Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:40:44 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/35378: Handbook has inaccurate description of freebsd-security list Message-ID: <3CA0967C.6020802@pittgoth.com> References: <200203251830.g2PIU4h68775@freefall.freebsd.org> <bjvgbjkb9o.gbj@localhost.localdomain>
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> writes: > > >> I reread this pr, and feel strongly that it can be closed. >> >> Opions? >> > > Assuming that you don't want to do more research on it, you might give > the PR author a chance to survey opinion on -security and report back. > I didn't notice -security in the CC list and it seems like something > that they should have some say about. Well, i'm still subscribed, and due to the low volume of email, I will not be unsubscribing anytime soon. Its nice to get more knowledgeable opinions on key sizes and other things ;) > > > My 2 cents: The -security charter has a few more words than the > description's "security issues", but is nearly as nebulous. It seems > fitting that the list should get a wide variety of threads. I don't > know how charter changes get made around here, but it seems to me that > list charters shouldn't get changed without some kind of survey of > readers. If they want less variety of messages, then they should > "authorize" a change of the charter AND the description. > > I'll also note that the list is in the "general" list of lists, not the > "technical list" of lists. The PR's changes, if made, should probably > also be accompanied by a move of the list to "technical" list of lists. > > Rant: The term "technical discussion", which gets bandied about many of the > charters, seems to apply to any list except maybe -chat (and there only > in the charter, not the list!), and leaves me wondering what is really > meant. > > > well, as I have stated, the current security list seems to be consumed with, what I think, relative questions about security. They have had threads concerning ssh, and ipfw(8), but nothing like ``hi, help me setup ipfw for my system'' blah blah. -- Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes www.Pittgoth.com Gothic Liberation Front www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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