Pwn2Own 2009 Winner Charlie Miller Interviewed

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.'"

Comments

Re:pwnd & ownD

[moderatorrater]

It's true. Not only that, but the interviewer ended up with the majority of the words on the screen anyway. I don't know why the interviewer felt the need to talk so much, but I would have much preferred if the questions were shorter and the answers longer.

Re:He was sitting on the winning weakness

[nicolas.kassis]

yeah it's a little sad that these guys are hoarding this info for so long just to win a stupid contest. And he only had to use one of these exploits. What else is he's hoarding for next year? Just saying that that might be of interest to someone with time to get his macbook ya know ;p he does carry around to many countries.

Re:How can you not love this guy?

[Concerned Onlooker]

I'm beginning to think this "Mac zealot" business is a figment of overly sensitive Windows users imaginations. I work at a place where around 40-50% of the employees choose to use a Mac. The only derisive comments I EVER hear are little snipes aimed at Macs by the Windows crowd. "The page isn't loading? Is it because you're using a Mac?" "You just can't get any work done on a Mac." And yet the Windows crowd loves to complain about Microsoft. I think Microsoft owes their success to the Stockholm syndrome.