Bug-hunters: They're coming outta the goddamn walls, aargh! The organisation that administers the industry standard for classifying computer system security vulnerabilities wants to prepare its classification system for a world with an even greater number of bugs. Mitre Corp is considering adding a 100 times more CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) slots each year to accommodate …
Check digits are useful if people are typing or reading the digits manually. A decent check digit will catch one or two mistakes in other digits.
Your debit or credit card includes a parity check - search online for the Luhn algorithm. Amongst other things, it means websites can check that you've typed it correctly before sending the number to the payment processing company.
In inverse order by severity....
A) Use harsh language
B) Lay down suppressing fire with the incinerators while withdrawing
C) LET'S ROCK!!!!
D) We have 4 canisters of nerve gas, let's just roll em' in their and gas the whole joint!
E) Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
F) Game over, man!! Game over!!!
(Even with the paraphrasing, I've obviously seen "Aliens" a few too many times.)
...it is only early February and we're already up to 462 CVEs this year already. Last year the total reached 5,373
So, if we assume a linear function, we should see an increase of about 150 this year over last. At that rate, again assuming linear growth, the 10,000 mark is apt to be broken around 2040. While reviewing procedures regularly should be incorporated into most IT policies, it does not look to me that there is a burning reason to make this change now.
I think the proposed changes provide a hint, but what else is going on?
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