IDS: Vulnerability vs. Exploit signatures and IPS??

[Jacob Winston <jctx09 () yahoo com>]

Can someone explain to me the difference in writing signatures based on Vulnerabilities versus writing signatures based 
on Exploits? TippingPoint makes a claim that their IPS is better because they write signatures based on Vulnerabilities 
and not exploits. I don't quite understand this.

Thank you,

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