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> there could be legitimate security reasons to keep server code confidential

If this is ever the case, it means the server code has been written in a horribly vulnerable way and you should never use it.

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Not necessarily : defense in depth is a thing.

While it is theoretically possible that the proprietary software is well-written, I would feel much safer if “defense in depth” were achieved by opening the server code and exposing it to as much audit and commentary as possible.

Yeah you're probably right

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