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Urgent Call for Community Auditing of Open Source Security Flaws

In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call. While Microsoft has concentrated on reviewing its flagship Windows source code as part of a new focus on security, Internet watchdogs have released the details of . . . . In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call. While Microsoft has concentrated on reviewing its flagship Windows source code as part of a new focus on security, Internet watchdogs have released the details of three widespread flaws in open-source applications usually shipped with the Linux operating system. The flaws could compromise the security of computers on which the applications are installed, prompting some developers to urge the open-source community to take another look at popular code. But most fear the majority of members won't bother. No one is doing auditing," said Crispin Cowan, chief scientist at Linux maker WireX Communications, one of several companies selling a version of the OS with additional security options. Cowan is the founder of Sardonix, a Web site aimed at organizing groups of people who want to review major open-source software. The link for this article located at cnet is no longer available. . In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call. While Microsoft h. three, months, open-source, community, given, wake-up, while, microsoft. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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