ONLamp: Open Source Security: Still a Myth

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 18, 2004

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Open source may have many benefits over closed systems, but
don’t count security among them–yet. This article looks at why
open source software may currently be less secure than its
commercial counterparts.

“Several years ago I wrote a few articles on whether open source
software has security benefits, including The Myth of Open Source
Security. Since then I’ve had open source developers tell me over
and over again that now there is no myth of open source
security…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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