Re: Changing `securityfreebsd.org' alias

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdkdaleco.biz)
Date: Wed Apr 07 2004 - 16:58:00 CDT

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Peter Pentchev wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:42:20AM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
>
>
>>Hello Folks,
>>
>>The official email address for this list is
>>`freebsd-securityfreebsd.org'. Due to convention, there is an email
>>alias for this list: securityfreebsd.org, just as there is for
>>hackers & freebsd-hackers, arch & freebsd-arch, and so on.
>>
>>
>[snip]
>
>
>>Mistaken early disclosure of a vulnerability can have consequences
>>from the merely embarrasing to catastrophic. Therefore, I am
>>proposing that `securityfreebsd.org' be re-routed to the Security
>>Officer.
>>
>>
>
>And before you get a flood of nay-sayers, here's a "Go for it!" from at
>least one semi-lurker :)
>
>G'luck,
>Peter
>
>

Not a nay sayer, but probably worse, here.

Build a better bikeshed: how difficult would it be
to add an autoresponder that says something like:

"Thanks for your email to the security team.
We will act upon your information ASAP.

In case you were attempting to contact the
security <<discussion>><?> mailing list at
freebsd.org, please resend your mail to: ..."

??

Don't know that it's a need; thought it might
save security-officer the trouble of either returning
those mails manually or else Fw:'ing them to the
real list ....

It may not matter; this list is certainly much
quieter than it used to be (with the possible
exception of this post ;-) and therefore that
may happen very little. A visual diff of the most
recently posted items to freebsd-security shows
little use, but the point is rather obvious....

Kevin Kinsey
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