On 1/8/07, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
I can imagine how that can be benefit; it'd allow for public auditing of the code.
Problem is, if you let everyone see it, you let EVERYONE see it -- even the people who will take a look at it and figure out how to compromise the bot.
Yup. Historical consensus is that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. See [[Security through obscurity]].
Steve