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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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Re: eBay pulls vulnerability auction 2005-12-11
Anonymous
put simply:

microsoft to ebay, take it off or else.

ebay, ok.

So much for independents in the securities business. If microsoft wanted the info, buy it yourselves instead of locking the guy out. How much can we trust security firms when there's no real independent sources of confirmation. Micr...

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