Re: Open Listservs - Not a Good Idea

[Kevin Wilcox <wilcoxkm () APPSTATE EDU>]

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On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:30:15AM -0400, Mitcham, Zachery S. wrote:

>    I would like to make you all aware of the information that I found below
>    while surfing:
>
>    http://seclists.org/
>    http://seclists.org/educause/2013/q1/275
>
>    The agency above is trolling the security () listserv educause edu venue and
>    harvesting its content for their clients.

Just a quick "heads-up" here -

seclists.org is maintained by Fyodor, the author of nmap. The goal is to
have a one-stop-shop for anyone trying to search the wide range of
public infosec-related mailing lists - it's a heck of a lot easier to
search that one site for something from Full-Disclosure, the MetaSploit
or Snort users lists, etc., than to search at Google and try to narrow
it by useful infosec lists.

Yes, it technically allows for easier gleaning of data from the
archives but the intent behind seclists.org is not one of malice and
it's not business-driven.

kmw

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