Alerting, Reminding, Reminding, Reminding And Releasing Vulnerabilities

The document discusses vulnerabilities, the relationship between researchers and hackers, disclosure processes, challenges with real-world disclosure, the role of third parties, and conclusions. It describes the "perfect" disclosure process as the researcher alerting the vendor, the vendor responding and fixing the issue, and disclosure occurring. However, real-world disclosure often has challenges like vendors not understanding, caring, or having proper contact methods. Third parties can help but also introduce complexity. The document calls for a centralized portal to help address common disclosure problems.