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  • Open-source group plugs three holes

    An open-source group that maintains software for securing communications released a patch on Tuesday to fix several vulnerabilities that were found during a security test by the U.K. government.

  • More flaws foul security of open-source repository

    Security researchers have found at least six more flaws in the open-software world's most popular program for maintaining code under development.

  • Building trust into open source

    In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call, following revelations of three widespread flaws.

  • Special report: open source and security--safe or sorry?

    Recent findings suggest that open-source advocates' boastings of superior security over proprietary software were premature. Now the open-source community must conduct its own 'trustworthy' campaign.

  • Hackers cut off SCO Web site

    Over the weekend, a denial-of-service attack took down the Web site of The SCO Group, which is caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community over the company's legal campaign against Linux.

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  • Special report: open source and security--safe or sorry?

    Recent findings suggest that open-source advocates' boastings of superior security over proprietary software were premature. Now the open-source community must conduct its own 'trustworthy' campaign.

  • New Apache release patches holes

    The Apache Software Foundation unveils a new version of its market-leading Web server software, primarily to patch previously undisclosed security vulnerabilities.

  • The future looks PHPerfect

    With versions on most Web platforms, a library of databases and Web/XML services, PHP may be the next-generation Web language for your network.

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