"But the Linux principle of openness is what security experts
fear most."
"When you have open source, there is the potential for greater
problems," says MacDonnell Ulsch, a senior manager of technology
risk devices at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting and
consulting firm. "For example, every time you make a change to the
code, you report it. Over time, does that reveal more about your
infrastructure than you want to reveal?..."
"Before Internet banking and the World Wide Web, information
was more secure. A dog, a guard and a gun and you were all set," he
says. "If Linux security is ignored, this is a looming
crisis."
