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Microsoft Opens Vulnerability Bounty Program For Spartan Browser 53

jones_supa writes: As it did in the past when it tried to make Internet Explorer more secure, Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty program for Spartan browser, the default application of Windows 10 for surfing the information highway. A typical remote code execution flaw can bring between $1,500 and $15,000, and for the top payment you also need to provide a functioning exploit. The company says that it could pay even more than that, if you convince the jury on the entry quality and complexity. Sandbox escape vulnerabilities with Enhanced Protected Mode enabled, important or higher severity vulnerabilities in Spartan or its engine, and ASLR info disclosure vulnerabilities are also eligible. If you want to accept the challenge, Microsoft provides more information on how to participate.

Comment Re:Subjective summary is subjective (Score 1) 191

The advogato [post is outdated. Since them quite a few things changed. Look at the code and the manual page:
ntpd uses the adjtime(2) system call to correct the local system time without causing time jumps. Adjustments of 32ms and greater are logged using syslog(3). The threshold value is chosen to avoid having local clock drift thrash the log files. Should ntpd be started with the -d or -v option, all calls to adjtime(2) will be logged. After the local clock is synchronized, ntpd adjusts the clock frequency using the adjfreq(2) system call to compensate for systematic drift.
Again, for the majority of use cases, OpenNTPD does achieve an accuracy that's good enough and even better than that.

Comment Re:Subjective summary is subjective (Score 1) 191

Wrong again. It does do clock slowing or speeding up. Both to get the clock right and to compute a persistent clock frequency adjustment. It does NOT just set the clock. I don't know which version on what platform you were testing. Maybe your port was terribly done. But on OpenBSD it works like a charm for almost any purpose.

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