<s>
Open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
security	I-Application
is	O
the	O
measure	O
of	O
assurance	O
or	O
guarantee	O
in	O
the	O
freedom	O
from	O
danger	O
and	O
risk	O
inherent	O
to	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
forces	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
accept	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
security	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
vendor	O
is	O
willing	O
to	O
deliver	O
and	O
to	O
accept	O
the	O
rate	O
that	O
patches	O
and	O
updates	O
are	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Poisson	O
process	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
measure	O
the	O
rates	O
at	O
which	O
different	O
people	O
find	O
security	O
flaws	O
between	O
open	O
and	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
comparing	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
projects	O
a	O
star	O
system	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
analyze	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
similar	O
to	O
how	O
Morningstar	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
rates	O
mutual	O
funds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coverity	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Stanford	O
University	O
has	O
established	O
a	O
new	O
baseline	O
for	O
open-source	B-Application
quality	O
and	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
analyzed	O
by	O
Coverity	O
's	O
Scan	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
representatives	O
from	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
have	O
come	O
forward	O
for	O
the	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
projects	O
include	O
:	O
AMANDA	O
,	O
ntp	O
,	O
OpenPAM	B-Application
,	O
OpenVPN	B-Language
,	O
Overdose	O
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Postfix	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Samba	B-Language
,	O
and	O
tcl	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
podcasts	O
cover	O
Open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
security	I-Application
:	O
</s>
