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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (17331)	5/13/2003 11:23:42 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) of 21614

if someone knows the code of a program, it would be much easier to hack into it and change things It may be easier to change things, but not to hack it. Implied in hacking or cracking the code is the intent to keep the breach of security secret. This is best done by reverse engineering since the hacker does not get confused by what the code is supposed to do, but must consentrate on what it actually does. The breach is much easier to conceal if there are few people who are familiar with the code. Open source code must be more secure because so many people, good or bad, point out the flaws. TP (With 30+ years of programming experience including many in code verification and financial security)

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