Info about CERT

2007-12-25 7:24:00

These people responded to my query about CERT. Thank you all.

fuat@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu

merlyn@iWarp.intel.com

smb@ulysses.att.com

Pat_Barron@transarc.com

hasley@andy.bgsu.edu

rodney@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca

blknowle@frodo.jdssc.dca.mil

byf@cert.sei.cmu.edu

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Here, is the summary of all the responses I received.

INFORMATION ABOUT CERT

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   EMAIL : cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu

   TELEPHONE: 412-268-7090 24-hour HOTLINE

                  CERT/CC personnel answer 7:30a.m.-6:00p.m. EST,

                  on call for emergencies during other hours.

    SURFACE MAIL :

         Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC)

         Software Engineering Institute

         Carnegie Mellon University

         Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

   FOR ANONYMOUS FTP : cert.sei.cmu.edu (128.237.253.5)

OTHER SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS

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>From smb@ulysses.att.com:

   cert .... a good bunch of folks...

>From Pat_Barron@transarc.com:

   CERT/CC does not certify security-related bugfixes; they

   merely announce their availability.

>From hasley@andy.bgsu.edu:

   If all you are looking for is to get timely information on security

   problems, this list (presuming you're on it) is nearly sufficient.

   Messages from CERT that appear here have included ones about Next,

   Apollo, AT&T, and VMS, if I remember correctly. I can't recall seeing

   a single posting in comp.security.announce from CERT that I didn't

   see first in this mailing list (mostly because I check my mail more

   often than news.

   Sometimes it gets annoying when I see the same posting in two mailing

   lists and three news groups, plus have others who read it and pass it

   along (just trying to be helpful). But it beats not knowing about it.

>From blknowle@frodo.jdssc.dca.mil:

   Past advisories and other computer security related information are

   available for anonymous ftp from the cert.sei.cmu.edu (128.237.253.5)

   system.

>From byf@cert.sei.cmu.edu:

   Our e-mail address is cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu. This is the address to

   use if you need to get in touch with us. Alternatively, you can

   also call us at (412) 268-7090. We also have a mailing list where

   we post all of our security advisories. These are also posted to

   comp.security.announce. If you don't get the news group, and

   want to be on our distribution list, please send a request to

   cert-advisory-request@cert.sei.cmu.edu.

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