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

Bug tracking

[ZaneMcAuley]

But, I thought we knew where all the bugs where already. In Windows.

Why do we need to track them?

what the fuck

[Anonymous Coward]

David Ahmad??

You're going to hand over the most important public security mailing list to an arab?

are you nuts?

Good Riddance

[Bud Dwyer]

With Aleph1 gone, perhaps they'll drop the strong anti-OpenBSD stance. OpenBSD is the most secure out-of-the-box operating system ever created, yet if Theo makes one tiny misstep Aleph2 and the BugTraq kiddies felt they had grounds to trash him left and right.

Of course, if you use OpenBSD you don't really need to bother reading BugTraq, as OpenBSD has never been successfully hacked. BugTraq is, in my experience, a resource hackers use to learn about the latest Win2K and Redhat vulnerablities - which means security conscious admins of those OSs need to read it as well. For the rest of us, it's not that useful.

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).

BITD

[Cephas Keken]

Thanks to Aleph,

Who kept us from killing each other, or
killing the moron who posted an ad for
some new windows security product...

Re:OSAMA RULES!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes indeed,
Sheikh Usamah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ladin owns j00