Thread: Open Source and Security

  1. #16
    & the hat of GPL slaying Thantos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Posts
    5,681
    Then I guess we'll just have to disagree

  2. #17
    Woof, woof! zacs7's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    3,459
    Bare in mind that being OpenSource there are areas you can't protect that you could if it was closed source. Ie, network encryption code for computer games.

    I'd say that's the only downside

  3. #18
    Big & Little Wong Tin-Bar Jackie Chan's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Hong Kong
    Posts
    23
    Open Source Software are also attacked by hackers see this latest example.
    This is an assembly language board for fasm assembler written in phpBB.

    Hacked

Popular pages Recent additions subscribe to a feed

Similar Threads

  1. Linux Security Modules Programming
    By vugluskr in forum Linux Programming
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 02-17-2009, 11:10 AM
  2. Punkbuster / DRM / copy protection as Open Source?
    By sept in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 30
    Last Post: 03-11-2008, 07:15 PM
  3. Is Linux More Secure Than Windows?
    By xErath in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 69
    Last Post: 06-29-2005, 07:13 PM
  4. Switch security information
    By Sang-drax in forum Networking/Device Communication
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 08-04-2004, 11:06 AM
  5. Open source: is it secure?
    By samGwilliam in forum Linux Programming
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 02-28-2002, 09:58 AM