Macaulay (the man who took Vista SP1) said the flaw that he exploited was a cross-platform bug that took advantage of Java to circumvent Vista's security.
"The flaw is in something else, but the inherent nature of Java allowed us to get around the protections that Microsoft had in place," he said in an interview shortly after he claimed his prize Friday. "This could affect Linux or Mac OS X."
Macaulay said he chose to work on Vista because he had done contract work for Microsoft in the past and was more familiar with its products.
Επομένως μάλλον δεν ήταν θέμα λειτουργικού. Αν είχε αποφασίσει να πάρει το Linux θα έπαιρνε το Linux.
To θέμα τώρα είναι πως αν εκμεταλεύτηκε τη java τότε φταίνε τα Vista??
Δεν αναφέρουν τι services τρέχανε τα μηχανάκια. Πάντως αν το exploit του ήταν cross platform θα μπορούσε να το είχε πουλήσει πολύ ακριβότερα
