(Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team) A membership organization launched in 2008 that provides security guidance to Linux distributors and other open source projects. With financial assistance from Google, oCERT helps both small and large open source developers discover potential security vulnerabilities and track their usage. For more information, visit www.ocert.org. See CERT.
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- Google launches CERT for open source
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- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Google launches CERT for open source
- Google on Tuesday detailed plans for oCERT, a volunteer workforce that will remediate security issues in open source applications. The move makes a ton of sense. Community driven software can have bugs and plenty of folks to find these vulnerabilities. The problem: There's no central group to...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
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- Blog posts 2008-05-06
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