NSA Offers Open Source Infosec Tools

L.Jenkins

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/406509,nsa-releases-linux-based-open-source-infosec-tool.aspx

The US National Security Agency has offered up one of its cyber security tools for government departments and the private sector to use freely to help beef up their security and counter threats. The systems integrity management platform - SIMP - was released to the code repository GitHub over the weekend.

Read more: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/406509,nsa-offers-cybersecurity-tool-to-businesses.aspx#ixzz3g2vC4GMF

I'm not so sure if I'd be inclined to go near it, without tearing the code apart and having a good look at it first. I'd be skeptical of any security tool being released to the public after the HT incident, especially if it's the NSA making the offer.

Khannie

I think if they're releasing something to the public for scrutiny that's positive. It's very easy to hide nasty code however. There's an annual competition for it and the winners are, tbh, frightening.

So...in the end: I'm not sure where I stand.

L.Jenkins

The only way to know for sure, is to download the project and go through it, something I 'might' do this weekend.