A foundation dedicated to providing open source solutions to colleges and universities has experienced tremendous growth.
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One online trading firm has seen tremendous success by leveraging open source trading tools
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Why are some developers hesitant to use OSS, or hesitant to admit they use it? Read the top 10 excuses and answers that I hope will convince you otherwise
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The truth is you have to be smart about OSS. You have to understand why it’s important to know where it came from, how it’s licensed, and how to use it to lower your risks
Read More »The OpenSSL Heartbleed issue was a simple mistake with very large consequences
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[Update – read this post to see how Klocwork finds the bug] By now, you’ve heard about the OpenSSL flaw that’s capturing the attention of anyone in the world that’s remotely connected with security. Known as “Heartbleed”, this vulnerability allows any enterprising individual to access memory within systems protected by certain versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. By accessing memory without authorization, data that you and your end-users care about, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers, are potentially exposed. Given that Netcraft reports that nearly 66% of websites around the world use some
Read More »This will outline three options available that technical teams and management are likely to consider before diving in to a new (or existing) open source software initiative
Read More »There is a wide array of issues from legal to security to code quality. Let's dive into some of the issues that surround the open source community
Read More »Nearly every company writing software uses open source software (OSS) to some degree, but not every company does a good job of governing that usage
Read More »A well-designed governance policy will encourage the use of OSS while simultaneously protecting intellectual property and maintaining license compliance
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What you need to know about the latest ransomware attack targeting GitHub source code...
A discussion of the computational procedures for optimization and parameter estimation for the generalized criterion functions. ...
An introduction to implementing SSL in Apache Tomcat and configuring your proxy to use SSL when connecting to ensure end-to-end encryption...
