[ubuntu-in] Open-Source Security ...!!!!!! is it true ??

[Mallikarjun]

On 12/18/2010 02:39 AM, Mallikarjun wrote:
> On 12/17/2010 11:52 PM, Jkhatri wrote:
>> Dear All
>>
>> Have a look at this[1] ... what do you think ?????
>>
>> [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px= 
>> <http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODkxMw>
> Talking related to security,
> It is always good to read blogs like these and good to have so many 
> whistle blowers. *once a secret will not remain secret for ever.*
>
> I think, these things might have been true a decade ago, not to forget 
> NSA involvement in DES. But I can strongly say "not anymore". It would 
> have been hard to use any OpenSource Software if anyone can put a 
> backdoor or a software vulnerability into a any OpenSource Software. 
> If one bad guy can put a hole in software, there are lot of good guys 
> to find it out, though it might take some time (Of Course).
>
> c'mon, NSA ppl are not the brightest people in the world. Don't you 
> think how can they put *many trap* doors in an OS like OpenBSD(Primary 
> goal is security) and go un noticed for so long?. May be 1 or 2 go 
> un-noticed in some legacy code.
Correction: I mis typed it as NSA. Sorry
>
> In conclusion, I say *"May be it was true, not anymore. Time has 
> changed"*.
>
>
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