[luau] News - Microsoft's Palladium threatens to send Linux and Open Source into exile

Warren Togami warren at togami.com
Fri Jul 19 09:10:01 PDT 2002


Along with the CBDTPA bill in Congress, Palladium stands as a threat to Open
Source Software in the name of "safety".

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
--Benjamin Franklin, 1759

http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/96

 "While open-source software's reputation for security has taken a hit
lately, Microsoft's Palladium presents itself as an opportunity to improve
security by eliminating entire classes of potential exploits. However,
Palladium cannot protect us from most security threats -- and its aim may be
to eliminate open source software on commodity hardware. Read on:
http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/96."




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