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Featured Topic:	Is open source secure?

Last Updated: Apr 16, 2003

Do you think open source software is a secure alternative to proprietary products? This week's Featured Topic explores this highly debatable issue.
>>	Ask expert Jonathan Callas about open source security
>>	Or check with your peers about what they think about commercial vs. open source

Basic security tenets apply to open source programs too

(16 Apr 2003)

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NEWS:
>>	Don't dismiss possibility of malicious code on Linux (SearchSecurity.com) 27 Mar 2003
>>	Open-source security: It's all in the scrutiny (SearchSecurity) 21 Mar 2002
>>	Basic security tenets apply to open source programs too (SearchSecurity.com) 05 Feb 2003
>>	SANS, FBI identify top 20 Windows, Unix vulnerabilities (SearchSecurity.com) 03 Oct 2002
>>	Open source a secure alternative to proprietary (eWEEK) 29 Oct 2002
>>	CERT warns of critical flaw in CVS open-source tool (ZDNet) 23 Jan 2003
>>	Don't ignore Linux, Unix GUI holes (SearchSecurity) 19 Jul 2002
>>	Vendors organize open-source security conference (Internet Week) 02 Oct 2002
>>	Analysts: Open-source overtakes MS as security risk (eWEEK) 22 Nov 2002


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