Download Policy
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+ We are happy to share PatchDB and hope you can find our dataset useful in your research. However, in order to prevent any misuse, we kindly ask you to fill out a request form to state your identity and research scope. We will verify them and then send you the download link of PatchDB dataset. +
++ Request Steps: +
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+ 1. Please open the online request form in a browser.
+ Link to PatchDB Request Form: https://forms.gle/4CXnx9th1GcJAjC4A
+ (If you are unable to access the page, please contact SunLab by email.)
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+ 2. Sign in to your Google account.
+ Since our request form and download link are facilitated by Google, please use your Gmail as the valid email to receive the form response.
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+ 3. In the request form, please include your name, affiliation, work email, homepage, and the purpose of using PatchDB.
+ The information is needed for verification.
+ Note that your request may be ignored if we are not able to determine your identity or affiliation.
+ We do not share your personal information with any third parties.
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+ 4. Acknowledge all the information you provided is correct. +
++ 5. Read and acknowledge the Disclaimer & Download Agreement for PatchDB. +
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+ 6. Submit the request form.
+ A request receipt will be emailed to the email address you provided.
+ Once we verify your information, we will email the download link to you as soon as possible.
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Disclaimer & Download Agreement
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+ To download the PatchDB dataset, you must agree with the items of the succeeding Disclaimer & Download Agreement. You should carefully read the following terms before submitting the PatchDB request form. +
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- PatchDB is constructed and cross-checked by 3 experts that work in security patch research. Due to the potential misclassification led by subjective factors, the Sun Security Laboratory (SunLab) cannot guarantee a 100% accuracy for samples in the dataset. +
- The copyright of the PatchDB dataset is owned by SunLab. +
- The purpose of using PatchDB should be non-commercial research and/or personal use. The dataset should not be used for commercial use and any profitable purpose. +
- The PatchDB dataset should not be re-selled or re-distributed. Anyone who has obtained PatchDB should not share the dataset with others without the permission from SunLab. +
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Citation
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+ If you are using PatchDB for work that will result in a publication (thesis, dissertation, paper, article), please use the following citation:
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+@inproceedings{wang2021PatchDB,
+ title={PatchDB: A Large-Scale Security Patch Dataset},
+ author={Wang, Xinda, Wang, Shu, Feng, Pengbin, Sun, Kun and Jajodia, Sushil},
+ booktitle={2021 51st Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems
and Networks (DSN)},
+ year={2021},
+ pages={149-160},
+ doi={10.1109/DSN48987.2021.00030}
+}
+ OR
+ Xinda Wang, Shu Wang, Pengbin Feng, Kun Sun and Sushil Jajodia, "PatchDB: A Large-Scale+
Security Patch Dataset," 2021 51st Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable
Systems and Networks (DSN 2021), 2021, pp. 149-160, doi: 10.1109/DSN48987.2021.00030.
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