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Re: [News] Ex-Microsoft Security Strategist (XP SP2, Server 2003) Joins Mozilla Foundation

__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 07 September 2006 13:12 \__

> begin  oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Ex-Microsoft Security Strategist Joins Mozilla
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Snyder most recently served as principal and founder of Matasano
>>| Security, a New York-based startup that was one of several external
>>| penetration testers hired by Microsoft to conduct simulated hacking
>>| attacks on Windows Vista.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2012804,00.asp
>> 
>> Snyder, who has seen Vista security (or lack thereof) from the inside, has
>> decided to join the winning team. It serves as a sign.
> 
> Let's hope she's more careful about anything she signs off wrt
> firefox..?

With so many eyes on the code, she wouldn't get away with it. Firefox is a
community thing more than a company's product. And it has forks, too.

Best wishes,

Roy

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