kabuto202 wrote:Heffernan wrote:funny how he thinks relesing the source would not lead to mass level of exploitation ingame.
You mean like how linux, veracrypt, node, hadoop, mongodb, spark, sqoop... Wait I lost my train of thought as I was naming these open source software that's responsible for powering like 99% of the world's most vital economic, medical, military, and other sensitive information services. Ah yes, you're absolutely right. Clearly as the rest of the world has demonstrated public audits of code is a terrible idea and we should all stick to proprietary code like Windows which has neeeeeeeeeever been exploited
Security through obfuscation is about as useful as an umbrella in a storm.
Number one:
What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Number two you saying that linux isn't just as exploitable as windows is hilarious and shows how little you actually know.
Also the distro's you are claiming to be 100% open source actually aren't that. The ones such as redhat/centos that things are typically ran on actually have a very small amount of non-free software