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Well, names are useful for the same reason people's names are useful. The rest just kinda happens naturally, I think.

Yes, it saves time vs. starting a discussion on "that crypto cache sidechannel attack that one team in China found".

Name makes enough sense. "Branding, marketing page, etc..." was my question.

"Happens naturally" isn't really an answer.

Is your position that any write-up about an attack must be plain text only, and must not use its own URL?

I truly cannot understand why this is brought up so often. You aren't paying for it, it doesn't hurt you in any way, it detracts nothing from the findings (in fact, it makes the findings easier to discuss), etc. There is no downside I can think of.

Can you share what the downsides of a picture of a puppy and a $5 domain are? Sorry, "branding" and "marketing page"?

Or at least, maybe you can share what you think would be a more preferable way?

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