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Sourcefire Launches Razorback Open Source Security Framework PDF Print E-mail

Officially called the Razorback Framework, the new open source technology aims to collect information from multiple sources across an enterprise and then correlate that information to help IT administrators mount a more effective defense. Razorback is being licensed under the GPLv2 open source license.

 

 

 

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Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss Open Core PDF Print E-mail

All open source projects are managed by the interests of those developers and maintainers in charge of the project. When a commercial entity is heavily involved or in control of an open source project, there is little to no chance that commercial interests will not dictate the direction of the project.

 

 

 

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Open source hack aids mobile phone snooping PDF Print E-mail

Occasional freelance security expert and hacker Chris Paget built the system for less than $1,000. That was spent on the hardware required to break GSM phones. The rest of his hack used only open source software that is of course freely available to anyone with an Internet connection.

 

 

 

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Open-source Lustre gets supercomputing nod PDF Print E-mail

A new start-up called Whamcloud is coming out of stealth mode Wednesday with $10 million in private funding and a notion to disrupt the often academic world of supercomputing by leveraging the Lustre open-source project.

 

 

 

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OpenSSO, Neglected by Oracle, Gets Second Life PDF Print E-mail

Oracle continues to display a page on its Web site for OpenSSO, though it has removed the free downloadable version of the product. The company has not made any announcements about future releases of the software, and did not respond to a request for comment.

 

 

 

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