Competitive approach to cracking the OS

In March, at the CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 security conference , a hacker contest will be held. Its task is to find out which of the operating systems (Apple OS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux) is more reliable. All the hacking masters need to do is get access to a computer with one or another OS installed on it. Well, do it, naturally, as quickly as possible. The result of this competition will be, if not the cessation of disputes about system security, then at least a statement of certain unpleasant facts for developers and users and the disclosure of vulnerabilities.

Competition organizer Dragos Ryu (Dragos Ruiu) believes that there is no better way to find out which operating system is safer, except to publicly hack them. “Proof of the pudding in himself,” says Ryu (here we are talking about the saying: to make sure that the pudding is good, you have to eat it). I can not disagree with him. The results of the "competition", I think, will be interesting to many.

Of course, computer security gurus will compete and break the OS is not living well. Winners can count on good prizes. According to Ryu, several laptops are included in the prize pool this year. And obviously not cheap: “We want the prizes to evoke a passionate desire among hackers to win. It must be something very attractive, ”Ryu said.
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via News.com