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BlackHat 2002: The White House and Free Software Will Guide the Industry (Linux Journal)
Linux Journal reports from
BlackHat 2002. "A focus on security is necessary, but can the
government and the Free Software and Open Source communities agree on
what that means? For the first time since the September 11th attacks,
one of the foremost computer security conventions took place: BlackHat
2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The American government embraced the occasion
as an opportunity to show the new direction they want to take for dealing
with security in cyberspace. Their new approach involves cooperation with
the industry, because the next major strike of terrorism very well could
be through cyberspace. And any attack on our society could be
severe. Fortunately, a lot of progress is being made in the field of
security, and a lot of that innovation is coming from the Open Source and
Free Software communities. When it comes to issues of security, however,
many governments have yet to find a good way to deal with free and
open-source software."
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