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Current Newswire: Amahi Linux Home Server 4.2 Matthias Ettrich Receives German Federal Cross of Merit Using Windows Is Like... Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? Red Hat Virtualization Manager for Windows Only? UNIX System Administrator - SUN Solaris, Veritas, EMC, Shell Scripting, SAN (NYC) Next Step Systems US-NY-New York Post A Job | Post A Resume ZDNet: Study: Open Source Poses Security Risks May 31, 2002, 22 :00 UTC (63 Talkback[s]) (14199 reads) (Other stories by Matthew Broersma) "A conservative U.S. think tank suggests in an upcoming report that open-source software is inherently less secure than proprietary software, and warns governments against relying on it for national security. "The white paper, Opening the Open Source Debate, from the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (ADTI) will suggest that open source opens the gates to hackers and terrorists. "'Terrorists trying to hack or disrupt U.S. computer networks might find it easier if the federal government attempts to switch to 'open source' as some groups propose,"'ADTI said in a statement released ahead of the report..." Complete Story Related Stories: VARBusiness: Why We Love Linux(May 16, 2002) GNU.org.pe: Peruvian Congressman's Open Letter to Microsoft(May 07, 2002) Information Security Magazine: Open-Source Security - Open Source Under The Hood(Mar 25, 2001) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Very funny    Sweet Angela May 31, 2002, 22:11:57     Foolish    Ian A. Marsman May 31, 2002, 22:16:05     Do as we say, not as we do    Doug Bostrom May 31, 2002, 22:29:12     Re: Very funny    is May 31, 2002, 22:36:24     Dorks .. seriously    Spike_cb May 31, 2002, 22:43:32     ADTI    David Johnson May 31, 2002, 22:50:10     And they don't have windows source?    rachel m May 31, 2002, 22:59:45     Ironic...    guaguanco May 31, 2002, 23:06:58     The scary thing is, they really believe this!    ac May 31, 2002, 23:07:31     AdTI    Vance May 31, 2002, 23:17:26     Security    phil May 31, 2002, 23:22:57     pay me and i can lie too    yuri vil May 31, 2002, 23:24:18     Interesting    atp May 31, 2002, 23:25:47     Damn. They've learned from the 10 o'clock    Brandioch Conner May 31, 2002, 23:29:17     Regarding the (Alleged) MS Funding of Investigator    Sean McLean May 31, 2002, 23:40:55     A few years back...    enoonmai May 31, 2002, 23:44:58     I quite enjoy it actually    Sam Halliday May 31, 2002, 23:45:33     Re: Regarding the (Alleged) MS Funding of Investig    Sean McLean May 31, 2002, 23:59:25     Sycophants    Eric Laffoon Jun 1, 2002, 00:11:39     ADTI are in bed with MS    Tim Dion Jun 1, 2002, 00:23:29     My letter to ZDNet    Tim Dion Jun 1, 2002, 00:39:25     Re: AdTI    Khan Md. Ashraf Jun 1, 2002, 00:40:45     foolish    bsd Jun 1, 2002, 00:50:56     Window of Exposition    Caesar Jun 1, 2002, 00:59:11     Re: And they don't have windows source?    Michael Jun 1, 2002, 00:59:33     Magic word    Bojan Smojver Jun 1, 2002, 01:22:51     Small time operator trying to make a name    David D. Huff Jr. Jun 1, 2002, 02:05:30     What do you expect from a Microsoft Mouthpiece?    chiphead Jun 1, 2002, 02:42:50     Have a look at that Foundation's press page...    Dan Kegel Jun 1, 2002, 03:33:56     think tank = PR tank    sync Jun 1, 2002, 06:06:21     Re: Damn. They've learned from the 10 o'cl    ac Jun 1, 2002, 06:45:03     Re: Re: Damn. They've learned from the 10 o    ac Jun 1, 2002, 06:49:59     Public / private keys    CC Jun 1, 2002, 07:14:58     Ridiculous FUD    Joe User Jun 1, 2002, 07:58:40     NSA    Rudy Jun 1, 2002, 12:01:33     top unsecure products are from Microsoft    Gniarf Jun 1, 2002, 13:16:31     Re: Re: Very funny    James Jun 1, 2002, 17:02:18     lets expose to scrutiny    Craig Nelson Jun 1, 2002, 17:02:37     What about the MS shared source program?    James Jun 1, 2002, 17:48:29     Avoiding security thhrough obscurity does not equa    vadim Jun 1, 2002, 19:28:00     Re: NSA    vadim Jun 1, 2002, 19:31:15     Re: Avoiding security thhrough obscurity does not    Michael G. Jun 1, 2002, 21:41:35     Re: Re: Re: Very funny    is Jun 1, 2002, 22:24:16     Re: Re: Damn. They've learned from the 10 o    Brandioch Conner Jun 2, 2002, 01:24:40     Fools rush in where cryto experts fear to tread    Passacaglia Jun 2, 2002, 06:22:33     Re:Re:NSA    Rudy Jun 2, 2002, 07:06:30     Re: Re: Avoiding security thhrough obscurity does    Uno Engborg Jun 2, 2002, 13:25:14     Re: Avoiding security thhrough obscurity does not    Rainer Weikusat Jun 2, 2002, 13:41:23     Re: Re:Re:NSA    is Jun 2, 2002, 14:48:31     Temp. Security??!!    scott_R Jun 2, 2002, 15:38:08     Re: Security    Rufus Polson Jun 2, 2002, 17:49:00     Re: Avoiding security thhrough obscurity does not    Rufus Polson Jun 2, 2002, 18:17:37     PR industry    Rufus Polson Jun 2, 2002, 18:31:16     Let Villanueva respond to the report    Hans Christian Studt Jun 2, 2002, 20:30:06     If is good enough for the NSA    Anonymous Coward Jun 2, 2002, 21:16:08     Re: If is good enough for the NSA    anonymous howard Jun 2, 2002, 21:42:13     Who the heck is the ADTI?    AJWM Jun 2, 2002, 22:36:20     Re: ADTI are in bed with MS    NeilS Jun 3, 2002, 00:03:19     Re: Re: If is good enough for the NSA    Rainer Weikusat Jun 3, 2002, 07:27:41     The price of foolish trust    Martin Jun 3, 2002, 13:50:23     Allchin's security statements    Flash Jun 3, 2002, 18:41:19     Real hackers hack the binary code anyway    Scott Marlowe Jun 4, 2002, 16:22:49     Re: Avoiding security thhrough obscurity does not    Pablo Gutiérrez Alonso Jun 4, 2002, 19:25:30     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. 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