On Sun, 8 May 2005, Dan Kaspi wrote:
this can be easiy changed; moreover, he claimed that since Linux is an open source,
maybe it is even easier to develop viruses/spyware to it. In this point
I did not know what to answer him. I am not a
security expert; it could be that he is right in this point.
There have been a lot of debates whether open-source is more secured than close-source. I'll give you a short quote from one of the famous articles out there ( http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO.html chapter 2.4: "Is Open Source Good for Security?"):
" Elias Levy (Aleph1) is the former moderator of one of the most popular security discussion groups - Bugtraq. He discusses some of the problems in making open source software secure in his article "Is Open Source Really More Secure than Closed?". His summary is:
'So does all this mean Open Source Software is no better than closed source software when it comes to security vulnerabilities? No. Open Source Software certainly does have the potential to be more secure than its closed source counterpart. But make no mistake, simply being open source is no guarantee of security.' "
Regards,
Adir.
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