Zero-day details underscore criticism of Oracle

Zero-day details underscore criticism of Oracle
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-25

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- A security researcher released details of a critical flaw in Oracle's application and Web software on Wednesday, criticizing the company for not cooperating with the security community and taking too long to fix software issues that threaten its customers.

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Zero-day details underscore criticism of Oracle 2006-01-26
Anonymous

I fail to see how this can be called a "zero-day" vulnerability. The vulnerability was not discovered because it was being actively exploited, but because a security researcher was investigating the strength of the software. Had he kept this quiet, not informed Oracle or the public, coded his own at...

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Zero-day details underscore criticism of Oracle 2006-01-26
Julio Cesar Fort

"The Free Hackers Manifest" (http://www.toxyn.org/free-hacker-manifest.html) predicted everything that is happening right now....

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Am glad we stopped using Oracle ! 2006-01-27
Anonymous

Being exposed for 800 days to a vulnerability lurking in a [database] is bad, very bad. I am glad we stopped relying on Oracle as a backend though we thought it was most secure. Just imagine if Oracle was as big a target as MS ! ...

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Zero-day details underscore criticism of Oracle 2006-01-27
Neelu Tripathy

Instead of criticising the persons concerned with security, they must appreciate their efforts, that helps them make their products more perfect.Infact such cricisms must be invited, before they update their softwares.Coz david may not be the only person who knows abt the flaw.....

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