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Open-source obviously doesn't imply security as it can be seen by security-critical open source software like openssl which repeatedly showed that it contained
by irundebian 7y ago
Open-source obviously doesn't imply security as it can be seen by security-critical open source software like openssl which repeatedly showed that it contained very critical bugs for a long time without anybody noticing it.
No one really would benefit from open sourcing it without being able to (security) test it in realistic scenarios. Obviously security researchers would profit in discovering bugs which may have no relevance in reality, to increase their fame.
- jakeogh 7y agoBecause the bar is higher there should be less review is a contradiction. There are always bugs in software, some people depend on keeping them secret.