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Announcing http://www.slacksec.info

SlackSec is an organization composed of a number of Slackware users (mainly
from irc.freenode.net) who have decided to be pro-active about maintaining
slackware's security during Pat's unfortunate health problems, his regular
holiday, and any other occasions on which he may be unable to keep
slackware up to date. We can be found in #slacksec on irc.freenode.net.

We are currently focusing on Slackware 10, however we aim to provide updates
for Slackware 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and -current.

We offer a mailing list, SlackSecML - anyone can subscribe to it, however only
maintainers of SlackSec can post to it. There are also customizable RSS
feeds.

For the curious, we are:
AthlonRob
Alan Hicks
Clavius
Frederick Emmott
Jurgen

We hope this is a useful service,

Fred Emmott
<mail@fredemmott.co.uk>



- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
> Announcing http://www.slacksec.info

> SlackSec is an organization composed of a number of Slackware users (mainly
> from irc.freenode.net) who have decided to be pro-active about maintaining
> slackware's security during Pat's unfortunate health problems, his regular
> holiday, and any other occasions on which he may be unable to keep
> slackware up to date. We can be found in #slacksec on irc.freenode.net.

Hrm, you might just give me reason to actually install an IRC client.
Actually, PV's illness has made me wish I had the time to code up a little
project I've been conceptualizing for a while. The basic concept is a
program which automatically queries and parses the websites of application
maintainers (for a specified list of applications) looking for the most
recent version number and perhaps a release log. Then compare that to the
version number on the system and present that information to the user. An
automatic 'to-do' list so to speak. Unfortunately I got switched from a
web parsing project to another one on campus, so my coding time has been
consumed with the new project (rather than using this concept as a
prototype for parsing web pages for security context).

Cichlidiot wrote:
> Hrm, you might just give me reason to actually install an IRC client.

> Actually, PV's illness has made me wish I had the time to code up a
little
> project I've been conceptualizing for a while. The basic concept is a
> program which automatically queries and parses the websites of
application
> maintainers (for a specified list of applications) looking for the
most
> recent version number and perhaps a release log. Then compare that to
the
> version number on the system and present that information to the
user. An
> automatic 'to-do' list so to speak. Unfortunately I got switched from
a
> web parsing project to another one on campus, so my coding time has
been
> consumed with the new project (rather than using this concept as a
> prototype for parsing web pages for security context).

Quite a lot of projects (eg all on sourceforge) offer RSS feeds.
We (slacksec) also offer RSS feeds, and I've made feeds for the
slackware-10 and -current changeslogs
(http://fredemmott.co.uk/rss.php). Aggregating and analyzing these may
be an easy way to do what you want.

(posting with google because knode head is segfaulting with my current
news server, unfortunately it's wrapping makes gpg sigs pointless)

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Cichlidiot <fishlover@nospam.invalid> trolled:
> +Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
>> Announcing http://www.slacksec.info
>
>> SlackSec is an organization composed of a number of Slackware
>> users (mainly from irc.freenode.net) who have decided to be
>> pro-active about maintaining slackware's security during Pat's
>> unfortunate health problems, his regular holiday, and any other
>> occasions on which he may be unable to keep slackware up to
>> date. We can be found in #slacksec on irc.freenode.net.
>
> Hrm, you might just give me reason to actually install an IRC
> client. Actually, PV's illness has made me wish I had the time
> to code up a little project I've been conceptualizing for a
> while. The basic concept is a program which automatically queries
> and parses the websites of application maintainers (for a
> specified list of applications) looking for the most recent
> version number and perhaps a release log.

The whole beauty of slack, as most of you like to point out, is
that it is a one-man operation. Now you and a few other trolls are
seeking to destroy the one-man operation.

If Mr. Volkerding needs help with Slackware he will ask for it.
And he will ask for help from people he believes are qualified to
help him, not just any yahoo - like you or vulture Hicks - that
want to take over.

But Mr. Volkerding has not asked for any help so shove it.

cordially, as always,

rm

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+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote:
>
> Announcing http://www.slacksec.info
>
> SlackSec is an organization composed of a number of Slackware users (mainly
> from irc.freenode.net) who have decided to be pro-active about maintaining
> slackware's security during Pat's unfortunate health problems, his regular
> holiday, and any other occasions on which he may be unable to keep
> slackware up to date. We can be found in #slacksec on irc.freenode.net.
>
> We are currently focusing on Slackware 10, however we aim to provide updates
> for Slackware 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and -current.
>
> We offer a mailing list, SlackSecML - anyone can subscribe to it, however only
> maintainers of SlackSec can post to it. There are also customizable RSS
> feeds.
>
> For the curious, we are:
> AthlonRob
> Alan Hicks
> Clavius
> Frederick Emmott
> Jurgen
>
> We hope this is a useful service,
>
> Fred Emmott
> <mail@fredemmott.co.uk>


Thx, forwarded to slackforum.de. Would you please submit this to
userlocal.com?

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"Frederick Emmott <news@fredemmott.co.uk>" <fred87@gmail.com> trolled:

Mr. Volkerding has not asked for your help with Slackware. You're
a fucking vulture. If he needs help he knows who to ask and it
certainly won't be _you._

Get out of here, vulture.

less cordially than usual,

rm


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1) We have never said we are official. If we have given that
impression, we are not official and we are sorry for misguiding you.

2) Pat has not asked us to help, however there is a need to keep our
systems up to date, and we have decided to share our work with others.

3) "Others" are not required to use the site. We are merely advertised
the site on the off-chance other people may find it useful. You
apparently do not, so your time would be better spent on another thread.

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In alt.os.linux.slackware, Kai Brust dared to utter,
> Thx, forwarded to slackforum.de. Would you please submit this to
> userlocal.com?

Will do.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> trolled:
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>> Thx, forwarded to slackforum.de. Would you please submit this to
>> userlocal.com?
>
> Will do.
>
> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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"Frederick Emmott <news@fredemmott.co.uk>" <fred87@gmail.com> trolled:
> 1) We have never said we are official. If we have given that
> impression, we are not official and we are sorry for misguiding you.

No kidding, you're not official.

> 2) Pat has not asked us to help, however there is a need to keep
> our systems up to date, and we have decided to share our work
> with others.

Bullshit. If you want to keep your system "up to date" then just
install slackware 10.

> 3) "Others" are not required to use the site. We are merely
> advertised the site on the off-chance other people may find it
> useful. You apparently do not, so your time would be better spent
> on another thread.

Bullshit. Nobody in their right mind is going to install anything
you clowns compile.

Go away.

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