"elyob" <newsprofile@gmail.com> wrote in news:42dd85e2$1
@news1.homechoice.co.uk:
> I'm just wondering whether security concious companies
> actually use front-end open source stuff.
If they are smart they do. Open Source has a far lower incidence of bugs,
AND lower incidence of backdoors, AND lower incidence of open exploits.
Writing something in house does have some advantages. The more popular a
program is, the more its probed, exploits found, and searched out for
exploitation. So "security thru obscurity" does actually work for much of
whats out there.
But its probably a moot question anyway. It seems almost impossible to
convince a corporation that its safer going with open source.
Gandalf Parker
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