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> [...] and discloses a zero-day. 90-day, you mean. It's only zero-day if they had zero days to come up with a solution. That's what "zero-day" means.
by ahoge 12y ago
> [...] and discloses a zero-day.
90-day, you mean. It's only zero-day if they had zero days to come up with a solution. That's what "zero-day" means.
- zabcik 12y agoBut that doesn't sound nearly as cool or media hype-able.
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- ahoge 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_attack > It is called a "zero-day" because the programmer has had zero days to fix the flaw
- username223 12y agoDid you read what you just linked? Specifically, the part after the open parenthesis? The bit about the patch not being available? > It is called a "zero-day" because the programmer has had zero days to fix the flaw (in other words, a patch is not available). Please try again.
- Truff 12y agoActually, 0-day refers to the time since public disclosure.
- ahoge 12y agoIf that would be the case then we would have another term for the thing I just described, because that's the worst case scenario. Anyhow, the Wikipedia article disagrees with you, too. Got any sources for your definition?
- username223 12y agoI meant to say that there would be zero days between when I could patch my (hypothetical) Windows machine, and when people could start hacking it. The Wikipedia article you linked elsewhere seems ambiguous, e.g. "It is called a "zero-day" because the programmer has had zero days to fix the flaw (in other words, a patch is not available)." Microsoft has had something up to 90 days to produce such a patch, but hasn't for whatever reason.