On 18 Dec 1995, Ian Goldberg wrote:

In article <199512151800.KAA11304@jobe.shell.portal.com>, <anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com> wrote:

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On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Michael Coates wrote:

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PAY-OFF TIME FOR BUG-BUSTERS, NETSCAPE PLEDGES "DOGFIGHT" Netscape Communications has awarded two software sleuths $1,000 each for finding security gaps in its Netscape Navigator 2.0 software. The company also awarded gifts to 50 other contestants in its "Bugs Bounty" program for identifying non-security problems. (Wall Street Journal 11 Dec 95 B7)

Can anyone tell me whether Ian Goldberg and David Wagner got their $25,000 from Netscape for finding the HUGE security flaws in Netscape's existing product line??

I can't remember whether they got anything or not ...

That would be no (well, except for the nifty T-shirt from Sameer; Thanks!).

Not anything?? That's shameful ... where on earth are the values in America, today? AT&T and Netscape have jointly made a small fortune distributing this product, and yet NEITHER company feels that the software engineers who "voluntarily" made a difference -- a couple of students -- deserve even a wooden nickel for the ideas which were used. It's absolutely shameful. But then, I guess that AT&T and Netscape have no shame at all. They just steal "intellectual property" from students, and don't even pay a token amount. And people wonder what's wrong with Aemrica?

- Ian "There's a reason people talk about `starving grad students'..."