What's the point of showing everyone the code? Are we afraid the owner is
going to abuse the bot?
Mgm
On 1/8/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/8/07, James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I can imagine how that can be benefit; it'd
allow for public auditing of
the
code.
Problem is, if you let everyone see it, you let EVERYONE see it -- even
the
people who will take a look at it and figure out
how to compromise the
bot.
Yup. Historical consensus is that the advantages outweigh the
disadvantages. See [[Security through obscurity]].
Steve
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