Re: Announcement: New Security Vulnerability List

[Alexander Schreiber <als () thangorodrim de>]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:32:48PM +0100, SINTRAQ wrote:
> SINTRAQ, is a security mailing list which informs subscribers about
> the
> latest security vulnerabilities 24x7x365.  Subscription to SINTRAQ is
> completely free.
>
> Sintelli collates and consolidates information from hundreds of
> sources,
> providing users with a single source for all security vulnerabilities.
>
> Every time a new security vulnerability is identified Sintelli will
> assess, validate and create a Sintelli Security Alert, which will be
> delivered to SINTRAQ subscribers.  We do not delay the delivery of
> security vulnerability information.
>
> All our security alerts are referenced with CVE, Buqtraq, Nessus and
> CERT.

Sounds interesting.

> Note: This is a high volume mailing list and all emails are in HTML
> format.   

Yeah, right. A "security mailing list" that exclusively uses HTML
instead of plain text. And "high volume to boot - you _do_ know that
HTML doesn't exactly make your emails smaller, but blows them up in size
(depeding on how the HTML is used) by factors between 1.5 and $LOTS?
Blow your credibility right before you start.

What kind of audience are you aiming for anyway? Obviously not security
people, system and network admins, otherwise you wouldn't even thought
of the HTML crap. Script kiddies maybe?

Regards,
       Alex.
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 looks like work."                                      -- Thomas A. Edison
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