Re: SecurityForest - Public Release #1

[loni () securityforest com]

Hi Gregory,
As to my knowledge, the internet is a global network and all the information contained within is openly available. I 
also don't see the "advantage" you have mentioned - are we at competition with one another ?
Secondly, thanx for the complement on the "idea".
As mentioned in SecurityForest's Mission - "for the community - by the community". I hope that the security community 
will see an advantage in contributing as without it, the Forest will not grow and therefore the community will not gain 
this medium of shared knowledge.

Best Regards,
Loni
loni () securityforest com
www.securityforest.com



> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:27:27 -0800
> From: Gregory Gilliss <ggilliss () netpublishing com>
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] SecurityForest - Public Release #1
> Reply-To: Gregory Gilliss <ggilliss () netpublishing com>
>
> Yeah, I'd like for my country to accummulate all the available computer 
> security knowledge too...one heck of a competative advantage to have.
>
> Registrant:
>   Alon Swartz
>   Har Sinai St
>   Raanana, NA 43307
>   Israel
>
>   Registered through: GoDaddy.com
>   Domain Name: SECURITYFOREST.COM
>      Created on: 14-Sep-04
>      Expires on: 14-Sep-05
>      Last Updated on: 14-Sep-04
>
>   Administrative Contact:
>      Swartz, Alon  loni () securityforest com
>      Har Sinai St
>      Raanana, NA 43307
>      Israel
>      97745657      Fax --
>   Technical Contact:
>      Swartz, Alon  loni () securityforest com
>      Har Sinai St
>      Raanana, NA 43307
>      Israel
>      97745657      Fax --
>
>   Domain servers in listed order:
>      NS1.EVERYDNS.NET
>      NS2.EVERYDNS.NET
>
> Pity the US is so busy scaring the population that they have no time to
> come up with ideas like this...
>
> -- Greg
>
> On or about 2004.11.19 12:41:29 +0000, loni () securityforest com (loni () securityforest com) said:
>
>
> > Community Website: http://www.securityforest.com
> > Community IRC channel: irc://irc.unixgods.net:5555/securityforest
> >
> >
> > Table of contents
> > =================
> >   Summary
> >   The Open Source Idea
> >   Tree's in the Forest
> >     ExploitTree
> >     ToolTree
> >     TutorialTree
> >     LinkTree
> >   GreenHouse
> >   Thanks
> >
> >
> > Summary
> > =======
> > SecurityForest.com is a collaboratively edited Forest consisting of Trees which anyone can contribute to. 
> > SecurityForest's trees are specific security repositories that are categorized for practical reasons. The 
> > technologies currently in use in these repositories are based on Wiki technology and CVS (Concurrent Versioning 
> > System) technology. Depending on the species of the tree - the suitable technology will be used. SecurityForest.com 
> > is a collection of repositories (trees) for the community - by the community. In other words - the updating, 
> > modifying and improving can be done by anyone in the community.
> > This public release is posted at 
> > http://www.securityforest.com/wiki/index.php?title=SecurityForest_-_Public_Release_no.1
> >
> >
> > The Open Source Idea
> > ====================
> > The basic idea behind Open Source is very simple: When people can read, modify and improve a piece of software, the 
> > software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one 
> > is used to the slow pace of conventional development, seems astonishing.
> > We at SecurityForest have learned that this rapid evolutionary process produces better results than the traditional 
> > closed model, in which only very few people improve the Security Repositories and everybody else must use what these 
> > individuals have come across and added. SecurityForest is not only based on OpenSource software, but itself is 
> > opensource meaning the updating, modifying and improving can be done by anyone in the community.
> >
> >
> > Tree's in the Forest
> > ====================
>
>
> <<SNIP>> 
>
> -- 
> Gregory A. Gilliss, CISSP                              E-mail: greg () gilliss com
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