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Green Hills Software strikes againGreen Hills Software strikes againPosted May 4, 2004 14:36 UTC (Tue) by maney (subscriber, #12630)Parent article: Green Hills Software strikes again Our enemies will be able to study the vulnerabilites [sic] [in open source code]... This is based on the misconception that looking at the source code is an effective means of finding vulnerabilities, which it is not. I've lost count. Is this non-sequiter two for Green Hills, or have they gone down swinging already?
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Green Hills Software strikes again Posted May 4, 2004 16:36 UTC (Tue) by rickfdd (guest, #4519) [Link] Nevermind that when Microsoft started their government shared source program the first three entitites to sign up were...
Green Hills Software strikes again Posted May 5, 2004 1:31 UTC (Wed) by fLameDogg (guest, #11305) [Link] LOL. That's precious. I'd call that a very foul tip indeed.
Green Hills Software strikes again Posted May 6, 2004 8:57 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link] The logic is clear: Posting the source allows the enemy to find vulnerabilities in it, and exploit those. It does not, however allow your own people, or your friends to do the same thing.Furthermore, this rises the question; if it's inefficient to fix bugs by looking at, and making changes to, the sourcecode, then how exactly are you supposed to do it ?
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