Talk:Zero-Day Attack
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Notes for anyone writing this article:
"Zero-day" refers to the day the exploitable bug in a common piece of software was discovered. In order for the exploit to become an attack, a nefarious ("black-hat") actor writes code to exploit it.
A good reference for these types of terms is the Sans Institute ([www.sans.org]). A glossary of security terms is available at [1].
WilliamsJD 15:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
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All the talk about Zero-Day attacks is fine and good, but what exactly is a zero-day attack? Is it a specific vunerability, or just a blanket term referring to security holes found in anything? The article does not say for sure, and it's very confusing. Sloverlord 16:01, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed the article is a bit confusing, but it's simple, 0-Day is just a term nothing more. What's a zero-day today will just be yet another exploit or vulnerabilitie tomorrow. It's a hyped term, some site report Zero-Day over a period of week or so. What makes 0-Day "more dangerous" than anything else is just the fact that 99.9% of users and administrators don't update their software on daily bases, thus making almost every user a possible victim. --Gussi 02:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
