The Linux FreeS/WAN project has several email lists for user support, bug reports
and software development discussions.
We had a single list on clinet.fi for several years (Thanks, folks!), then one
list on freeswan.org, but now we've split into several lists:
- users
-
- The general list for discussing use of the software
- The place for seeking help with problems.
- Anyone can post.
- bugs
-
- For bug reports.
- If you are not certain what is going on -- could be a bug, a configuration
error, a network problem, ... -- please post to the users list instead.
- Anyone can post.
- design
-
- Design discussions, for people working on FreeS/WAN development or others with an interest
in design and security issues.
- Only subscribers can post.
- announce
-
- A low-traffic list.
- Announcements about FreeS/WAN and related software.
- All posts here are also sent to the users list. You need not subscribe to both.
- Only authorised people can post.
- briefs
-
- A low-traffic list.
- Weekly summaries of activity on the users list.
- All posts here are also sent to the users list. You need not subscribe to both.
- Only authorised people can post.
To subscribe to any of these, you can:
- just follow the links above
- use our web interface
- send mail to listname-request@lists.freeswan.org
with a one-line message body "subscribe"
US citizens or residents are asked not to post code to the
lists, not even one-line bug fixes. The project cannot accept code
which might entangle it in US export restrictions.
Non-subscribers can post to some of these lists. This is necessary; someone working on
a gateway install who encounters a problem may not have access to a subscribed account.
Some spam turns up on these lists from time to
time. For discussion of why we do not attempt to filter it, see the
FAQ. Please do not clutter the lists with complaints
about this.
Searchable archives of the old single list have existed for some time. At
time of writing, it is not yet clear how they will change for the new
multi-list structure.
Note that these use different search engines. Try both.
There are several other lists related to FreeS/WAN:
- an announcements only list, ipsec-announce@linuxmagic.com, with much lower traffic than
the main project list. To subscribe, send a blank email to
ipsec-announce-subscribe@linuxmagic.com.
- a list for discussing KLIPS II, the re-design of the in-kernel portions of FreeS/WAN.
To subscribe, send a blank email to
klips-subscribe@linuxmagic.com.
- Some users find the spam, and occasional virus, on the project list objectionable
enough that they have set up
a separate list with subscriber-only posting rules and other filtering measures. There is
a web page with subscription
info and links to an archive.
- that list is also available in digest form, one message a day
PAML is the standard reference for
Publicly Accessible
Mailing Lists. When we last checked, it
had over 7500 lists on an amazing variety of topics. It also has FAQ
information and a search engine.
There is an index of Linux
mailing lists available.
A list of computer security
mailing lists, with descriptions.
Most links in this section point to subscription addresses for the
various lists. Send the one-line message "subscribe list_name" to
subscribe to any of them.
- linux-admin@vger.kernel.org,
for Linux system administrators
- ipchains@rustcorp.com,
about the IPchains firewall tool
- netfilter@samba.anu.edu.au,
about Netfilter, which replaces IPchains in kernels 2.3.15 and
later
- securedistros@humbolt.geo.uu.nl,
for discussion of issues common to all the half dozen projects working
on secure Linux distributions. Each project also has its own mailing
list.
- Bastille
Linux scripts to harden Redhat, e.g. by changing permissions and
modifying inialisation scripts
- Immunix take a different
approach, using a modified compiler to build kernel and utilities
with better resistance to various types of overflow and exploit
- security-audit@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk,
for people working on security audits of various Linux programs
- the NSA have contractors working on a Security Enhanced Linux,
primaily adding stronger access control mechanisms. You can download the current version
(which interestingly is under GPL and not export resrtricted) or subscribe to the mailing
list from the project web page.
Each IETF working group has an associated mailing
list where much of the work takes place.
- sci.crypt
- sci.crypt.research
- comp.dcom.vpn
- talk.politics.crypto