From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 12 10:22:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA28268 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:22:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA28258; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:22:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199607121722.KAA28258@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CERT FreeBSD ppp Advisory--Distribution? To: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu (Annelise Anderson) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Annelise Anderson" at Jul 11, 96 06:25:14 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Annelise Anderson wrote: > > CERT has distributed an advisory on a security problem with user ppp, > information provided by FreeBSD, Inc. Although I'm subscribed to the > USENET group comp.security.announce (and it's there), I actually heard > about it from my system administrator. > > I would think such information ought to be available rather widely to > people subscribed to various freebsd mailing lists, not just security, > and should be on the freebsd home page as well. freebsd-security-notifications is *the* mailing list for these matters. only the freebsd-security-officers can post to this list. only important notifications are posted. the volume is very low, i am happy to say. the availability and importance of this list should be highligted more clearly on the freebsd web pages and perhaps in the installation documetation. jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB