can you remember what CVE-2021-44228 is without looking it up? CVE-2014-6271? CVE-2017-5753?

i bet if i told you their names, you would instantly know what vulns those are.

its easier to talk about things with names. it hurts no one. it takes approximately no effort or time.

CVEs are, for whatever reason, like the only thing on the planet that people seem to have a problem with when they receive a name. i am not sure why.

> CVEs are, for whatever reason, like the only thing on the planet that people seem to have a problem with when they receive a name. i am not sure why.

What, you guys talk about books based on their “title” instead of just memorising the ISBN of each book? Pssh, count me disappointed!

after work i have to stop at Y87794H0US1R65VBXU25 for some groceries.

I only refer to my kids by their social security numbers until they do something suitably remarkable.

I guess it’s a good thing I’m not a SovCit or I’d just have to call them Traveller Three and Traveller Four

For anyone else that was curious they're log4j, shellshock, and spectre