Contests challenge Mac OS X security

Contests challenge Mac OS X security
Robert Lemos, 2006-03-07

Contests challenge Mac OS X security 2006-03-07
j^2

I think that this displays not a lack in disclosure by the original contest, but a real lack of understanding and a need for "the big story" by many news outlets. Very rarely in today's news do you ever see a security story (especially on a CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc.) that full discloses and/or comprehe...

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It's about time... 2006-03-07
Penguinisto

No home user in their right mind gives out SSH logins to every passing schmuck who asks for one (few would even know how) - this made the so-called 'challenge' from Sweden flawed beyond belief.

While this challence from Wisconsin does open mroe than most home users do (web services and a couple ...

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Contests challenge Mac OS X security 2006-03-08
infamous41md (1 replies)

Who is going to waste their 0day on this crap?...

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Re: Contests challenge Mac OS X security 2006-03-08
Penguinisto (1 replies)

...bragging rights?

After all, if OSX is soooo full of holes, what's one or two wasted? ;)...

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Re: Re: Contests challenge Mac OS X security 2006-03-09
Anonymous (1 replies)

Everything is full of holes, but bragging rights < $$$$ for most....

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Re: Re: Re: Contests challenge Mac OS X security 2006-03-09
Penguinisto (1 replies)

"full of holes"? Ah, so easy to say, so hard to prove ;)

I won't discount the fact that all OSes have holes in them, but compared to most, OSX seems to have so few by comparison...

Oh, and bragging rights can easily == $$$$ if one is polishing a 'resume' - at least as the concept of a resume...

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Contests challenge Mac OS X security 2006-03-10
infamous41md

That last comment was me btw, forgot to add my name. Yea everything has holes just waiting to be discovered. The number of times that I have audited a package and found not a single bug could be counted on a single hand. Relatively few have been auditing OSX kernel code, that's why there are few ...

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