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Can anyone speculate as to why the NSA decided to release this? Have they released any OSS in the past?
by J253 8y ago
Can anyone speculate as to why the NSA decided to release this? Have they released any OSS in the past?
- noidea_ 8y agoYes they have. Their biggest effort to date is SELinux: https://github.com/SELinuxProject https://github.com/SELinuxProject If you run Linux, you likely have NSA OSS on your machine. You can find their public GitHub profile at: https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency
- pcnix 8y agoThe seem to do a good amount of OSS work, and from looking at their github page, they have pretty active development on some projects going on.
- MileyCyrax 8y agoFrom https://published-prd.lanyonevents.com/published/rsaus19/sessionsFiles/13678/PNG-T09-Come-Get-Your-Free-NSA-Reverse-Engineering-Tool%21.pdf https://published-prd.lanyonevents.com/published/rsaus19/ses... (page 7): >Why Did We Release Ghidra? > * Improve cybersecurity tools > * Build a community > * Educational Use > * Your tax dollars at work
- whiskeykilo 8y agoI suspect they're just trying to expand US cyber capabilities and recruiting. “If I go to the next capture-the-flag contest and I see some college students using Ghidra, I will be really excited” - Rob Joyce, senior cybersecurity adviser at NSA Source: https://www.cyberscoop.com/ghidra-nsa-tool-public/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/ghidra-nsa-tool-public/