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Pwn2Own 2009 Winner Charlie Miller Interviewed

Posted by samzenpus on from the chief-hacker dept.

crazipper writes "Tom's Hardware interviewed Charlie Miller, winner of this year's Pwn2Own contest and formerly with the NSA. He discusses the effort it took before the contest to be able to take down a MacBook within seconds, sandboxing, and the effectiveness of the NX bit and ASLR. His outlook on end-users protecting themselves against attacks? 'Users are at the mercy of the products they buy.'"

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  1. How can you not love this guy? by mindstormpt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've spent a lot of my research time on Macs because I like them and they also happen to be pretty easy to break!

    Every time you quote this, somewhere in the world a mac zealot's head explodes. I just did my part :P

  2. ASLR? by tux0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... 24/M/Australia/Jedi?

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    ( Redundancy is ) ^ n