[Fwd: Administrivia #4883]

[BlueBoar () THIEVCO COM (Blue Boar)]

Pete Krawczyk wrote:
> You might want to mention that there is a list, called the security audit
> list, which does this sort of thing all the time.  The idea is that
> eventually the list will audit most of the packages that are commonly used
> and create a truly secure, multiply-checked distribution.
>
> The FAQ is at:
>   http://www.linuxhelp.org/lsap.shtml
> (but I think it's an older version)
>
> People can subscribe with
>   security-audit-subscribe () ferret lmh ox ac uk
> or get more help about the list with
>   security-audit-help () ferret lmh ox ac uk
>
> However, I'd love to see this list tear apart some projects too.

Thanks for the info, I was unaware.  Little bit different slant here, since
we're looking for exploits.  Also, that one is Linux-specific it looks
like.
So, the overlap should hopefully be small.

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