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| <h2> Response To The French Ministry of Defence Report Leak </h2> |
| <p>2006-07-20</p> |
| <p>There has been comment in the media about a report on a French language |
| website: "Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index" |
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| <p>The <a href="http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39362096,00.htm">ZDNet article</a> claims to describe the proceedings of a confidential |
| meeting within the French public administration. It is not appropriate for |
| the OpenOffice.org community to comment on a leak from a private meeting. |
| However, one of the people mentioned in the article, Eric Filiol, has |
| posted two replies to the online article clarifying the purpose of the |
| research and correcting some of the incorrect conclusions in the original |
| article.</p> |
| <p>The OpenOffice.org office suite is being widely adopted within the French |
| public administration, and the OpenOffice.org community has been working |
| closely with the departments involved. OpenOffice.org is pleased that its |
| source code is being scrutinised by the most important and respected |
| department of security in France.</p> |
| <p>If security vulnerabilities are suspected, there is a well defined |
| procedure within the IT industry for reporting, analysing, and resolving |
| any issues, which aims to minimise any public announcement (and the |
| resulting creation of exploits) until fixes are available.</p> |
| <p>The OpenOffice.org community confirms it regards security as of the |
| highest importance and will react immediately to any security issues |
| reported by the French public adminstration or other competent bodies or |
| individuals.</p> |
| <p>-The OpenOffice.org Team </p> |
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