All systems go for validation of updated OpenSSL module
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| Weathersby says the OSSI has reason to believe the complaints came from
| proprietary vendors hoping to initiate a FUD campaign that would create doubt
| in the minds of government agencies who were considering using OpenSSL as a
| data exchange solution.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/119134
What a nice world we live in.
Microsoft's Top 10 Reasons Not to GAPE
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| We love Microsoft FUD so much, it's getting full-court treatment, today. We
| present Microsoft's unedited FUD against Google Apps (with comments, of
| course).
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/microsofts_top_10_reasons_not_to_gape.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2k3gc9
Related:
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| "After a long and arduous journey that included a suspended validation last
| year .. OpenSSL has regained its FIPS 140-2 validation"
|
| "We called it the FUD campaign," he says. "There were all kinds of
| complaints sent to the CMVP including one about 'Commie code.' .. Silly or
| no, each complaint that's filed really slows down the process."
|
| "the ones they did see often contained redacted, or blacked-out, data about
| who had filed the complaint .. in some cases, proprietary software vendors
| were lodging the complaints.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/08/1935232
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| From w-carrin Mon Oct 15 12:18:05 1990
| To: bradsi
| Subject: Getting the word out about DR DOS
| Cc: kathrynh; russw
| Date: Mon Oct 15 12:09:08 1990
|
| Concerns have been raised that DR-DOS incompatibilities and flaws are
| being overlooked by reviewers.
|
| ..
|
| We recommend that we informally plant the bug of FUD in their ears.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| "Have you heard about problems with DR DOS?"
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0425.pdf
FCC ignores more than 100 years of wisdom
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| In 1883 French cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs published a set of six
| design principles for military encryption systems. The second of these
| principles is generally known today under the observation that security
| through obscurity is not security. The Federal Communications Commission
| (FCC) seems not to have read the history books or to be aware of how its
| sister federal agencies develop security standards....
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http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E1800257313005EC092
The FCC, FOSS, and software radios: a mixed bag
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| After studying the new rules -- published in the Federal Register last month
| and taking effect today -- the SFLC concluded that the laws are not
| FOSS-restrictive because they "apply to hardware manufacturers who distribute
| SDR devices, regardless if they use FOSS in them or not." And the Center says
| that since the rules specifically mention the GNU/Linux operating system, the
| FCC is actually acknowledging the importance of open source.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/116769
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