Linked by David Adams on Wed 16th Apr 2008 15:58 UTC, submitted by supergear
IBM researcher Mark Dowd has outlined a Flash vulnerability that could allow for a rare cross-platform web-based exploit. Matasano Chargen uses a Super Mario metaphor, an example we can all relate to, to illuminate it.
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"given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
The premise of that claim: "Given enough eyeballs", is often taken as a given. Everyone who has done a security audit of Gnash, please raise your hand.
I'm a strong advocate of open source. But I would be remiss not to state that eyeballs per line of code can be quite variable.
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>How are such exploits unique to proprietary software?
Well they're not really, but (I can't really believe I'm going to quote Eric S. Raymond) -
"given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"