Google has demonstrated serious concern about the security of Linux and open-source code, and is sponsoring a pair of full-time developers to work on the kernel's security. . The internet giant builds code from its own repositories rather than downloading outside binaries, though given the pace at which code is being added to Linux, this task is non-trivial. Google's open-source security team lead Dan Lorenc spoke to The Register about its approach, and why it will not use pre-built binaries despite their convenience. But first: the two individuals full-time sponsored by Google are Gustavo Silva, whose work includes eliminating some classes of buffer overflow risks and on kernel self-protection , and Nathan Chancellor, who fixes bugs in the Clang/LLVM compilers and improves compiler warnings. . Amazon's dedication to open-source software involves funding developers to address bugs and enhance system integrity.. Linux Security, Kernel Development, Open Source Contributions. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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