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Subject: Re: periodic security run output gives false positives after 1 year
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On 2012-02-19 08:50, Martin Schütte wrote:
> On 17.02.2012 20:48, Roger Marquis wrote:
>> and difficult to change without breaking more than it fixes.  The current
>> syslog syntax timestamp has been reliable now for what, 25+ years?  I
>> don't personally see any measurable ROI from changing it.  YMMV of
>> course.
> 
> I really understand the concern, but some requirements do change over
> time. Staying at the lowest common denominator for 25+ years may
> indicate robustness, but it may also indicate obsolence.
> 

What seems obsolete is this thread.

Can you at least prepended [OT RANT] to the subject?

Some people monitor this list to be informed of possible FreeBSD security issues, of which this isn't.

Please, get a motel room or something...

johnea