Reverse engineering patches making disclosure a moot choice?

Reverse engineering patches making disclosure a moot choice?
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-07-01

When Microsoft released limited information on a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer last month, reverse engineer Halvar Flake decided to dig deeper.

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Reverse engineering patches making disclosure a moot choice? 2005-07-06
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Reverse engineering patches making disclosure a moot choice? 2005-07-08
Anonymous

Write code correctly the first time 2005-07-07
Karen (1 replies)

Re: Write code correctly the first time 2005-07-11
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Re: Re: Write code correctly the first time? 2005-07-12
David (1 replies)

Perfect code will be written as soon as we have perfect people. Till then, there will be flaws and patches. As people write more secure code, the attacks will only become more complex. "Secure enough" depends on where you draw the line, perhaps using a cost-benefit analysis.

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Re: Re: Re: Write code correctly the first time? 2005-10-14
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