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Trusting software
Jason Miller, 2005-12-07

Open-source or closed-source, it's the same issue. Using other people's software has a lot to do with trust. If you don't trust the right people, you're putting yourself at risk.

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Trusting software - what goes around comes around 2005-12-08
Steve Lodin
Back in the mid 90's when I discovered the Kerberos RNG vulnerability, the discussion centered around trust and spaghetti code. I would add besides trust in people, trust in the software design and development practices of the organization responsible for code delivery.

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