[vet7279]

Open Source = Snack for Hackers. When are we ever going to learn. It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.

[ShadowAce]

It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.

Absolutely incorrect. In fact, that is so incorrect, you cannot get any more incorrect.

Check out how PGP works for an example.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Open Source = Snack for Hackers. When are we ever going to learn. It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.

So where did you get your computer science degree?

Oh, you don't have one?

You just "know" things?

You and Ubama have a lot in common.

[deepthought]

The fact that the source code is available around the world is part of why Linux is secure. Nowhere for security flaws to hide. Remember security by obscurity isn’t actual security.

[st.eqed]

Funny. You are joking, right? Whew. I thought so. Besides the superior security model,a linux system is the most flexible platform for building any enterprise class application. While I do love the rock solid platform that we are using (AIX) I lobby for a linux platform regularly.

[mikey_hates_everything]

“It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.”

Are you kidding? Security by obscurity is a terrible model and going with Windows because of this is a terrible idea. Open Source allows the flexibility to create almost any level of security you need in an embedded system.

[The Duke]

When are we ever going to learn. It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.

So, you're a member of the "security through obscurity" camp? :)

The pertinent question to ask (and I don't know the answer) is, does the US military employ well-known or proprietary algorithms for encryption. It's the same principle.

[beef]

“It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.”

This is something that the pointy haired manager would say.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

HUH?

If everybody has source code....how can a backdoor of code be snuk in to the open source code?

[af_vet_rr]

Open Source = Snack for Hackers. When are we ever going to learn. It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.

LOL, as opposed to Windows which is not open source, and yet we are constantly hearing about successful attacks every so often?

Open source has nothing to do with whether something is secure.