It's common with many large organizations as well. Commonly referred to as "source code escrow". Google it.
(Typically it takes a big company or a government to have the necessary clout to make this happen.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Huge Security Breach At Security Firm Symantec No Threat To Consumers, Analyst Says | Fox News I would guess to meet their militaries requirements for security/safety Symantec had to provide it. I would expect that is a pretty standard practice across most governments. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 3:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Huge Security Breach At Security Firm Symantec No Threat To Consumers, Analyst Says | Fox News On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate to defend Symantec, but the breach wasn't Symantec's. More info here: > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/symantec-source-code-leaked/ Okay, do we know why India's military intelligence agency had Symantec's source code? The article says, "We have ... source codes of a dozen software companies which have signed agreements with Indian TANCS programme and CBI." Are they trying to say Symantec had a source code sharing agreement with the Indians? If this just means India stole Symantec's code first, that's not better. :) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
