From: rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com (Rainer Gerhards)
Subject: BugTraq Speed

As probably many of you, I am subscribed to both BugTraq and this list.
The past few (3?) weeks I think I notice a slow-down on BugTraq. Posts
very often appear on BugTraq *hours* after they appear on this list.

It can't be due to moderation, it happens during US prime time, when the
moderator is awake ;) (bad thing if something important happens during
US night time, though...). It also can't simply be the posters
credibility - it happens to well known and respected posters, too (of
course, all others have a much larger delay, sometimes days). For
example the FreeBSD security advisory arrive around 3 hours later via
BugTraq than via this list. A key point is that I *feel* (not know) it
was much better until recently.

I wonder if someone else is sharing this experience? If so, one would be
tempted to suspect that Symantec is deliberately delaying delivery, e.g.
to give its premium customers a head start. There have been a lot of
rumors recently, and this would fit in nicely...

Rainer

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