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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 15 2011, 01:34 PM (122 Views) | |
| Post #1 Jan 15 2011, 01:34 PM | ThaBoas |
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I would like to discuss the effects of the US Government going with Open Source Software versus Traditional Software for the internet. I would like to hear from all people regardless of knowledge on the subject of internet software and/or information technology. What problems could arise from having an open source system in place? What benefits could arise from having an open source system in place? |
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| Post #2 Jan 15 2011, 02:57 PM | HerrKnochen |
In the "Open Source" internet, everyone should have the access to the program language, and thus be able to freely modify and re distribute as they see fit. Open Source softwares are free as in speech not necessarily as in beer, so if one wanted to make a program for profit they could do so, but there would be no restrictions on a free alternative! In the situation of the govt using oss (open source software), the rules are the same, the code must be made available, whether its an encryption software or a packet sniffer for web traffic, or a secure firewall, to everyone. This gives the computer savvy the ability to use there tools against them if they needed. So in effect we could have tools restricting us and enabling us flooding the network at all fronts, possibility for back doors to be discovered or even built into softwares used by everyone. Much like the back doors in windows, only we wold have the power to modify it without needing any permission, and no legal issues for doing so. Look into some Linux live distros for your own security Backtrack 4 (penetration testing, packet sniffing, password cracking) http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ DEFT 6 (is meant to be used by: police investigators system administrator individuals) http://www.deftlinux.net/ |
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