![]() During the week, security professionals found that other open source security tools received similar treatment, including the wireless-scanning tool Wireshark and the penetration-testing tool Metasploit. Last week, well-known security researcher Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon, creator of the popular NMap port-scanning tool, took Cnet to task for wrapping the installation of the tool in an installer that would also place a sponsored utility on the user's systems. No wonder then that CBS Interactive subsidiary Cnet ran into problems when security researchers found that unwanted toolbars and thinly veiled marketing utilities were being pushed on people who downloaded popular open source tools and other software. Programmers have a strong sense of ownership for the software they create. ![]()
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