Today, SecurityFocus and Symantec announced that Symantec is acquiring SecurityFocus. Symantec sees real value in the services SecurityFocus provides to its customers and believes they are an excellent fit with their current offerings. We at SecurityFocus see this as an opportunity to provide even better services in the future. Symantec is also cognizant of the value and uniqueness of the public services SecurityFocus provides to the community, such as the numerous mailing lists we host and the content we provide via SecurityFocus Online. In short this means the lists you are reading this will remain as is given Symantecs commitment to the future growth and health of the community we have all built here. Cheers, -al VP Engineering SecurityFocus "Vae Victis"