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DARPA-Funded Linux Security Hub Withers

Posted by michael on from the unglamorous-work dept.

mAriuZ writes "Initially funded by a grant from the Pentagon's DARPA, the Sardonix project aspired to replace the Linux security review process with a public website that meticulously tracks which code has been audited for security holes, and by whom. As conceived by Crispin Cowan, Sardonix was to attract volunteer auditors by automatically ranking them according to the amount of code they've examined, and the number of security holes they've found. Auditors would lose points if a subsequent audit by someone else turned up bugs they missed. ... In the end, though, nobody showed up."

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  1. If a tree falls in a forrest... by Zeinfeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    If there is a bug in the kernel and nobody notices it, can we still flame Microsoft?

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    1. Re:If a tree falls in a forrest... by mattjb0010 · · Score: 3, Funny

      What is a forrest ?

      It's like a box of chocolates.

  2. Really? by Limburgher · · Score: 3, Funny

    NOBODY showed up? I would think having a high Sardonix rating would be a nice piece of "hacker-street-cred", like a low /. ID number, or running Linux on a beowulf cluster of 286s.

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    1. Re:Really? by alexandre · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, next time i get an interview i should mention my /. ID ? :-)

    2. Re:Really? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Holy shit. 53? Your prospective boss should bow down! I assumed that most of the first 1000 where DEAD by now...

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    3. Re:Really? by rampant+mac · · Score: 4, Funny
      "NOBODY showed up? I would think having a high Sardonix rating would be a nice piece of "hacker-street-cred"

      This isn't Compton.

      You're not going to go on an interview and throw up your Linux "signs."

      Slackware beeyotch. Represent.

      apt-get 4 life, thug.

      Werd.

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    4. Re:Really? by wrmrxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm always sure to mention mine. Has got me some really interesting job offers...

  3. Re:Classic misdirection by tealover · · Score: 4, Funny

    What size tin-hat do you wear? You might want to try a larger size.

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  4. Maybe nobody took the idea seriously by qtp · · Score: 4, Funny
    And with a name like "Sardonix" who could blame them:

    ~$ dict -d wn sardonic
    1 definition found

    From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

    sardonic
    adj : disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;"his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman [syn: {wry}]
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  5. Re:Really? Haha by Venner · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't create an account on slashdot until almost a year after I'd first started visiting and I have this horribly high UID to show for it. Who could have known that, years later, a low UID would be such a symbol of power, fear, and respect!

    I'm glad I didn't have to say that in person; I couldn't possibly have kept a straight face :-)

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  6. Sardonyx is NOT a good name for this project. by 0x1337 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who can blame the project for having failed, when it was named for the famous "stone of all bad" Sardonyx, i.e. Chtrag Sardius, the opposite of the Orb, or Chtrag Yaska?

    Who 'lead' the project, Ctuchik The Grolim High Priest?

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    Ok, ok... I'm a dork. Read David Eddings' "Belgariad" and "Malloreon" though - they make for a great read.

  7. Re:Let's be honest by Mr2cents · · Score: 4, Funny

    Auditing is boring.

    Don't forget we live in a world where people collect stamps..

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