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A reason you are getting downvotes is that it’s not true that closed source software is unauditable. This is a common but untrue belief. It’s a fundamental axc
by kasey_junk 8y ago
A reason you are getting downvotes is that it’s not true that closed source software is unauditable.
This is a common but untrue belief. It’s a fundamental axciom of software security that you can’t trust source, so you must diagnose the binary.
Source may be helpful, but in the grand scheme of things lots of other properties are more important.
- mbid 8y ago> It’s a fundamental axciom of software security that you can’t trust source, so you must diagnose the binary. What if you trust the build tool chain and can reproduce the binary from source?
- kasey_junk 8y agoThat’s functionally harder in most cases than just inspecting the binary.