Re: [linux-security] Re: Checking remote servers

[Shaun <shaun lexicom ab ca>]

> Publically avaliable source does however mean that it is a lot easier
> for people to find security flaws in the OS, if the source code is
> sealed behind closed doors then the security flaws that are there may
> never be found then again when they are found they will take a long
> time to be patched and may never be patched!

Most, if not all of the Unix based operating system vendors HAVE licensed
their source code to companies willing to pay.  This in turn has caused it
to get out on the internet, if you have the proper connections, it is not
hard to get your hands on.