full-disclosure - 0-day "vulnerability"

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:18:33 -0400
From: Curt Purdy <infosysec@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: 0-day "vulnerability"

Sorry to rant, but I have seen this term used once too many times to
sit idly by. And used today by what I once thought was a respectable
infosec publication (that will remain nameless) while referring to the
current Firefox vulnerability (that did, by the way, once have a 0-day
sploit)  Also, by definition, a 0-day no longer exists the moment it
is announced ;)

For once and for all: There is no such thing as a "zero-day
vulnerability" (quoted), only a 0-day exploit...

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, MCSE+I, CCNA

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