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Security => Security Discussion => Topic started by: Tazinator on October 12, 2005, 02:46:24 PM

Title: Arrogance and accusations fix holes not solid code...
Post by: Tazinator on October 12, 2005, 02:46:24 PM
At least thats the philosophy the CSO of Oracle seems to follow. Take a peek at this lovely article on CNet she did.

http://news.com.com/When+security+researchers+become+the+problem/2010-1071_3-5807074.html (http://news.com.com/When+security+researchers+become+the+problem/2010-1071_3-5807074.html)

Then take a look at the huge list of holes that some span across 2+ years they still havent acknowledged:

http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/published_alerts.html (http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/published_alerts.html)

I liked this guys rebuttal as well:
http://news.com.com/5208-1071-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=8306&messageID=75243&start=-1 (http://news.com.com/5208-1071-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=8306&messageID=75243&start=-1)

Its nice to see how a company who seriously believes they have no competition will simply do what they want and place customers at risk because of illogical reasoning.