Re: Open Source vs. Closed Source [ was Re: Firewall Throughput ]

[ark () eltex ru]

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nuqneH,

dbell <dbell () bway net> said :


> That's fine, IF it motivates the vendor to fix the problem in some kind of
> "official" or "supported" way. As silly as it is, some of us work in
> environments where installing code from bugtraq on production systems is
> not acceptable. It has to come from the vendor, and must come with that
> vendor's willingness to support the code. I'm sure I'm not the only one in
> this boat.

I wonder if there are any environment where leaving an open hole to
every script kiddie for days, weeks or even months (yes, it takes so long
sometimes!) is preferable instead of applying a simple fix from bugtraq..

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