, SecurityFocus 2004-01-30
Two years after its hopeful launch, a U.S.-backed research project aimed at drawing skilled eyeballs to the thankless task of open-source security auditing is prepared to throw in the towel.
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DARPA-funded Linux security hub withers
2004-02-02
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
I believe someone else that posted here was right: They took the money and ran. Why else would they not have been pounding the newsgroups and linux web based publications looking for volunteers? And why didn't any of them audit any code? If they had found just one or two problems and posted them, it would have raised awareness of the project and garnered at least a few volunteers.
Leave it to the government to fund someone that doesn't have a clue and not check back in for progress.
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