:NSA: Open Source Provides Extreme Security at Lower Cost
NSA: Open Source Provides Extreme Security at Lower Cost Oct 9, 2008, 13 :05 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (2027 reads) (Other stories by Matt Asay)
"For those that continue to cling to the principle that security is best achieved through obscurity, the US' most secretive agency has a response: open source is better.
"The unprecedented release of the project into the open source community aims to demonstrate how highly secure software can be developed cost-effectively, improving industrial practice and providing a starting point for teaching and academic research."
