Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 19:59 UTC, submitted by daedalus8
People shouldn't read anything into the fact that of the three laptops set up for last week's 'PWN to OWN' hack challenge, the only one left standing was running Linux, said the security expert who oversaw the contest. "There was just no interest in Ubuntu," said Terri Forslof, manager of security response at 3Com Corp.'s TippingPoint subsidiary, which put up the cash prizes awarded at the contest last week at CanSecWest. "A contest such as this is not a measure of relative security between operating systems. It's not an accurate barometer."
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Member since:2006-03-29
No one wouldn't, because it is against the rules:
http://cansecwest.com/post/2008-03-20.21:33:00.CanSecWest_PWN2OWN_2...
RE[3]: Comment by eekee - "known" clause
by jabbotts on Fri 4th Apr 2008 12:36
in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by eekee"
Member since:2007-09-06
I think using the same exploit would be blocked by the "known" clause. You've already popped a machine through Flash demonstraiting the exploit and it is the same exploit that would be used across the platforms. You would have to find a different exploit to pop the second machine.
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2006-06-22
Surely then one would use the same exploit to get additional $5k