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It is much easier to find security vulnerabilities if you have the source code.
by bitwise-evan 9y ago
It is much easier to find security vulnerabilities if you have the source code.
- okket 9y agoThen maybe Apple leaked this code intentionally to harvest free security reviews?
- rgovostes 9y agoPlease, it doesn’t help anything to publish unfounded conspiracy theories. Apple already publishes open source projects and has a bug bounty in which they pay for security vulnerabilities in some areas of iOS. It’s ludicrous to advance the theory that they hatched a plan to leak this important project to Reddit instead of through one of their official channels.
- draw_down 9y agoDon’t think GP was entirely serious.
- mikejb 9y agoRisky strategy, it depends on who does the review. (It should be a motivator for white-hats to dig into this - black-hats surely will).
- tinus_hn 9y agoBetter switch the Linux servers to Windows then
- Retric 9y agoOnly applies if there are significant bugs. Presumably Linux has fewer of them than Windows, but it's hard to say as Windows gets a lot of attention.
- taspeotis 9y agoThe source code for Windows is available if you meet certain requirements: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/