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One thing I have been thinking about with regards to security is the overall cost. Do linux machines cost less to secure, and maintain that security over the long run? <BR><BR>Joseph Wennechuk<BR>________________<BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>> From: ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com<BR>> To: kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<BR>> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:31:07 -0500<BR>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks Andrew! <BR>> <BR>> The first lines of Section 6 in http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html<BR>> give a number of examples of who thinks FOSS is more secure and why.<BR>> Unfortunately, the data is more than a few years out of date.<BR>> <BR>> I like the insurance company angle. What do the underwriters<BR>> think/charge? Does anyone know where to buy "hacker insurance"? I<BR>> wonder what the going rates are today for different classes of OS?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 17:01 -0500, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:<BR>> > Rob,<BR>> > <BR>> > No one has mentioned David A. Wheeler <http://www.dwheeler.com/> but he<BR>> > seems to be working on the sort of hard number evidence, looking at<BR>> > both the quality and security of FLOSS. I cannot claim that I have<BR>> > analyzed his papers closely, but apparently he has participated in<BR>> > studies for the US Department of Defence and they mostly seem to take<BR>> > this stuff seriously.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Andrew<BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > kwlug-disc_kwlug.org mailing list<BR>> > kwlug-disc_kwlug.org@kwlug.org<BR>> > http://astoria.ccjclearline.com/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org<BR>> <BR> </body>
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