SC-L Administrative FAQ

[Kenneth Van Wyk <ken () krvw com>]

Greetings SC-L Subscribers,

I'm in an airport lounge on the other side of the planet (from my home), and I thought I'd take a few moments to jot 
down some answers to SC-L administrative issues that come up from time to time here on SC-L. I hope you find them 
helpful.

I try to keep the administrative traffic here to a bare minimum, so you don't often hear from me. But I do moderate and 
approve every single posting that goes to the list, so I'm always actively involved here. And I deal with quite a fair 
share of administrative issues. So, I thought it would be worth taking a few minutes and recording some of the things 
that people ask me from time to time.

Your feedback is always appreciated. Please contact me at ken _at_ krvw.com if you have any questions or issues re SC-L.

Cheers,

Ken van Wyk
SC-L Moderator

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SC-L Administrative FAQ

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Q: What is SC-L?

A: SC-L is a moderated mailing list whose mission is to further the state of the practice of developing secure 
software, by providing a free and open, objectively moderated, forum for the discussion of issues related to secure 
coding practices throughout a software development lifecycle process (including architecture, requirements and 
specifications, design, implementation, deployment, and operations). 

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Q: Who runs SC-L?

A: I do. I'm Ken van Wyk, and I run the list as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. If 
you have questions/issues, you can contact me at ken _at_ krvw.com.

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Q: How do I subscribe to the list?

A: The URL for the Mailman interface to subscribe or unsubscribe is http://www.krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l

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Q: What sort of things are allowed and not allowed on SC-L?

A: Basically, my primary rule is civility. You can agree or disagree with others to your heart's content, but keep a 
civil tone and you're likely to have your submissions approved. For more details on what I allow and don't allow on the 
list, see the list charter at: http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php

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Q: How about job postings?

A: So long as they're tasteful and not shotgunned to the list frequently, I'm happy to accept the occasional job 
posting from people within the software security community.

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Q: Announcements about conferences and training events?

A: Similar to my policy re job postings, I'll accept them if they're not overly commercial and if they're occasional. 
This goes for commercial as well as non-commercial events.

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Q: Advertisements?

A: No. I do not accept advertisements on SC-L. There are more than plenty places on the net to advertise your products 
and services; just not here.

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Q: The moderator has rejected my posting, and I believe the decision was unfair. What is my recourse?

A: Well, this isn't a democracy... But, if you feel your submission should have been approved, email me and state your 
case. I'm a reasonable man and I'm willing to hear you out -- and admit when I'm wrong.

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Q: There seems to be a LOT of traffic from a small vocal minority here. What's up with that?

A: The group is what the group makes of it. If you want to see more diverse traffic here, post it. I'm don't take a 
position on who may and may not submit to the list. If you're subscribed and your posting conforms to my guidelines, 
then I'll most likely approve your posting.

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Q: I'm a subscriber to SC-L, and I submitted a message to the list, but it never showed up and I never got any 
notification. Did the moderator ignore me? Why?

A: Perhaps you submitted your email using an email address that isn't itself subscribed? To reduce the spams that show 
up in my inbox, I have configured SC-L to discard (without notification) any submissions from email addresses that are 
not subscribed to the list. So, if you subscribed from (say) your personal address but are posting from your work 
address, your submission would get discarded.

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Q: But I use multiple email addresses regularly. What can I do so I can submit from any of them without getting 
duplicate copies of SC-L in all my inboxes?

A: That's easy to do. Just contact me off-list (ken _at_ krvw.com) and tell me which of your email addresses you want 
to submit from. I can "subscribe" them to the list but have them not get duplicate copies of the list traffic. No 
problem.

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