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I recompiled OpenSSL to make s_server -www return the correct, static XML blob for a .NET application that was buggy to make a reproducer for them that didn't r
by Natsu 6mo ago
I recompiled OpenSSL to make s_server -www return the correct, static XML blob for a .NET application that was buggy to make a reproducer for them that didn't rely on our product at all and which could be self-contained on a very barren windows VM they could play with to their heart's content and which didn't even care about the network because everything was connecting via loopback, so they couldn't blame that, eitehr.
Turns out there was a known bug in Microsoft schannel that had yet to be patched and they'd wasted weeks of our effort by not searching their own bug tracker properly.
- Neywiny 6mo agoI hate that so much. It's everywhere. An example is a bug with discord. They wanted me to restart my phone, reinstall the app, what are my versions, what phone am I on, what settings, etc. After all of that they go "oh that's a known issue." Whyyyyyyyyyyy. I get that multiple things can have the same symptom, but maybe start with that. Not like I signed any NDA so they aren't hiding it's an issue from the public.
- butlike 6mo agoputs on paranoid hat It could be to demoralize you so you subconsciously decide to not file a bug next time, knowing all the rigamarole you'd have to go through. takes off paranoid hat
- Natsu 6mo agoYou know what was the saddest thing? After all that effort, I got some blow-back for the fix taking so long.
- ATMLOTTOBEER 6mo agoThe actual soln is to use oss stuff and aggressively send claude code into the weeds whenever you find a big, then upstream the fixes. I switched from IntelliJ to emacs for this reason and it’s been great
- nradov 6mo ago[flagged]
- hsbauauvhabzb 6mo agoWhy would they do that when they could waste your time instead?