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Oracle vs. the hackers

I have to say, this entire issue inflamed me beyond belief. And I'm happy to report that I was the first person to provide a feedback comment in the original commetary article on C|Net News by Oracle's Chief Security Officer, Mary Ann Davidson. Spin, spin, spin.

Ah. But here's some backup..

Mike Yamamoto writes in C|Net News Blogma:

As the annual Black Hat security conference takes place in Las Vegas this week, a certain opinion piece published on News.com is being kicked around in the blogosphere--and I do mean kicked.

The column, written by Oracle's chief security officer, defends corporate security efforts and takes to task some of the "security researchers" (aka hackers) who expose flaws in software manufactured by her company and others. Needless to say, the criticism has been less than welcome in many circles.

Already this week, security researchers at Black Hat are planning to discuss flaws in Oracle software. It will be interesting to see if more bugs are found in Oracle products as the column makes the rounds, especially given the company's boastful claims of "unbreakable" software in years past.

posted by Fergie @ 7/28/2005 05:57:00 PM