From: coderman (codermangmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 19 2008 - 18:44:37 CDT

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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:44 PM, n3td3v <xploitablegmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> I just caught a news article that summed up nicely what 0day means...
>
> "A zero-day flaw is a software vulnerability that has become public
> knowledge but for which no patch is available. It is particularly
> dangerous since users are exposed from day zero until the day a vendor
> prepares a patch and notifies users it is ready."

this is still incorrect.

as discussed previously: 0day is a perspective.

if it comes from out of no where and pwns your ass, it is 0day.

where you are on the vulnerability disclosure time-line determines
your perspective. one man's 0day is another man's old news.

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