Project Euler Humble Return

#1

Post by nemesisrobot » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 9:11 PM UTC

Project Euler Humble Return
projecteuler.net

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#2

Post by kiba » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 9:48 PM UTC

I checked the license. It appears that the content is licensed under creative common attribution non-commercial.

I haven't found any indication that the website behind Project Euler is open source or follow open source development processes.

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#3

Post by zajd » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 9:52 PM UTC

It's a shame the maintainer of the site is going to let it fall into obscurity instead of just adopting more modern development practices.

edit. Such as allowing people to audit the source of the site as opposed to requesting pentesting.

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#4

Post by aesthetics1 » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:04 PM UTC

Cue thousands of determined hackers descending on Project Euler! It would be great if the community could find the exploit and save the site.

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#5

Post by Zikes » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:07 PM UTC

aesthetics1 wrote: post #4

Cue thousands of determined hackers descending on Project Euler! It would be great if the community could find the exploit and save the site.

Finding an exploit doesn't necessarily mean they've found the exploit, unfortunately.

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#6

Post by kelukelugames » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:12 PM UTC

I can't wait for someone to figure out the exploit. Very excited. Go crowdsourcing!

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#7

Post by mathetic » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:13 PM UTC

kiba wrote: post #2

I checked the license. It appears that the content is licensed under creative common attribution non-commercial. I haven't found any indication that the website behind Project Euler is open source or follow open source development processes.

So?

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#8

Post by goldenkey » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:14 PM UTC

Why is project euler not on github? Yeah..no one's gonna help unless you open-source your project buddy.

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#9

Post by smoyer » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:16 PM UTC

zajd wrote: post #3

It's a shame the maintainer of the site is going to let it fall into obscurity instead of just adopting more modern development practices. edit. Such as allowing people to audit the source of the site as opposed to requesting pentesting.

I didn't down-vote you (yet), but I don't understand how asking for security help is the same as letting the site fall into obscurity. What modern development practices would you suggest?

Comments like this (sometimes) go half-way. If there's a point behind it, enumerate the ways you think would improve his practices.

Re: Project Euler Humble Return

#10

Post by Retr0spectrum » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 10:17 PM UTC

mathetic wrote: post #7

kiba wrote: post #2

I checked the license. It appears that the content is licensed under creative common attribution non-commercial. I haven't found any indication that the website behind Project Euler is open source or follow open source development processes.

So?

So, it's much harder for the community to find and report security bugs.