The No. 1 Reason to Move to Open Source, IMPROVE Security

[jturning]

Great article on open source over closed source. Of course we know it already, but nice to see such a thoughtful write up.

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http://blogs.sun.com/BVass/entry/the_no_1_reason_to

If you are like me, and you have been involved in cryptography and Cyber Security for a long time, it's obvious to you that commercial open source code is more secure. As a matter of fact, in the late 90s, many of the Intelligence agencies mission systems and the DoD tactical systems moved to open source ONLY to improve security. Today, the majority of the critical systems in the Intelligence agencies (the people that care most about Cyber Security) run on open source operating systems like Solaris and Linux. The same is true of places like the FAA, IRS, and a whole lot of other organizations that care about security.

Bugz