Security clearinghouses (was Re: heads up ... another imapd etc.)

There really needs to be a clearing house for companies to get together and help track down these so called great hackers (script kiddies).

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) does essentially that. Its Web site is at "http://www.first.org". The Computer Emergency Response Team / Coordination Center (CERT/CC) tries to maintain statistics, and can often provide introductions to the people you need to talk to. Its Web site is at "http://www.cert.org" Somebody (IOPS?) was starting an ISP-specific group, which had many of the big players on it. I don't remember any direct contact information, and am not sure that I can give it out to the public anyway. -- John B.