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  From: Dale Long <dalel@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:18:30 +1030

Re: Auditing the code yourself ...

The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because 
freedom is priceless. ~ Hugh Downs

(as cribbed from http://freshrpms.net/)

Richard Sharpe wrote:

>This website: 
>http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39118419,00.htm
>
>Has an interesting quote:
>
><quote>
>However, that model of software development comes with a hidden cost, 
>critics say. companies that want to have a high assurance that an attack 
>hasn't resulted in a security weakness will have to audit the code 
>themselves, said Greg Wood, general manager of information security for 
>Microsoft, a vocal opponent and rival to many open-source software 
>projects, such as Linux and the Apache Web server. 
></quote>
>
>Let's see. What if we change some of the words ...
>
>Companies that want to have high assurange that an attack, or incompetence 
>or market pressures have not resulted in a security weakness in Windows 
>will have to audit the code themselves...
>
>Oh, wait, you can't. What a bummer.
> 
>Regards
>-----
>Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, 
>sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
>
>  
>


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