Homeland Security helps secure open-source code
{{date|January 13, 2006}}
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List of [[W:Open source|Open source]] software targeted:
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*[[W:AbiWord|AbiWord]]
*[[W:Apache HTTP Server|Apache]]
*[[W:Berkeley DB|Berkeley DB]]
*[[W:BIND|BIND]]
*[[W:Ethereal|Ethereal]]
*[[W:Firebird (database server)|Firebird]]
*[[W:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]]
*[[W:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]]
*[[W:Gaim|Gaim]]
*[[W:GIMP|GIMP]]
*[[W:GIMP Toolkit|Gtk+]]
*[[W:Icecast|Icecast]]
*[http://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/inetutils.html Inetutils] <!-- probaly not best page. but best google could find in first three hits and official homepage (i think ) -->
*[[W:KDE|KDE]]
*[[W:Linux kernel|Linux]] <!-- I'm assuming they ment the kernal, because otherwise that would include almost everything listed here. -->
*[[W:MPlayer|MPlayer]]
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*[[W:MySQL|MySQL]]
*[[W:OpenBSD|OpenBSD]]
*[[W:OpenLDAP|OpenLDAP]]
*[[W:OpenSSH|OpenSSH]]
*[[W:OpenSSL|OpenSSL]]
*[[W:OpenVPN|OpenVPN]]
*[[W:ProFTPd|ProFTPd]]
*[[W:Qt (toolkit)|QT toolkit]]
*[[W:Samba software|Samba]]
*[[W:Squid cache|Squid]]
*[[W:Tcl|Tcl]]
*[[W:Tk (computing)|Tk]]
*wxGtk
*[[W:Xine|xine]]
*[[W:XMMS|XMMS]]
*[[W:Xpdf|Xpdf]]
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The U.S. Department of [[w:Homeland Security|Homeland Security]] has dedicated $1.24 million in funding in its effort to protect [[w:open-source|open-source]] software. [[w:Stanford University|Stanford University]], Coverity and [[w:Symantec|Symantec]] have all taken up the challenge to perform daily scans of code, hunting for security bugs. An automated system to achieve this search will be in place by March '06.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.com.com/Homeland+Security+helps+secure+open-source+code/2100-1002_3-6025579.html
|title= Homeland Security helps secure open-source code
|author= Joris Evers 
|pub= CNET_News.com
|date=01/10/06}}

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[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Computing]]
[[Category:FLOSS]]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:North America]]
List of Open source software targeted:

*AbiWord
*Apache
*Berkeley DB
*BIND
*Ethereal
*Firebird
*Mozilla Firefox
*FreeBSD
*Gaim
*GIMP
*Gtk+
*Icecast
* Inetutils 
*KDE
*Linux 
*MPlayer


*MySQL
*OpenBSD
*OpenLDAP
*OpenSSH
*OpenSSL
*OpenVPN
*ProFTPd
*QT toolkit
*Samba
*Squid
*Tcl
*Tk
*wxGtk
*xine
*XMMS
*Xpdf


The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has dedicated $1.24 million in funding in its effort to protect open-source software. Stanford University, Coverity and Symantec have all taken up the challenge to perform daily scans of code, hunting for security bugs. An automated system to achieve this search will be in place by March '06.
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