On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 11:25:26AM -0800, Jackson wrote: > I was forwarded this today. I thought is was interesting. > > *DHS finds flaws in 180 open source software projects* *by Jacqueline > Emigh<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * *January 10, 2008, 6:59 PM* > > *Is Linux and open source software really more 'secure' than commercial > software products? Maybe, yet maybe not. The US Dept. of Homeland Security > and two research partners have now detected significant flaws in Samba, > Python, Perl, and about 180 other open source projects -- but fixes are on > the way.*
Now tell them to do the same thing with closed-source applications ;-) This is the type of example of the stunning incompetence of our government I hold up whenever someone starts crying that they want the gov't to "do more". -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
