Re: Firefox Security Warning

From: Dan (spamyou_at_user.nec)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 06:53:09 -0700

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Linux has the same problem that all the other responders to this post have
pointed out. I had a co-worker that was trying Linux and found his hard
drive was out of disk space. Get this! The Red Hat installation he used
came with a CD that enabled the NFS and anonymouse FTP servers by DEFAULT!
In my former zeal of spreading Linux to the masses, I gave a friend a copy
of Debian GNU/Linux for Dummies as a gift. Guess what? NFS and FTP server
running in the DEFAULT installation!

So, I like open source software and have even written a few little
application myself. However, I made them open source and freely available
because I never want to be responsible for addressing problems that may or
may not exist in the software! All I'm saying is that much of the Open
Source community is the same way. As a business owner, I would rather have
a known cost for a known level of service, good or bad, just not
indifferent.

carl

The thing that I wonder about is how can one make sure that open source is
safe. I mean that I use and like Mozilla Firefox and use it exclusively
except where IE is required such as accesssing Windows Update. I personally
have not downloaded and installed the plugins or extensions except for one
because of the possibility that they may have malicious code attached to
them. My question is how can the open source community prevent malicious
creators of the plugins or extensions from attaching malicious code?

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