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As mentioned elsewhere, generally the payment is spread out over months, contingent on the seller keeping their side of the bargain. And the second query descri
by uid501 14y ago
As mentioned elsewhere, generally the payment is spread out over months, contingent on the seller keeping their side of the bargain. And the second query describes the business practices of many defense contractors who act as de facto gatekeepers to government contracts.
- greedo 14y agoThis implies that "there can be only one." The idea that you could effectively prove that a seller is keeping their side of the bargain also implies that no one else would discover it.
- uid501 14y agoIt just means that the seller is incentivized to minimize the number of people that know about the vulnerability. Which is effectively what "exclusivity" actually means, at least in this case. As an additional point, if either side becomes known as a bad actor in the market, they will severely limit their ability to operate. There is some short term incentive to be dishonest (more money now), but in the long term it removes the ability to earn in the future. Like selling your fishing rod for fish today, tomorrow you'll be hungry again, only now you can't fish. (To butcher a cliche.) [edit: grammar]
- greedo 14y agoHow would you prove that the seller didn't resell the exploit?