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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] johngbell95@mastodonapp.uk 1 points 1 year ago

@ZenFriedRice security by obscurity may not be security, but it is one of the tools to reduce hacking attacks, like changing the SSH port for example

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-secure-ssh