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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, margin, open source, security bug, homeland security, Symantec Corp., Apache Software Foundation, project, security, Firefox, Linux, operating system

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

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, open-source project, open-source software, security, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

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, security, database, U.S., 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, research, open source, analysis, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, security

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