Re: Common Malware Enumeration Initiative Now Available

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 10/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:52:14 -0400

From: "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com>

|
| It's about time... The question begs what will they do when the numbers run
| out? Perhaps something that also includes date of discovery or of numeration
| and would be acceptable? As it is, if you look on their site, you'll see
| that there's already a number of them taken up and, according to them, it's
| only numbers 1-999 which is pretty limited. Finally, one more question, what
| about older versions of malware? Will those be assigned numbers?
|
| Galen

I doubt the database will be retroactive. The '04 dated designations will most likely be
the earliest versions. As for the number 1~999 that's a good point. 

-- 
Dave
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