> -----Original Message----- > From: David Jablon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: Re: Could Open Source Software Help Prevent Sabotage? (fwd) > > Access to "the source code" may also give a false sense of security. > "The source" might not be the full, complete, and exact code > used to produce the commonly available object, and thus might not > reveal the threating features. Most open source software is distributed in a tar file with just makefiles, docs, and source. You compile the object directly from the source code that is provided. However, binary packages are becoming more common as package management apps like Redhat's RPM become ubiquitous, and it is important that sys admins recognize the significance of this. -mike
