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Re:$50,000 to keep Symantec source code private by lambersley on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @12:58PM (#3562884)
"..product by security company would be secure"

By this logic, wouldn't you also expect the storage of the source code to be secured?

In my mind, security implies all forms; physical, logical, in-transit, at rest, etc

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Re:$50,000 to keep Symantec source code private by rplnt on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @03:56AM (#3565815)
> By this logic, wouldn't you also expect the storage of the source code to be secured?

No, developers have to have access to the code and they can just steal it. And this wasn't even the case. If I read correctly, the code was leaked by 3rd party (some India state agency) which had it for some sort of security review.

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