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OpenBSD is actually formally reviewed/audited, not just relying on "many eyes." Of course you have to remember that only the base install is covered; software in packages/ports is not included in that.



It bugs me a bit that "many eyes" took on a security connotation to begin with. That doesn't seem to have been the original claim - it didn't strike me as such when I originally read CatB, and revisiting I can see a way to give it a strong reading but it still doesn't seem to be the sense intended. "Many eyes" in the sense I read it starts once someone notices that there is a bug - for which audit is tremendously better suited than use or casual perusal when it comes to security issues.


Oh I did not know that, that's cool




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