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Source: The Register - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang
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In a first for a major company, Microsoft has publicly pledged not to sue or press charges against ethical hackers who responsibly find security flaws in its online services.
The promise, extended Saturday at the ToorCon security conference in Seattle, is a bold and significant move. While researchers are generally free to attack legally acquired software running on their own hardware, they can face severe penalties for probing websites that run on servers belonging to others. In some cases, organizations have pursued legal action against researchers who did nothing more than discover and responsibly report serious online vulnerabilities.
Although not exactly Linux-centric, according to this article Microsoft is at least making an effort to take a more "open source" approach to security. Read on for an interesting account of the security conference and let us know what you think about this topic!
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