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US Government Studies Open Source Quality

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the prefer-just-to-stay-off-of-dhs-radar dept.

anadgouda writes "US Department of Homeland Security has released a report on open source quality in an effort to study the security of open source. 31 popular open source packages were studied as part of this effort. From the article: 'Coverity's report, Stacking up the LAMP stack: a study of open source quality, was produced as part of a $1.24m, three-year DHS Science and Technology Directorate effort to evaluate and improve the security of open source.'"

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  1. stanford will keep the database public... by hihihihi · · Score: 5, Informative

    the report have a better coverage on this page: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1909946,00.as p

    from this TFA:
    "Anti-virus vendor Symantec Corp. is providing guidance as to where security gaps might be in certain open-source projects."

    PS:i am not sure if it has been published on /. or not

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  2. Open Source Software: Opportunities and Challenges by Old+Duck · · Score: 5, Informative

    An interesting study was done by the U.S. Military (the Airforce, I believe) concerning Open Source and it's place in the department of defense, though it is written in such a way to be useful to non-military personnel and applications. It is a similar, yet IMHO, a more interesting read than the parent.

    The report can be found as a PDF at http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2005/01/0501 Tuma.pdf

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