On 30/10/01, Adam Lazur wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2001-10-30
> Severity: wishlist
> * Package name : flawfinder
> Version : 0.17
> Upstream Author : David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
> * URL : http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder/
> * License : GPL v2
> Description : examines source code and look for security weaknesses
> Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential
> security flaws, ranking them by likeley severity.
> .
> Flawfinder intentionally works similarly to another program, ITS4,
> which is not open source.
Would you mind explaining in which aspects it differs from rats, which
is already packaged for debian? At least both offer to scan sources for
potential dangerous function calls or other security flaws. So knowing
about the difference would be great and helpful.
Christian
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