[Full-disclosure] OT: a call for full-disclosure to become a moderatedlist

["Kurt Seifried" <listuser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> it seems to me that without a moderator (since there is the apparent
> absence of people who are moderate, or even civilized), this list will
> continue its degeneration into a never-ending pissing contest.

Yup. Such a list already exists:

security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

is a moderated subset of bugtraq, full-disclosure and various vendor lists.

http://lists.seifried.org/mailman/listinfo/security
https://lists.seifried.org/mailman/listinfo/security (certificate has 
expired, buying a new one next week).

Against moderation: it slows things down. Witness Bugtraq, some stuff takes 
up to 3-12+ hours to get through. Witness my list: some stuff will take up 
to 12 hours (because I like to sleep sometimes, or just plain forget to 
moderate when I wake up). While there is a lot of noise there are a lot of 
gems posted to full-disclosure. One secret to filtering: most of the noise 
comes from gmail.com accounts and a half dozen other people (currently I 
have 38 email addresses filtered automatically and this cuts most of the 
spam).

-Kurt 

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