That's correct; we pay them to tell it to us, before they tell it to the whole world. And it's worth every penny.
BIND sells early access to security notifications: "market demands it and its a revenue source"
-
-
-
are you buying just the notifications or general support?
-
General support, I believe.
-
excellent, that helps the project. Also makes more sense to me then a "security notifications only"-subscription
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
whats your source?
- End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
earlier today that page worked
-
maybe tech staff is "talking" with sales staff ;-)
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
if anybody cares \o/ thay are realy interested in sales
@JobSnijderspic.twitter.com/tahnhkCPNS
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
It's more nuanced than that, and as everything this non-profit does, it's for the good of the internet. https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00861/0/ISC-Software-Defect-and-Security-Vulnerability-Disclosure-Policy.html …
-
how is leaving orgs vulnerable longer to profit? I can see Type I getting artificially long to show “value”.
-
The money is used to patch and release BIND. We are non-profit. We don't stall notifications for 'value'. ^vr
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I am happy I switched to
@cz_nic's knot DNS server two weeks ago. BIND is not the only server that can auto-sign zones and rotate keys. - 2 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
Thanks for the information and bye BIND. Luckily PowerDNS supports your zone format as well.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
-
-
-
It's almost like security is so valuable to some people, that they're willing to *gasp* pay money for it.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
-
let's see how this goes 
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.