Zero Day Initiative
Another method for reporting vulnerabilities that is rather unique is the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). What makes this unique is the method in which the vulnerabilities are used. The company involved, TippingPoint (owned by 3Com), does not resell any of the vulnerability details or the code that has been exploited. Instead they notify the vendor of the product and then offer protection for the vulnerability to their clients. Nothing too unique there; what is unique though, is that after they have developed a fix for the vulnerability, they offer the information about the vulnerability to other security vendors. This is done confidentially, and the information is even provided to their competitors or other vendors that have ...
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