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How Dangerous Was The Cisco Code Theft?
Friday, 20 May 2005, 18:37 GMT

A recent hacker attack that compromised some of the crucial equipment powering the Internet has sparked a debate on whether the stolen Cisco Systems code used to penetrate the complex systems still poses a threat to the web.

Experts have argued for years whether software that has its source code freely distributed is more, or less, secure than proprietary applications. Code for the open-source Linux operating system, for example, is available to anyone, and many experts argue that makes it more secure than Microsoft's proprietary Windows.

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