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Linux security site abandoned

Feb 2, 2004 8:08PM PST

Is Linux security good enough or does no-one actually care?

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Set up a Web site that allows users and developers alike to check which pieces of Linux code have been checked for security holes. The project, dubbed Sardonix, was a classic open source solution to a clear problem.

The scheme's originator, Crispin Cowan, chief research scientist at WireX Communications, said, "Auditing is needed not just because some developers refuse to read or follow such standards, but also because humans make mistakes, and may fail to completely or correctly follow all rules perfectly."

Yet few became involved because, according to Cowan, there's no glory in auditing security holes.

Complete article at http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=971

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