From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 3 12:43: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com (cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com [24.142.61.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E18E150D8 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:43:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwgray@netbox.com) Received: from localhost (jwgray@localhost) by cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA17772; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:41:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwgray@netbox.com) X-Authentication-Warning: cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com: jwgray owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:41:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff X-Sender: jwgray@cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com To: spork Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security Alerts In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wonderful idea. I lurk on this group and bugtraq/securityfocus and fall into your target market - which ones are critical, which ones are minor risks, which ones effect FBSD. Count me in as a reader of your digests. I am certain that there are many many lurkers such as myself. Thanks for volunteering. Jeff On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, spork wrote: > Hi, > > I've been reading bugtraq more often that this list (2500 messages in this > box..) and following a few FBSD exploits there (/etc/security / fts, the > mbuf DoS) and also a few where it's unclear as to whether FBSD is affected > (libtermcap, wu-ftpd, proftpd). > > So what I'm wondering is whether the project is in need of someone to > digest, discuss, and regurgitate some of these things into security > advisories. I personally can appreciate the fact that an ordinary user or > admin might not be able to follow every bug that comes up on bugtraq or on > this list, and the idea of a central repository on the FreeBSD webpage > that is kept up to date and includes third-party software (esp. if it's in > common use, like wu) seems like a good one. > > So I'm volunteering to write this stuff up, all I need is the go-ahead > from someone... > > Charles > > --- > Charles Sprickman > spork@super-g.com > --- > "...there's no idea that's so good you can't > ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message