Hey Hey,

So a colleague and I were discussing jumping around from site to site to find the latest versions of software, even PacketStorm and Freshmeat require you search if you don't get there on the right day, or if you arrive during a busy time... As a result we decided on what I've named CDVT, based on my website..

Essentially we're going to contact software vendors and request their participation to create a centralized tracking program for their tools... Similar to what's on the Talisker website but more comprehensive, and more instantaneous. The vendors themselves will announce the latest version, our program will just pick it up and store it... generating a webpage, a rss feed and a csv (for people to pull into their own databases).

Basically I'm looking for anyone who has suggestions for vendors/authors/maintainers/projects they'd like to see included. You can post them here, PM me or leave comments on the posting I've created, related to it @ http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=17 or email me of course.

You can also keep an eye on who's been contacted, and who's responded and if it's a yes or a no answer...

We're hoping this will lighten the load on security individuals everywhere.... Feel free to leave any feedback.

Current Contact List is
nmap (verified participation)
nessus
snort
hping
dsniff
amap
hydra
BackTrack
WinPcap (verified participation)
ettercap
Ethereal
Cain & Abel
John the Ripper (verified participation)
Kismet (verified participation)
Metasploit
HiJackThis
StartupList
Peace,
HT