Vendors reluctant to pay for vulnerability info
Friday, October 31, 2008
Software vendors have proved reluctant to pay for information about potential, network, data and email security vulnerabilities, one company has claimed.
WabiSabiLabi, which operates an online marketplace for the disclosure of software flaws, has said that few vendors have been willing to part with cash for information of the bugs and hacks.
As such, PC World reports that the company may now shut down the Odays forum to prevent further losses.
Roberto Preatoni, an Italian security consultant and WabiSabiLabi's director of strategy, told the website that while network security testers have realized the value of the forum, software developers have been unwilling to participate in the paid disclosure process.
"It didn't work very well. The marketplace was too far ahead of its time," he claimed, although he added that a final decision on the forum's fate is yet to be made.
In other developments, SC Magazine has noted that in certain instances, full disclosure of web security vulnerabilities may not be feasible.
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