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Homeland Security helps secure open-source code

January 11, 2006 The government department is giving millions of dollars to a project that will comb open-source software for security bugs. TAGS: Coverity, Stanford, open-source software, security bug, margin, open source, homeland security, Symantec Corp., Apache Software Foundation, project, security, Linux, Firefox, operating system

Open-source bug hunt project expands

March 28, 2007 Bug tally is at 6,000 on the first anniversary of government-sponsored project, which is adding more open-source code to scan. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, project, Symantec Corp.

Developers fast to fix open-source bugs

April 4, 2006 Holes in popular open-source packages found in a government-funded scan were plugged swiftly, Coverity says. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, Samba, defect, bug, flaw, developer, analysis, U.S., database

Open-source hunt digs up more flaws

May 3, 2006 Government-funded project finds holes in Ethereal and X Window System that pose a risk. But fixes are available. TAGS: Coverity, open source, flaw, security

Open-source security moves to next step

January 11, 2008 Eleven projects are certified as secure in government-backed initiative led by source code analysis specialist Coverity. TAGS: Coverity, open source, open-source software, project, analysis, security

LAMP lights the way in open-source security

March 6, 2006 U.S. government-sponsored analysis finds that the most popular open-source software is also the most free of bugs. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, defect, open-source software, open source, analysis, bug, PHP, Linux, U.S., security, database, Microsoft Corp.

Key bugs in core Linux code squashed

August 3, 2005 Serious bugs in the latest Linux kernel have been fixed, a sign that the open-source OS is maturing. TAGS: Coverity, Linux kernel, defect, analysis, Linux, bug, code, file system, security, open source, networking, programming, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Study: Few bugs in MySQL database

February 4, 2005 The open-source database has only 97 flaws and has been well-coded, an analysis finds. TAGS: Coverity, MySQL, MySQL Database, analysis, open source, bug, flaw, code, database, Linux, security, Microsoft Corp.

Security research suggests Linux has fewer flaws

December 14, 2004 Four years of research by a code-analysis firm finds that the latest open-source OS beats commercial software for quality. TAGS: Coverity, flaw, Linux, source code, Linux kernel, analysis, research, open source, operating system, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, security

Open-source consortium wins EC funding

October 23, 2006 The European Commission is committing millions of euros to a consortium examining the quality of open-source code. TAGS: Coverity, consortium, open source, open-source project, open-source software, project

Security from A to Z: Open source

November 27, 2006 Experts have issued warnings of complacency over security in open-source projects. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, open-source software, security, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

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