Talk:Open Source Vulnerability Database

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Is this really notable?

I come here as somone who is not familiar with the topic. In other words, I have no idea whether OSVDB is notable or not. What I can tell you is that, if it is, the article does not properly establish that fact. In order to establish that OSVDB is notable, the article needs to reference third party reliable sources (that are independant of the subject) that discuss it. Please fix this problem or the article may end up being deleted. Blueboar (talk) 14:16, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OSVDB is Notable

OSVDB was the only open source database and collected a significant amount of vulnerabilities not found in CVE/NVD or commercial databases. In many ways, OSVDB provided evolution to vulnerability databases that were stagnant and added no new features since inception. While the project did not work out due to a lack of volunteers and sponsorship, it ran for a significant amount of time and was heavily referenced by other vulnerability databases and organizations around the world.

I have done significant updates to the page to clarify a lot of things about the history and process, as well as adding more names of people involved. I have added some additional citations and will add more in the future. At present, the OSVDB blog is down which provides a lot of reference material. When the blog is restored more updates will be made with the additional citations. Full disclosure: I was involved with the project. That said, I am attempting to include factual material that is cited and remove bias. I am happy to answer questions about the project. --Jericho347 (talk) 03:07, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]