A mailing list about security in general and UNIX in particular. Go to http://www.securityfocus.com/ and select Bugtraq.
A mailing list about security in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Go to http://www.ntbugtraq.com/.
In 1988, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) created CERT, Computer Emergency Response Team. CERT works with computer and computer network-related security issues. For more information on CERT, see http://www.cert.org/.
CERT also has several mailing lists and news groups that may be of interest.
| Name | Subject | Type | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| unix-security | General security | M | security@cpd.com |
| security-misc | General security | G | comp.security.misc |
| virus-list | Computer viruses | G | comp.virus |
| sgi-bugs | IRIX bugs | G | comp.sys.sgi.bugs |
| hpux-list | General about HP-UX | G | comp.sys.hp.hpux |
| solaris-list | Solaris 2.X | G | comp.unix.solaris |
| sun-managers | Sun managers | M | sun-managers-request@eecs.nwu.edu |
| cert-tools | New security tools | M | cert-tools-request@cert.org |
| cert-advisory | Recommendations from CERT | G | comp.security.announce |
M means mailing list, G means news group.