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LSD is on Microsoft's payroll, working on what is being hailed as the "largest ever penetration test" of an operating system coming out of Redmond, Wash.
The hiring of third-party security research outfits and independent hackers is significant on many fronts. It underscores Microsoft's public push to embrace the hacking community and shed its image as a company with a lax approach to security.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895...MNL080706EPW5B