Companies Back Initiative to Support OpenSSL and Other Open-Source Projects | Linux Today

Companies Back Initiative to Support OpenSSL and Other Open-Source Projects

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 24, 2014

The nonprofit Linux Foundation and more than a dozen prominent technology companies are to announce an initiative on Thursday to fund crucial open-source projects.

Chief among those projects will be OpenSSL, the Internet security method used by millions of web servers and Internet-connected devices. Researchers recently discovered a major flaw in OpenSSL that they called Heartbleed.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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