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Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy
From: Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:59:25 -0400
Outstanding! I had forgotten about concordances. Thats a great word, for people who know what it means. :) CVE is a concordance. mmm. Thanks! Adam On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 02:46:59PM -0400, Anton J Aylward wrote: | (* nods vigorously *) | | On one of my shelves, as a left over from a time at the seminary | (lets not go onto that) I have a book that cross references words | in the various versions of the bible. It does this across not just | different translations (yes, I know the idea that there could be | anything other than the king James is an anathema to some people) | but across the vulgate, Greek and Aramaic. | | It called a CONCORDANCE. | | It occurs to me that this is a better description of what the CVE | is trying to do than calling it a database or a taxonomy. | | Just a thought. | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Anton J Aylward, CISSP | The Internet is not the greatest | System Integrity | threat to information security; | InfoSec Auditing & Consulting | stupidity is the greatest threat | Voice: (416) 421-8182 | to information security. | aja () si on ca | Will Spencer <will.spencer () gte net> | | -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume
Current thread:
- The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Rick Smith (Oct 19)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Marcus J. Ranum (Oct 19)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Scott Blake (Oct 20)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Rick Smith (Oct 20)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Adam Shostack (Oct 21)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Anton J Aylward (Oct 21)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Adam Shostack (Oct 21)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Anton J Aylward (Oct 21)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Adam Shostack (Oct 21)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Marcus J. Ranum (Oct 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Doty, Ted (ISSAtlanta) (Oct 20)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Anton J Aylward (Oct 21)
- Re: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Bill_Royds (Oct 20)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Russ (Oct 20)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Doty, Ted (ISSAtlanta) (Oct 21)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Anton J Aylward (Oct 21)
- RE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures taxonomy Russ (Oct 23)