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This is not true. Companies need to pay money to use OSVDB. OSVDB code is also not open source to be used by other entities. |
Not true. OSVDB data is not free even it is from free sources and as the code is not free I don't see how it eliminates "redundant works". |
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'''Open Sourced Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)''' is an independent and open-sourced [[database]] created by and for the community. The goal of the project is to provide accurate, detailed, current, and unbiased technical information on [[Information security|security]] vulnerabilities. The project promotes greater, open collaboration between companies and individuals
Its goal is to provide accurate, unbiased information about security vulnerabilities in computerized equipment. The core of OSVDB is a relational database which ties various information about security vulnerabilities into a common, cross-referenced [[open security]] data source. As of November, 2013, the database catalogs over 100,000 vulnerabilities.
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