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For those that don't know, Daniel Bernstein is the author of qmail, which is probably one of the most secure pieces of software ever written (and a mail transfe
by tsally 17y ago
For those that don't know, Daniel Bernstein is the author of qmail, which is probably one of the most secure pieces of software ever written (and a mail transfer agent at that!). Around its initial release, Bernstein offered $500 dollars for a verifiable security hole in the software. He has recently raised it to $1000, and it's hasn't been claimed yet.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein
Homepage: http://cr.yp.to/ http://cr.yp.to/
- dtf 17y agoThough he did recently pay out $1,000 for a hole in djbdns: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.djbdns/13864 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.djbdns/13864 Still, a pretty impressive track record!
- bayareaguy 17y agodjb is also the author of one of my favorite database libraries: http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html
- Bjoern 17y agoHis copyright methods are also interesting. http://thedjbway.org/license_free.html http://thedjbway.org/license_free.html