DHS finds flaws in 180 open source software projects
 

*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/DHS_...s/1200003935)*
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Is Linux and open source software really more 'secure' than commercial software products? Maybe, yet maybe not. The US Dept. of Homeland Security and two research partners have now detected significant flaws in Samba, Python, Perl, and about 180 other open source projects -- but fixes are on the way.

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