Open Core Initiative Promises Millions of Dollars for Open Source Security

Posted by Mcusanelli on Apr 28, 2014 3:41 PM EDT
The VAR Guy; By Chris Tozzi
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The Linux Foundation, along with channel partners, have launched the Open Core Initiative to improve the security of open source projects such as OpenSSL. The Heartbleed fiasco is doing little to promote confidence in the open source mantra that "many eyes make all bugs shallow." But it has spawned a new multimillion-dollar undertaking, called the Core Infrastructure Initiative, which the Linux Foundation and a slew of industry partners say will help improve security in OpenSSL and other key open source projects going forward.

The Heartbleed fiasco is doing little to promote confidence in the open source mantra that "many eyes make all bugs shallow." But it has spawned a new multimillion-dollar undertaking, called the Core Infrastructure Initiative, which the Linux Foundation and a slew of industry partners say will help improve security in OpenSSL and other key open source projects going forward.

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