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
• alt.security
• Alternative discussions of computer and network security
• 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
• comp.unix.wizards
• UNIX kernel internals, including security
• sci.crypt
• Discussions about cryptology research and application
• sci.crypt.research (moderated)
• Discussions about cryptology research
• comp.society.cu-digest (moderated)
• As described above
• comp.risks (moderated)
• As described above