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Secunia Drops Public Listing of Vulnerabilities

Posted by timothy on from the market-opportunityism dept.

New submitter CheckeredShirt writes: Vulnerability aggregator Secunia just announced on a forum post that they will no longer provide public access to advisories newer than 9 months. According to Secunia they, "frequently encounter organizations engaged in wrongful use of Secunia Advisories," and that VIM customers, "have full access to all advisories." While Secunia is under no obligation to provide their aggregated vulnerabilities they've been doing it for over 10 years. The information they provide is primarily from public sources.

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  1. Ha! by EmeraldBot · · Score: 5, Funny

    and that VIM customers, "have full access to all advisories."

    Ha! Take that, Emacs users! ;P

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    "Set a man a fire, he'll be warm for the rest of the night. Set a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
  2. Re:Slashdot drama by antiperimetaparalogo · · Score: 1, Funny

    So the editor essentially lied to us by leaving that part out?

    Well, let's not make it so dramatic by using this "lie" word - as a Greek i think that they just used some of my famous ancestors' ways of making the narrative a bit more tragic by excluding some parts from the prologue... it makes theater more interesting, let's not complain so much and just enjoy this comedy my friend!

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    Antisthenes: "Wisdom begins by examining the words/names." - excuse my English, i am (slightly...) better with my Greek!