OSVDB: Recruiting Security Enthusiasts

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Forwarded from: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>

Getting reliable and complete information on security vulnerabilities
is typically a hunt among dozens of web sites and mailing lists, not
to mention dealing with proprietary and copyrighted information.  No
more. The folks at the Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) have
been busy building a database and system to catalog and explain
thousands of vulnerabilities.

OSVDB is currently recruiting security enthusiasts to support the
project and help bring the database up to date.  The role is expected
to update at least one vulnerability per day over a period of a month.  
On average it only takes between 15 to 30 minutes to complete a
vulnerability.  If you are interested in contributing please visit the
website to read more about the project and then apply at
http://www.osvdb.org/submissions.php.

We are looking for long term support from the security community in a
number of ways. We would like to see open source products, websites,
and companies start to reference OSVDB IDs.  Even though OSVDB is a
non-profit project, donations of hardware (hard drives), Microsoft
polo shirts and money would greatly help.

The OSVDB database is currently on schedule to go live 03/31/2004 and
without the support of the community this effort would not be possible!



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