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CERT/CC: 'Sensational' bug names spark fear, hype – so we'll give flaws our own labels... like Suggestive Bunny

AdamWill

Re: "there's a simple process to remove offensive names"

"there's a simple process to remove offensive names"

yes, it's called "use a standardized format based on essentially random numerical strings, which are almost impossibly unlikely to cause any such issues". Which is what we do already. So let's just ditch this whole nonsensical idea and stick with CVE-YYYY-NNNN...

Cute names only work when there are only a few of them. Heck, Ubuntu's only up to what, 35 or so? And most non-ubuntu-fanatics can't remember most of those. No-one's going to use and remember "cute" names for *every* vuln.

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