eBay pulls vulnerability auction

eBay pulls vulnerability auction
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-12-09

Online auction giant eBay shut down the bidding for a vulnerability in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program on Thursday, saying that the sale of flaw research violates the site's policy against encouraging illegal activity.

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eBay pulls vulnerability auction 2005-12-10
Dancho Danchev

I had a chat with Dave Endler, director of security research @ TippingPoint a week before this happened, take a look if interested!

The concept, given the monetization of vulnerability research, is just getting popular I think!

http://www.astalavista.com/index.php?section=directory&linkid=5703 (PDF)

Cheers,

Dancho

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eBay pulls vulnerability auction 2005-12-10
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eBay pulls vulnerability auction 2005-12-10
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