Google code search
Google now has a service that allows anyone to search open source repositories for vulnerable signatures. This is great.
I am an advocate of open source for these very reasons. The point of open source code is two fold: The removal of bureaucratic barriers, and the peer review of functionality for usefulness and security. It is a myth that open source threatens business models, since they are supposed to adapt anyway. Thirdly, digital rights empowers the pocketbooks of lawyers, not business people, and not certainly consumers.
Having given those bold and arguable statements, consider the following quote from the article referenced in the link below:
"Any new technology allows for a new attack vector," Long said. "The big question is whether the good guys will discover it first."
One of my best friends just told me he is opening a local pub in San Diego, called Hamiltons Tavern. (they don't even have a website yet, how great is that!!) How I would like to just sit back and shoot meaningless BS with my friends right about now.......
Google Code Search peers into programs' flaws
I am an advocate of open source for these very reasons. The point of open source code is two fold: The removal of bureaucratic barriers, and the peer review of functionality for usefulness and security. It is a myth that open source threatens business models, since they are supposed to adapt anyway. Thirdly, digital rights empowers the pocketbooks of lawyers, not business people, and not certainly consumers.
Having given those bold and arguable statements, consider the following quote from the article referenced in the link below:
"Any new technology allows for a new attack vector," Long said. "The big question is whether the good guys will discover it first."
One of my best friends just told me he is opening a local pub in San Diego, called Hamiltons Tavern. (they don't even have a website yet, how great is that!!) How I would like to just sit back and shoot meaningless BS with my friends right about now.......
Google Code Search peers into programs' flaws
