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
======================
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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Mahesh Garg
Department of Computing and Information Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
PHONE: (519) 824 4120 x8131
INTERNET: mkgarg@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca
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