The Guru Warns of Open Source...

Linux guru warns on security of open−source code.

Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the UK open−source community, has warned about complacency over the security of open−source projects. Speaking to delegates at London's LinuxWorld conference on Wednesday, October 25, he emphasized that considerable sums of money were being spent in attempting to hack into open−source systems. And he cautioned that many open−source projects were far from secure. "Things appear in the media, like 'open−source software is more secure, more reliable and there are less bugs.' Those are very dangerous statements," Cox said. Cox said that analysis looks only at well−known projects. An analysis of 150 projects from SourceForge, a repository for open−source code, would not result in the same high marks that the Linux kernel would get, he noted. "High−quality only applies to some projects −− those with good code review and those with good authors," Cox said.

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