Re: BugTraq Speed

[Jeremiah Cornelius <jeremiah () nur net>]

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On Wednesday 24 September 2003 11:39, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> As probably many of you, I am subscribed to both BugTraq and this list.
> The past few (3?) weeks I think I notice a slow-down on BugTraq. Posts
> very often appear on BugTraq *hours* after they appear on this list.
>
> It can't be due to moderation, it happens during US prime time, when the
> moderator is awake ;) (bad thing if something important happens during
> US night time, though...). It also can't simply be the posters
> credibility - it happens to well known and respected posters, too (of
> course, all others have a much larger delay, sometimes days). For
> example the FreeBSD security advisory arrive around 3 hours later via
> BugTraq than via this list. A key point is that I *feel* (not know) it
> was much better until recently.
>
> I wonder if someone else is sharing this experience? If so, one would be
> tempted to suspect that Symantec is deliberately delaying delivery, e.g.
> to give its premium customers a head start. There have been a lot of
> rumors recently, and this would fit in nicely...
>
> Rainer
>
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- From my own experience BugTraq, and ALL the SF lists have gone to running 
almost a day behind - give or take.

For comparison, the ICSA lists by TruSecure are running 4-6 hours latency.  I 
suppose that is an acceptable lag for a high-traffic, moderated group.

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