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VDBs: Pedantic Nuances on Version Tracking

I am all about the pedantic nature of running a vulnerability database (VDB). It’s the backbone of running one well as “simply aggregating vulnerability information” is anything but simple. I’ve been outspoken on the issue of perceived simplicity for at least two decades and brought it up in various presentations and blogs. This blog is not new in that I have very briefly covered it in a prior…

VDBs: Pedantic Nuances on Version Tracking

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Saving Bugtraq

In July of 2019, many noticed that the Bugtraq mail list stopped having posts approved, including Art Manion at CERT. Since there are many other outlets for vulnerability disclosure, such as the Full-Disclosure mail list, Packetstorm, Exploit Database, and increasingly on GitHub, it didn’t receive much attention. It wasn’t like the days when the list was created when there were very few places to…

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SecurityFocus is designed to facilitate discussion on computer security related topics, create computer security awareness, and to provide the Internet's largest and most comprehensive database of computer security knowledge and resources to the public. It also hosts the BUGTRAQ mailing list. -dev-jp-es-news-ms-su-linux-ids-ih