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On the flipside, it sounds like every company looking to prove their security should offer a cracking contest for the very reasons described in this article, be
by squigs25 13y ago
On the flipside, it sounds like every company looking to prove their security should offer a cracking contest for the very reasons described in this article, because:
1) Investors will love it
2) No one in their right mind will attempt to crack it
3) in the rare event that someone does crack it, a nominal prize of 5k - 10k is probably still worth the good PR and the confidence it would give investors.
- BlackDeath3 13y ago2) No one in their right mind will attempt to crack it What are you saying? Does offering cash decrease the chances of cracking?
- squigs25 13y agoWhat I'm trying to say is that these cracking contests offer great PR, and you don't actually need to worry about the security of your site. So it's great for companies who are trying to instill investor/consumer confidence in their security, even if they are not confident in their security. (I'm not condoning a company using this technique as a ploy to prove their non-existant security is secure, but if they are strategic, they could absolutely hold a cracking contest to do just that.)