Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:30:27 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Chip McClure <vhm3@hades.gigguardian.com>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /.: Microsoft Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source Message-ID: <20020522083027.GB4265@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <3CEB381B.AB516BBC@mindspring.com> References: <20020521180055.D98860-100000@hades.gigguardian.com> <3CEB381B.AB516BBC@mindspring.com>
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On 2002-05-21 23:18, Terry Lambert wrote: > I find it all incredibly amusing. > > If someone figures out how to exploit the bug, now that it's > been "mentioned", then... > > Microsoft was right: disclosure results in exploits, > and the source code is the most blatant possible > disclosure > > If someone doesn't figure out how to exploit the bug, now that > it's been "mentioned", then... > > Microsoft was right: it's only the non-publication > of the source code itself which has saved us all > > Heads, I win, tails, you lose. Nah, there's a long history of bugs being discovered by `users' who didn't have any access to the source code. Admittedly, some of them had access to assemblers, disassemblers, and similar tools, but hey that's not the source, is it? :) -- Giorgos Keramidas - http://www.FreeBSD.org keramida@FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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