[IP] what a way to get more reliable software!!!!

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 16:59:06 -0700
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Subject: Edupage, November 08, 2002

GOVERNMENT CONTRACT SUPPORTS SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
As part of the Software Protection Initiative (SPI), the Air Force
Research Laboratory has awarded a $1.8 million contract to Network
Associates to conduct several studies into ways of developing highly
secure software. Among the projects included in the contract is one
that will focus on developing software that is protected from
reverse-engineering. Although the goal of the SPI is to develop
technologies for government use, analysts said the results could make
their way into commercial software and the private sector. Charles
Kolodgy of IDC said restricting reverse-engineering is a double-edged
sword because many software vulnerabilities are discovered by consumer
groups that reverse-engineer applications.
ComputerWorld, 7 November 2002
http://www.idg.net/ic_962569_1794_9-10000.html

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