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Is this really surprising? Most big/old corporations already require the same level of scrutiny when auditing a new piece of security software, so it really is
by holtalanm 9y ago
Is this really surprising? Most big/old corporations already require the same level of scrutiny when auditing a new piece of security software, so it really isn't that shocking to hear of a _government_ requesting the same thing.
Hell, most corporations require high scrutiny for _any_ software, let alone security software.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoIt's surprising to the people here. If this were a forum for tech workers for banks and defense contractors it would be a different story.
- holtalanm 9y agoI worked with an international shipping insurance company for a little while as a QA tester (contracted). They required almost this level of scrutiny for just testing software.
- e12e 9y agoI'm reminded of Microsoft giving access to source code to certain clients for code review: "Microsoft lets EU governments inspect source code for security issues" [2015]: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2931212/microsoft-lets-eu-governments-inspect-source-code-for-security-issues.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2931212/microsoft-lets-eu-gov... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/ I wonder how people think you get military clients without allowing deep inspection of the product? Oh, yeah, sure just hook your "super secure, rushed-to-market black box" on the same network as our cruise missile targeting systems. We trust you.