Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

  • ArrogantAnalyst@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Regarding point 2. I get what you’re saying but I instantly thought of Heartbleed. Arguably one of the most used examples of open source in the world, but primarily maintained by one single guy and it took 2 years for someone to notice the flaw.

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      1 year ago

      Uhh… so? The NSA was sitting on the vulnerability for EternalBlue in Windows for over 5 years.

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          1 year ago

          No more or less relevant than heartbleed. Yes vulns exist in open source software, sometimes for a while. Being open source can lead to those vulns getting discovered and fixed quicker than with closed source.