Major Tech Companies Form Anti-Heartbleed Initiative
An offshoot of Linux Foundation, the Heartbleed initiative will "fund open-source projects that are in the critical path for core computing functions."
Dozens of tech companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft have formed the Core Infrastructure Initiative to prevent another Heartbleed bug, a serious vulnerability in the widely-used OpenSSL and a major threat to cybersecurity.
The companies are making an initial commitment of $100,000 per year for the next three years (for a total of over $4 million). An offshoot of Linux Foundation, the initiative will “fund open-source projects that are in the critical path for core computing functions.”
The steering group will work with an advisory board of esteemed open source developers to identify and fund open source projects in need.
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