'do the right thi...

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