full-disclosure - viruses being sent to this list

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <40615950.24843.24A69382@localhost>
From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: viruses being sent to this list

Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu> to Dave Horsfall:

> > Yeah, that's pretty close to my recollection.  I thought it ironic that
> > this list -- a security list -- is populated by some infected idiots,
> > but there you go.
> >
> Why leap to that conclusion?  There are two more plausible possibilities. 
> 1) Viruses are sending mail to the list address.
> 2) Malicious individuals are sending viruses to the list.
> 
> Why is it that people on this list, *in general*, tend to always assume the 
> worst of others in every situation?

Professional paranoia.

Overwhelming historical precedent.


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald