I think that something is misunderstood here. If you have a closed
source, that does not mean that you cannot find bugs to
exploit looking at the binaries. Those that are in the know,
knows ( :) ) its not that hard once enough time is invested.
OTOH if you have an open source software you can take a list
of known code abuses and go thru the code and fix them.
The problem is, that not everyone knows how to do that
and thus again here open source stands out where anyone
can see the code. With closed source you have to rely on the
sole source creators - the owners.
I definitely believe that open source is more secured, but its
more relative then just saying that. I.e. only when the software
is exposed enough in the community will it get the appropriate
attention to fix its flaws.
I.e. I will only compare security between closed and open source
software with the same level of exposure.
Regards,
tzahi.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adir Abraham
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:21 PM
> To: Dan Kaspi
> Cc: linux-il@linux.org.il
> Subject: Re: Moving to Linux
>
>
> 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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