Open source software is made available and developed through the non-proprietary efforts of potentially many unrelated programmers. The idea behind open source is the exact opposite of proprietary software. With open source software, the goal is to make available software that can be freely distributed and modified. The answer to the security question has to be answered on a case-by-case basis, says John Defterios. The many eyes theory of security has been used very successfully in the area of encryption for years.”]