Security Portal: Does Open Mean Secure? | Linux Today

Security Portal: Does Open Mean Secure?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 10, 1999

Thanks to Jim
Reavis
for this link.

“The breathless growth of Linux not only represents another
version of Unix to contend with, but is shaking the industry’s
model of software development with the concept of open source
code.”

“There is absolutely a void in both the commercial security
products for Linux, and in the “Red Hat” model for assembling a
corporate suite of open sourceware security products. Both of these
voids will be filled, it is merely a question of when and by
whom.”

Complete
story
.

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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