Tag: Source Linux

OpenSSL Set For Major Security Audit

A team of security consultants is set to undertake a major independent audit of OpenSSL as part of a multi-million dollar initiative by the Linux Foundation to improve the security and stability of core open source projects. Cryptography Services – which comprises experts from NCC Group, iSEC Partners, Matasano, and Intrepidus Group – announced the…

Funds Flow in for GnuPG Author After Article Reveals His Plight

On Thursday ProPublica published the frustrating tale of Werner Koch, the one guy – yes really – who’s maintaining the extremely widely-used Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) software that people use to encrypt their email messages and digitally authenticate downloadable programs such as the Tor Browser. As the article revealed, Germany-based Koch was raising around ,000…