Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter

Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter
Steven Bonisteel, Newsbytes 2002-02-01

Scott Charney led '90s-era hacker crackdown

Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter - Ooo, Ahhhh 2002-02-01
Andy Wood

Typical MS.....Anything NOT to fix their products!! Maybe if good 'ol MS had placed security first many years ago instead of concentrating on puttin? a hurting the likes of Links and Intuit by giving away their cheap imitations they wouldn?t have to worry about making people behave.

If I bou...

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Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-02
Anthony Teelucksingh (teelucksingh (at) yahoo (dot) com [email concealed])

Scott is a lawyer, not an engineer. I'm a lawyer and an engineer. No doubt he can help with MS's internal security systems (at the very least, he could add some legal talent that's desperately needed judging from MS's disastrous efforts in court), but I don't see how Scott can help build better so...

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Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-02
J. J. Horner

One would think from this that Microsoft's focus will not be making software more secure, but prosecuting those who find the vulnerabilities. Why use someone with his experience for anything else? If he has to experience in making things more secure, it seems Microsoft still wants to take a reacti...

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Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-03
A Nony Mouse

Scott may be a great guy. He might even be able to walk on water. Unfortunately for Scott, he is likely to be spending most of his time tracking down people that break into MS servers. How could anyone expect one man - however brilliant he may be - to change the whole mindset of Microsoft's progr...

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Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-04
Anonymous

Is it ironic that the new security chief for msft starts on april 1st?...

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Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-04
Anonymous

Well, I'm still going to suspend judgement. I initially thought they (Bill) were quite serious and had really decided to make a genuine effort. It's easy to be cynical, so I decided, perhaps wishfully, to give them the benefit of the doubt. I admit that this initial step doesn't sound promising, as ...

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Conspiracy: Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-05
Anonymous (1 replies)

Scott Charney from the DOJ? I wonder if Microsoft have a hidden agenda with this new addition to their team. Maybe Scott can help smooth things over with the DOJ and the current litigation. How many more DOJ employees will Microsoft have to get to make this go away?...

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Conspiracy: Microsoft's New Security Chief Was Hacker Hunter 2002-02-05
Anonymous

I second that. Who knows, they might get GWB to take care of their bugdet? because we all know he is doing such a _great_ job....

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