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Panel Probes the Half-life of Bugs
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-07-30

LAS VEGAS--Software security holes never die, they fade from the Internet at a rate of 50% every thirty days after a patch is released, according to the results of a study released at the Black Hat Briefings security conference here Wednesday.

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Panel Probes the Half-life of Bugs 2003-07-31
Anonymous
"The guidelines would give vendors at least 30 days to produce a patch for a vulnerability before a bug-finder goes public with it. The bug-finders would then withhold exploit code and technical details for another 30 days after the advisory.

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When a bug is published, withing a few days to a wee...

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