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Originally Posted by Mark.M
The term "open source" should be your first red flag.
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Why?
You apparently make the assumption, without substantiation, that proprietary code is somehow better and/or more secure than is open source code.
Not only is proprietary code
not guaranteed to be of a better quality, but, it is
not necessarily less accessible than is open source code. More importantly, knowledge of the source code is
not necessary in order to be vulnerable.
As one who began programming in 1958-59, in octal machine code on PENNSTAC, I cannot begin to recall the number of times that I've hacked an OS or application with access to
no more than the binary machine code.
[quote=Mark.M;409775When you build with "open source" know you are advertising to everyone that you are open for someone to try to exploit your site and your information. [/quote]
This is no more than a conclusion based on facts not in evidence.