Re: defining 0day

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Brian Loe wrote:
> On 9/25/07, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
>
> > Okay. I think we exhausted the different views, and maybe we are now able
> > to come to a conlusion on what we WANT 0day to mean.
> >
> > What do you, as professional, believe 0day should mean, regardless of
> > previous definitions?
>
>
> Seems to me that definitions, and language itself, is a product of
> evolution. You can't just remove all previous meanings. Its better
> anyway to stick to the most accepted, acknowledged and DOCUMENTED
> definitions:

No longer good enough.

We can get a press scare over a public vuln release, or a wake-up call.

I think we can do better as an industry.