Message-ID: <20040723232752.GA24143@symantec.bugtraq.org>
From: thief at bugtraq.org (Richard Johnson)
Subject: iDEFENSE VCP Party 2004


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To celebrate the success and two-year anniversary of iDEFENSE's
Vulnerability Contributor Program (VCP), we will again be hosting a
VCP party on Friday, July 30th, 2004, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
in Las Vegas, Nevada: 

	http://www.hardrockhotel.com

The party will begin at the Sports Deluxe Bar on the ground floor of
the hotel with an open bar from 7pm to 9pm:

	http://www.hardrockhotel.com/party_drink_sportsdeluxe.php

The party continues from 9pm until midnight in our executive suite
for extended drinking, food and debauchery. If you are interested in
intending please RSVP as soon as possible, letting us know how many
will be in your party.

For those of you attending the conferences, two of our researchers,
Richard Johnson and Peter Silberman will be presenting their analysis
on various buffer overflow prevention software at both Black Hat and
Defcon:

	Black Hat: Thursday, July 29th 3:15 in Zero Day Defense
	Defcon:    Friday,   July 30th 1:00 in Apollo

We are proud to announce the start of three separate award programs:

    - VCP Retention Program
    - VCP Incentive Program
    - VCP Referral Program

The purpose of which is to incentivize and reward both current and
future contributors. The details of these programs are attached.

The iDEFENSE Labs Staff

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Content-Description: VCP Reward Programs.txt
--[ iDEFENSE VCP RETENTION PROGRAM ]------------------------------------

    In an effort to reward long term VCP contributors, iDEFENSE is
launching a VCP Retention Program. This program will provide additional
incentives to top contributors above and beyond the base compensation
received for their submissions.

Details:

    At the end of each quarter, the top five contributors over the past
year will share a US $15,000 bonus pool. The bonus pool will be divided
among the top five contributors as such:

    1 - $5,000
    2 - $4,000
    3 - $3,000
    4 - $2,000
    5 - $1,000

    The top five contributors are determined by iDEFENSE based on their
total payout* over the past year. The first payout will cover the period
from July 1st, 2004 through June 30th, 2005. Eligible submissions must
be received no later than 12am EST on June 30th 2005. The following
table outlines the first six pay periods and payout date.

      Time Start          Time End               Payment Date**
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      July    1st 2004    June      30th 2005    August   1st 2005
      October 1st 2004    September 30th 2005    November 1st 2005
      January 1st 2005    December  31st 2005    February 1st 2006
      April   1st 2005    March     31st 2006    May      1st 2006
      July    1st 2005    June      30th 2006    August   1st 2006
      October 1st 2005    September 30th 2006    November 1st 2006

*  Total payout includes payments per submission and referral rewards
   but does not include rewards received through the retention or
   incentive programs.
** Payment date is an approximate date.


--[ iDEFENSE VCP INCENTIVE PROGRAM ]------------------------------------

    In an effort to reward new VCP contributors, iDEFENSE is launching
a VCP Incentive Program. This program will provide additional incentives
to top contributors above and beyond the base compensation received for
their submissions.

Details:

    At the end of each quarter, the top three contributors over the past
quarter will share a US $6,000 bonus pool. The bonus pool will be
divided among the top three contributors as such:

    1 - $3,000
    2 - $2,000
    3 - $1,000

    The top three contributors are determined by iDEFENSE based on their
total payout* over the past quarter. The first payout will cover the
shortened period from August 1st, 2004 to September 30th, 2004. Eligible
submissions must be received no later than 12am EST on September 30th
2004. The following table outlines the first six pay periods and the
payout date.

      Time Start          Time End               Payment Date**
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      August  1st 2004    September 30th 2004    November 1st 2004
      October 1st 2004    December  31st 2004    February 1st 2005
      January 1st 2005    March     31st 2005    May      1st 2005
      April   1st 2005    June      30th 2005    August   1st 2005
      July    1st 2005    September 30th 2005    November 1st 2005
      October 1st 2005    December  31st 2005    February 1st 2006

*  Total payout includes payments per submission and referral rewards
   but does not include rewards received through the retention or
   incentive programs.
** Payment date is an approximate date.


--[ iDEFENSE VCP REFERRAL PROGRAM ]-------------------------------------

    In an effort to expand the Vulnerability Contributor Program,
iDEFENSE is launching a VCP Referral Program. This program will provide
additional incentives to existing contributors that successfully refer
others to the VCP.

Details:

    For every new contributor that is referred to the VCP, the referrer
will receive a reward on the referee's first accepted VCP submission. In
order to qualify, the new contributor?s submission must be accepted
based on criteria listed at http://www.idefense.com/poi/teams/vcp.jsp.
The amount rewarded is determined on the severity of the first accepted
submission:

    Low     - $100
    Medium  - $300
    High    - $500
    Extreme - $1,000
    
    The referrer will be paid at the same time as the referee. Payments
received through the referral program count towards the calculated total
payout utilized in determining the top contributors in both the
retention and incentive programs.

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