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If only it was open source this never would have happened.

• gojomo 13y ago
  Once eyeballs are thinly spread over enough projects, all bugs are deep again.
  • throwawaykf05 13y ago
    In what possible reality was this not the inevitable outcome? The "enough eyeballs" aphorism makes for a nice soundbite but in practice was always a red herring.
• crishoj 13y ago
  Is that sarcastic? The code in question is Open Source.
• crishoj 13y ago
  Here's the link to the open-sourced file, taken from the article: http://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Security-55471/libsecurity_ssl/lib/sslKeyExchange.c http://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Security-55471/l...
• wreegab 13y ago
  Clearly sarcasm. With open source, it is not a matter of whether these mistakes (or whatever this one was) happen or not, it is a matter of likelihood of these mistakes being spotted. It's a statistical thing. It's unfortunate this has to be explained.