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Open source code is not infallible. It is prone to some of the glitches that plague its commercial counterpart. Yet, at the same time, it contains a number of safeguards and checks against any one person's mistake being carried too . . .
The W3C is working on creating a consistent means to find information on a site's security policy. "With a key proof-of-concept event looming in June, the leaders of a World Wide Web Consortium working group on Tuesday outlined changes . . .
Upside has a great article on the security merits of OpenBSD, the operating system developed with security as a specific focus. "... when it comes to OpenBSD, the open-source operating system that for the last three years has built . . .
Zope Weekly News has reported a problem with its security model that appears to be potentially pervasive and not necessarily Zope-specific. This is the first installation in a three-part series on Zope's efforts to rein in the trojan, which will . . .
This guide is meant to show you how to build a basic online store complete with (1) a product catalog, (2) user accounts for customers, and (3) the ability for your customers to order products from your catalog. . . .
A Pennsylvania university created a research institute this month dedicated to fighting computer attacks like those that besieged major Web sites like eBay, Yahoo! and CNN.com in February . . .
"Protectix is a provider of access control solutions based on Open Source software. We target e-businesses, ISPs, and Management Service Providers (MSPs). Protectix is trying to make it it easier for the IT manager to implement and maintain proper . . .
The recent "back-door" in an open source program has some questioning just how secure open source is, or really can be. "A hole discovered in a Red Hat Linux product has experts debating how secure open-source software is, given . . .
Responding to the rising demand for network security information, and recent influx of security related news, Guardian Digital, Inc. is releasing SecurityNews.org, today. This is the second major website release for Guardian Digital. In February, LinuxSecurity.com, “The Linux Community’s Source . . .
This week more information was revealed on what Secure Computing is going to be doing on Linux for the National Security Agency. The following note, posted by Tom Haigh, CTO for Secure Computing, discusses how the Linux development will . . .
Brian Martin has written an excellent article on why Linux Security (the concept, not our site) is going to succeed. In it, he discusses the security implications of the open source movement versus closed source development. He also . . .
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