Section 4.6. Conclusion


4.6. Conclusion

In the end, it seems to me there's little to be sensibly said that, from the viewpoint of security, truly differentiates between open and closed source. The points I believe are critical are my ability to review the code for myself and my ability to fix it myself when it is broken. By "myself" I do, of course, include "or anyone of my choice." What I don't believe inat allis the often-quoted but never-proven "many eyes" theory.

In the digression on threat models, I mentioned that the only person who can really answer the question of whether open source is better for security is you. Leave the camp of people who think security is a good thing that we should all have more of, and join the camp of people who have thought about what it means to them, what they value, and so, what they choose.



Open Sources 2.0
Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution
ISBN: 0596008023
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 217

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