The article traces mandatory complex password rules to Bill Burr's 2003 NIST guide based on a 1980s paper, reveals how they create predictable patterns, cites xkcd's entropy comparison, and notes Burr's 2017 regret and NIST's updated guidelines, yet many sites still enforce the outdated rules.
The article argues that AI‑driven discovery, rapid exploit generation, and simultaneous reporting have shattered the four original assumptions of the 90‑day disclosure window, leaving the policy obsolete as patches often lag behind public exploits and industry debates intensify.
iQiyi Security Incident Response Center Vulnerability Handling Policy version 3.0 outlines scope, principles, reporting process, severity scoring, reward system, user levels, dispute resolution, and prohibitions, emphasizing dedicated handling, point-based rewards, and strict rules for disclosures and malicious activity.
Using the thriller "The Call of Terror" as a metaphor, this article explains how weak controls in an internal network’s APP zone can let attackers bypass firewalls, and how eSDK‑enabled security policies and TSOC analytics can automatically block malicious traffic.
