How does Opensource change how Security work? (kbin.run)

submitted 2 years ago by SamXavia@kbin.run to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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There are some people won't touch anything to do with open source projects as they feel it might have issues with security. What does open source actually do for security or change how it works?

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[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Isn't your OpenSSL and curl points proving the opposite? Every program will have vulnerabilities and they had critical security vulnerabilities that were found and fixed.

But yes, I agree that 95% of open source projects have absolutely 0 security testing. Might not matter for some embedded applications, but it matters a great deal for public facing container plugins for example. Then again, most closed source software also hasn't been pen tested.