Raided Firm's Software Checks Out (Wired)
[Posted December 10, 2002 by ris]
Wired
covers
a company called Ptech, a Massachusetts technology firm U.S. federal agents
suspected might be linked to terrorist groups. "
Some said the Ptech
incident proves that government should rely on open-source software. "This
is exactly why open-source software advocates promote open code, to allow
peer review and preclude such things from happening," said security
consultant Richard Forno. "It works for both a security and operational
stability benefit.""
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