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It seems like the people who work on the code bases would know vulnerabilities better than anyone. Couldn't this provide an opportunity?
by brightball 8y ago
It seems like the people who work on the code bases would know vulnerabilities better than anyone. Couldn't this provide an opportunity?
- cozzyd 8y agoThat's kind of a perverse incentive to be less careful at first and cash in later
- koliber 8y agoAnyone who has ever placed in the underhanded C contest should be automatically disqualified from committing code. You know, "your hands are deadly weapons" type of exception. \s
- nickpsecurity 8y agoNah, you just review what they submit like everyone else. If you block them, they'll do the contest under an alias or use different names for contributions. Plus, they're really smart folks who might bring a lot of value to the project.
- scbrg 8y agoAs predicted by Scott Adams some twentythree years ago :-) http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-13 http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-13
- slezyr 8y agoSure, they put them intentionally there :)
- xxs 8y agofor 500k they might as well. It's an ugly practice.