Tootfinder

I love irony sometimes, especially when I can throw it into people's faces.
I'm being forced to use a certain Java framework and dependency check plugin for a school assignment in my security course. The plugin checks the national vulnerability database for CVEs affecting the project's dependency tree. The most recent version of the plugin wouldn't run. The reason? The NVD had to mitigate DOS attacks by implementing pretty severe rate limiting and even kicking clients e…