full-disclosure - [inbox] Is bugtraq even worth it anymore?

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From: purdy at tecman.com (Curt Purdy)
Subject: [inbox] Is bugtraq even worth it anymore?

David M wrote:

> Once upon a time, pre-symantec it seems, it used to be a viable and
> pertinent list. I'm debating unsubscribing, since it's down
> to maybe a dozen
> posts a week at this point and just doesn't seem worth the
> effort to read
> posts that are 3, even 4, days old.

I'm still subscribed to several securityfocus lists, but have not submitted
for some time as I kept getting returned rejects even though they were
on-topic valid points. A real shame but not unusual for big-$ corporate
America to get their grubby little fingers on something good and run it into
the ground.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions

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