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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

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

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, open-source software, analysis, bug, PHP, Linux, U.S., security, database, Microsoft Corp.

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

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.

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
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