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Re: TippingPoint's 'Zero-Day Initiative' to Publish Unpatched Flaws


From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () dione ids pl>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:39:43 +0200 (CEST)

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Josh Bressers wrote:

What does this practice accomplish though?  As an outsider it seems that
the goal here is to frighten people into purchasing your service lest they
be compromised.

Of course; that's what many companies do. The side effect is coercing
vendors into fixing problems faster, when bugged by a couple of reporters
too.

/mz
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