# Outdated Central Repos == Security Vulerabilities, New Study Finds

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/59914
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- Started by Kris Craig on 2012-04-13T20:36:56+00:00
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## #59914 — Kris Craig — 2012-04-13T20:36:56+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/59914#59914

http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/study-warns-of-security-flaws-in-open-source-components.html


This is EXACTLY why the prevailing mindset about central repositories needs
to change!  Keeping it at PHP 5.1 doesn't provide more "stable" and
"reliable" code.  It just keeps it vulnerable to things that were fixed
years ago.

--Kris