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bmitch3020today at 12:35 AM1 replyview on HN

> If corporations that rely on OSS libraries spend to secure them with tokens, it’s likely going to be more secure than your budget allows.

That's a really big "if". Particularly since so many companies don't even know all of the OSS they are using, and they often use OSS to offload the cost of maintaining it themselves.

My hope is when the dust settles, we see more OSS SAST tools that are much better at detecting vulnerabilities. And even better if they can recommend fixes. OSS developers don't care about a 20 point chained attack across a company network, they just want to secure their one app. And if that app is hardened, perhaps that's the one link of the chain the attackers can't get past.


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NegativeKtoday at 2:11 AM

> Particularly since so many companies don't even know all of the OSS they are using, and they often use OSS to offload the cost of maintaining it themselves.

Companies that market to the EU are going to need to find out real fast.