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NSA: Open Source Provides Extreme Security at Lower Cost

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Matt Asay
Oct 9, 2008

“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.”

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