Security : A daft assertion, or the insecurity of security
funky-penguin.co.uk Posted By: Chris Pallack 8/16/2000
An article appeared on the Silicon.com website in March in which a "security expert" claimed that Linux was insecure because of the open source nature of the code, a surprising if not astonishing claim. The expert went on to claim that Unix in general was less secure than other operating systems because of its more open nature, which, given the modern history of computing, is curious to say the least. One has to ask, are these experts serious?