Open Source and Security

Bruce says:

As a cryptography and computer security expert, I have never understood the current fuss about the open source software movement. In the cryptography world, we consider open source necessary for good security; we have for decades. Public security is always more secure than proprietary security. It’s true for cryptographic algorithms, security protocols, and security source code. For us, open source isn’t just a business model; it’s smart engineering practice.

(Crypto-Gram 1999/09/15)

But obviously he does not say, that open source will automagically be more secure ;)

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