[NTLUG:Discuss] Hidden Malware in offshore products raisesconcerns

[Tom Adelstein]

Steve <steve at cyberianhamster.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 12:49, Tom Tumelty wrote:
>> Interesting link regarding software from offshore :
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>> Hidden malware in offshore products raises concerns
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>Not sure what the point of the article is though. It's not like I'm
>going to trust code from somebody in the U.S. any more or less than a
>code from somebody in India. Process and working with people you trust
>>> geography. Linux kernel does pretty well for software from offshore.
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I don't think that's the point at all.

I wish more people understood the issues. They don't and won't.

The Chinese understand it and that's why they compile everything themselves and have their own official Linux. 

Americans have little to no understanding of the risks and perils associated with people doing software offshore.

At OSSI, we can't even bring a non-citizen anywhere near a project. 

-- 
Tom Adelstein


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