D.3 Usenet Groups

There are several Usenet newsgroups that you might find to be interesting sources of information on network security and related topics. However, the unmoderated lists are the same as other unmoderated groups on the Usenet: repositories of material that is often off-topic, repetitive, and incorrect. Our warning about material found in mailing lists, expressed earlier, applies doubly to newsgroups.

comp.security.announce (moderated)

Computer security announcements, including new CERT/CC advisories

comp.security.unix

Unix security

comp.security.misc

Miscellaneous computer and network security

comp.security.firewalls

Information about firewalls

comp.virus (moderated)

Information on computer viruses and related topics

comp.admin.policy

Computer administrative policy issues, including security

comp.protocols.tcp-ip

TCP/IP internals, including security

comp.unix.admin

Unix system administration, including security

sci.crypt

Discussions about cryptology research and application

sci.crypt.research (moderated)

Discussions about cryptology research

comp.risks (moderated)

Discussions about security risks; see Section D.1.3.6