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Algorithmic compexity attacksAlgorithmic compexity attacksPosted Jun 5, 2003 10:12 UTC (Thu) by shane (subscriber, #3335)Parent article: Algorithmic compexity attacks "In the longer term, of course, the situation may reverse itself; the vulnerabilities in free programs will have been found and fixed, while those in proprietary code lurk on, waiting for an exploit to be developed." This is certainly true. Claims of those who favor software patents notwithstanding, a skilled software developer can make a pretty good guess what algorithms are used for what purposes in an application - in the same way that one can guess where buffer overflows are likely to be a problem in programs. While having the source available makes it easier, it is not required.
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