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RATS - Security auditing tool for source code

RATS, the Rough Auditing Tool for Security, is a security auditing utility for C, C++, Python, Perl and PHP code. RATS scans source code, finding potentially dangerous function calls. The goal of this project is not to definitively find bugs, but to provide a reasonable starting point for performing manual security audits.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://securesoftware.com/rats.php
Source tarballhttp://securesoftware.com/rats/rats-2.1.tar.gz
Version 2.1 (stable) released on 2002-11-14
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Support contacts

Help List<rats@securesw.com>
Developer List<rats@securesw.com>
Bug List<rats@securesw.com>

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
  • Secure Software Solutions (http://www.securesw.com/)
Sponsors
  • DARPA

Related information

Interfacescommand line
Source languagesC
Use requirementsexpat
Build prerequisitesexpat
Related programsFlawfinder

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-09-09
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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