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Finding flaws helpful - MS security chief
Wednesday, 6 August 2003 11:53 ESTMicrosoft's product security chief says the discovery of a flaw in its "most secure ever" operating system benefited the company. Microsoft's product security chief has expressed his disappointment over the recent discovery of a vulnerability in the much touted "most secure ever" Windows Server 2003 operating system, but says the company has learned from the experience.
During an interview with ZDNet Australia, software engineer George Stathakopoulos, who is responsible for ensuring Microsoft products are as secure as possible, said the "DCOM" vulnerability -- which was discovered by security group the Last Stage of Delirium, or LSD -- is being treated very, very seriously by the software maker.
"It's an unfortunate thing," he said. "[While] I'm glad it took so long [to find a bug]... compared to previous products, you can never celebrate something like that."
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