Aleph1 Passes The Bugtraq Baton

Rogue_F writes: "The long running security mailing list Bugtraq is getting a new moderator. Elias Levy (the real name of the familiar Aleph1) has decided to move on to other things. For nearly six years he has been moderating bugtraq with a high degree of success. No one doubts the usefulness of bugtraq, but many people probably dont appreciate what a 'clean' list it is. No spam, no flames, no relgious security wars, instead you get good wholesome security information. Aleph1 details in this message that he is moving on to other security projects and that David Ahmad is taking over moderation duties. Bugtraq continues to churn out quality security information on a daily basis, and it looks like it will continue to do so for quite some time to come." List moderators and maintainers seem universally denied their due credit -- people like Zack Brown (of Kernel Traffic fame) end up getting noticed only when --infrequently -- they go on vacation.

Comments

Re:Good Riddance

[CodeMonky]

1) OpenBSD hasn't been remotely hacked. There have been local exploits (hence "Four years without a remote hole in the default install!"
and not "Four years without a hole in the default install!").
2) Theo deserves a little smacking when he missteps. Thats not to say he hasn't done a great job and I think he and the openbsd team have done a wonderufl job and I enjoy using obsd. However when one has the attitude that Theo has I can't help but think he deserves a little smack when something is wrong (as does anyone who thinks their shit don't stink).