Hangout for experimental confirmation and demonstration of software, computing, and networking. The exercises don't always work out. The professor is a bumbler and the laboratory assistant is a skanky dufus.
ACM News Service: Computer Vulnerabilities Given Unified Rating Systems. The consortium-produced CVSS is being promoted for giving a consistent means for rating vulnerabilities based on the nature of the damage that an exploit can create: data theft, data corruption and alteration, denial of service, etc., covering a total of seven traits. This seems like something to keep in mind with regard to carrying out threat modeling too.
Celeste Biever's 2005-02-21 NewScientist.com article provides further details and links. The CVSS report is available at the National Infrastructure Advisory Council link.
