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Mozilla Starts Bug Bounty Program
AnamanFan writes "The Mozilla Foundation announced the Mozilla Security Bug Bounty Program, an initiative that rewards users who identify and report security vulnerabilities in the open source project's software. Sponsered by Linspire, Inc and Mark Shuttleworth, the program will give $500 to users who report a significant bug in Mozilla software. Users who identify security bugs in Mozilla software are encouraged to go to the Security Projects Page for more information."
if microsoft did this they go bankrupt in a week
obligatory jab at microsoft
30% Troll, 50% Underrated, 10% Interesting
Score:5, Troll
Microsoft puts bounty $5,000 on head of anyone uncovering IE security flaws.
Cause we could go ahead and program ourselves a couple new minivans this evening ;) (yes I know Wally from Dilbert said it before I did, but this just seemed like the perfect time to use it)
Imagine if /. paid a nickle for every 503 error.
Oliver's army is here to stay Oliver's army are on their way And I would rather be anywhere else But here today
1. Submit buggy software to Mozilla project.
2. "Find" said bug.
3. Profit!
What if Slashdot gave $503 for every 503 Service Unavailable?
Malda and company would be living off ramen and store-brand Mountain Dew in less than a week.
Cretin - a powerful and flexible CD reencoder
why did I submit those bugs in the past :(((
I've found a serious flaw in Mozilla. It allows itself to run on Windows, an inherintly insecure platform.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Dear pvt medic,
Thank-you for identifying this IE exploit! The FBI prize patrol should be by shortly with your reward!
Sincerely,
Bill Gates
...and get $500 for your effort, you may want to keep it (as opposed to donating it to charity or giving it back to the foundation, as others have suggested here) because you're going to need it when you get sued for your service to the community.
Thank you, DMCA and anything that protects big businesses which had their servers infect their customers' computers, but nobody got to know which businesses because they might lose money if their IT carelessness was made public.
I'm going to write me a new minivan this afternoon!
Sounds like a Dilbery cartoon:
PHB: We're awarding $10 for every bug you find and fix.
Dilbert: Where you going Larry?
Larry: I'm going to code myself a new Porsche.
...and you run and you run and you can't stop what's been done...
It's only a matter of time before someone steals their confidential list of security bugs and cashes in big time.
Software piracy is victimless theft.