Should we do the same for the engineers who wrote Sendmail, Apache, OpenSSH, etc, etc.?
I enjoy a little MS bashing as much as the next guy but everybody makes mistakes. The problem is with MS attitude towards efficient/effective patching as well as users who don't know jack about security. The average *nix user tends to be much more technically proficient in OS managment because usually you have to be. On Wednesday 05 November 2003 10:05 am, Eric Bowser wrote: > What about a bounty for the original engineer who wrote the flawed OS > components? > > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 10:02, Vic Vandal wrote: > > M$ is offering $250K for info leading to the arrest of those > > who released Blaster and/or Sobig. See the details here: > > http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5102110.html?tag=nefd_top > > > > One outcome of this will be severely limiting bragging about > > pulling off such sploits. > > And one would think those actually guilty should be real busy > > right now erasing any/all evidence (that they didn't take care > > of long ago). > > > > Maybe M$ should put out a bounty for reporting bugs in their > > crappy software without going public instead. That might be > > more effective. > > > > Peace, > > Vic > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html -- Patrick Dolan UNT Computing and Information Technology Center PGP ID: E5571154 Primary key fingerprint: 5681 25E4 6BE6 298E 9CF0 6F8D B13B 2456 E557 1154 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
