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Jan 11 2008 2:17AM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Open source, Programming, Security
Overheard: One security glitch per 1,000 lines of code
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Open source, Programming, Security
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A US Department of Homeland Security bug-fixing scheme has uncovered an average of one security glitch per 1,000 lines of code in 180 widely used open source software projects.
Matthew Broersma, Open Source Security Bugs Uncovered |
The program, called the Open Source Hardening Project, is sponsored by the DHS and carried out by Coverity and Stanford University. Launched in March 2006, the US$300,000 project was initially launched to review the code of 180 open source software projects frequently used by developers of government websites and application developers.
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