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- Yesterday36 min
F-Droid the open app store with Hans
Josh talks to Hans-Christoph Steiner about F-Droid, the Free and Open Source Android App Repository. The way F-Droid works looks a lot like a Linux distribution which has some interesting security challenges, but also some great security benefits. Hans walks us through the current state of open app repositories and also what the future currently looks like. There are more open phones than ever before, but there are also more challenges than ever before. Hans breaks it all down in an easy to understand way. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-05-fdroid-hans-steiner/
- 1 weeks ago38 min
Open source is critical infrastructure with Kat Cosgrove
Josh talks to Kat Cosgrove about a how companies should be treating open source more like their critical infrastructure than free stuff. Kat has a ton of knowledge about how the interactions between companies and open source communities can work well, or not work at all. Kat's time on the Kubernetes Release Team. We touch on how a project like Kubernetes is super successful, while another, Ingress NGINX, was not. It's a super insightful discussion with a ton of lessons and advice for everyone. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-05-open-source-infrastructure-kat/
- 2 weeks ago34 min
How to actually test a disaster plan with David Bernstein
Josh and David finish up the disaster recovery and emergency planning trilogy. In this one David tells us how to test the plan he told us how to build in the last episode. There are some great ideas in this one about how to test the process not the people. How to construct the plan, and even some tips to go from a plan to some actual real world testing. It's another episode filled with great and practical advice. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-05-testing-the-plan-david-bernstein/
- 3 weeks ago34 min
Open Source Pledge with Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
Josh has a discussion with Vlad-Stefan Harbuz about the Open Source Pledge as well as his recent FOSDEM talk. The Open Source Pledge is all about trying to build a sustainable universe for open source maintainers. This ties into Vlad's FOSDEM talk which was all about the challenge of just knowing what open source you are using. The importance of trying to make open source sustainable is a really important topic, but it's also a really hard topic. Vlad helps explain all of this as well as some ideas for the solving this in the future. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-04-open-source-pledge-vlad/
- 4 weeks ago39 min
Building a plan for disaster with David Bernstein
Josh welcomes back David Bernstein to talk about creating a disaster recover plan. It's a very timely topic given all the current events. There are more supply chain attacks and compromises than ever before. There are some great resources for this planning, but as David tells us, it's really not that hard to put some plans together. It's easy to over-plan, David gives some great tips on getting started with our planning for an eventual incident. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-04-disaster-planning-david-bernstein/
- Apr 13, 202638 min
Open Source Malware with Paul McCarty
Josh talks to Paul McCarty of Open Source Malware about ... open source malware. Paul explains why there aren't many good open source malware datasets. We discuss why the existing data is lacking for many use cases. We of course touch on AI and the malware in skills problems and challenges. It's a fun discussion with a lot of new and interesting problems we all have to deal with. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-04-open-source-malware-paul-mccarty/
- Apr 6, 202636 min
Package management challenges with Andrew Nesbitt
Josh welcomes back Andrew Nesbitt to discuss some recent blog posts he wrote about the challenges of new ecosystems as well as challenges of no ecosystems like C. There aren't very many people who look at multiple ecosystems in the way Andrew does. He has thoughts on why it's so hard to create a new ecosystem as well as some of the reasons we don't see a C language ecosystem. Andrew has a ton of interesting ideas and insight for us about both existing, new, and nonexistent ecosystems. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-04-ecosystems-andrew/
- Mar 30, 202642 min
Open Source Security at scale with Michael Winser
Josh talks to Michael Winser about a talk he gave at FOSDEM as well as his work on Alpha Omega at the Linux Foundation. Michael is approaching open source security in a way that nobody has ever tried before. What if we could fund some really big, really hard projects? It's not cheap or easy, but he's getting it done. We spend a lot of the time discussing package registries, which are a huge topic. Michael is doing some amazing work helping package registries which is the first step in a very long journey. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-03-michael-winser/
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