Announcing a new security mailing list - The Alert. The Alert will be covering the following topics: - Security Product Announcements - Updates to Security Products - New Vulnerabilities found - New Security Frequently Asked Question files. - New Intruder Techniques and Awareness To join, send e-mail to request-alert@iss.net and, in the text of your message (not the subject line), write: subscribe alert To remove, send e-mail to request-alert@iss.net and, in the text of your message (not the subject line), write: unsubscribe alert This is a moderated list in the effort to keep the noise to a minimal and provide quality security information. If your site is interested in network security, we put out several FAQes (Frequently Asked Question) that cover the following main areas of topic: Vendor Contacts - Who is the security contacts at IBM, HP, Dec, Motorola, etc. - Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/vendor.html Patches - List of all security related patches catergorized by OS type. - Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/patch.html Compromise - Check list of things to do if your machines are compromised. - Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/compromise.html Anonymous FTP Security - How to correctly set up FTP and check for vulnerabilities. - Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/anonftp.html Sniffers - What they are. How they work. How to detect them. And solutions. - Web page: http://iss.net/iss/sniff.html Security Mailing Lists - A comprehensive list of security mailing lists. - Web page: http://iss.net/iss/maillist.html If possible, it might be a good idea for you to add links to the above web pages on your own Web server and point people who need to know some of the network security issues to the web page. It is possible to point to all of the FAQ pages at: http://iss.net/iss/faq.html -- Christopher William Klaus Voice: (770)441-2531. Fax: (770)441-2431 Internet Security Systems, Inc. "Internet Scanner lets you find 2000 Miller Court West, Norcross, GA 30071 your network security holes Web: http://iss.net/ Email: cklaus@iss.net before the hackers do."