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Open Source Security Myths Dispelled Print E-mail
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Source: OSS - Posted by Bill Keys   
Security The decision to deploy proprietary, rather than open source security solutions (OSS), is often influenced by some commonly held perceptions.

Many IT professionals can’t seem to shake off the belief that OSS is inherently risky unreliable and complex. I am going to examine the most common of these perceptions to highlight how the facts are very often the exact opposite to what people believe. This article looks at myths that people think about open source security. It brings up some good points. What do you think is the state of open source security?

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Security EngineerWritten by Cbrp1r8 on 2008-05-14 09:56:31
As an engineer, we delve into the technical side of things daily from ripping apart and re-engineering malware to implementing solutions. When it comes to the business side of things though, the money men don't want OSS they want something pretty that has look and feel and makes them feel warm and fuzzy inside with a sales vendor account rep who they can call in a heart beat when the solution goes wrong. It's hard to get them to understand those very same tools were made mostly on OSS with some frills added on. Yet, they still say do it as cheap as posible?
Good pointWritten by Jon on 2008-05-16 07:54:48
That is true people think if something is free then it is not as good as something that cost alot.

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