Vulnerability research. Is it really research?

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Published on 2010-03-31T10:02:34Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 10:03 UTC
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IT security people often say they do "vulnerability research". They defend the idea that they actually are doing some kind of "research". But is searching for vulnerabilities in software real research? A geologist looking for mines in the desert is doing "exploration", not "research".

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