Mac Hack Contest Redux 164
narramissic writes "Remember the controversial Mac hacking contest from last year's CanSecWest conference? No? Here's a refresher: Conference organizers challenged attendees to hack into a Macintosh laptop, with the successful hacker winning the computer and a cash prize. Winner Dino Dai Zovi found a QuickTime bug that allowed him to run unauthorized software on the Mac once the computer's browser was directed to a specially crafted Web page. Well, the contest is back again this year, but with a twist, says Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of CanSecWest: 'We're thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first.""
Default Install (Score:5, Insightful)
Vista installed from DVD default/recommended choices where possible on installation screens. Same with Ubuntu, and Mac OS/X. Any deviations noted. Any extra software installed must be available on all three platforms.
Just to make it "fair".
Cool. (Score:1, Insightful)
Like I always say, "anything made by a human can be broken by a human".
Re:Default Install (Score:4, Insightful)
Obvious misleading conclusions (Score:5, Insightful)
This "twist" is bullshit.
Re:Potential for rigging (Score:5, Insightful)
"fair" would be "what users need" (Score:5, Insightful)
Vista installed from DVD default/recommended choices where possible on installation screens. Same with Ubuntu, and Mac OS/X. Any deviations noted. Any extra software installed must be available on all three platforms. Just to make it "fair".
When is the last time you left an OS in its default configuration?
A fair configuration is one in which all tested operating systems provide as identical as possible feature sets, including all the features the majority of people like to use. Like printer and file sharing, for example.
It's also not fair to include, for example, NoScript- that breaks a ton of websites out of the box until you whitelist sites. Likewise for not including Flash as part of the package. An even more relevant example: the necessary firewall rules to allow IM (and file transfers.)
It would be more interesting to have (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Lopsided... (Score:3, Insightful)
Besides, that involves a logical fallacy. Basically be your statement to be true, they must ahve the same architecture, developed by people od equal skill use the same project management style and the same QA.
Vista would be first (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Vista would be first (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Potential for rigging (Score:2, Insightful)
To make it fair. (Score:2, Insightful)
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Re:Default Install (Score:3, Insightful)