From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Mar 26 7:27:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63B7037B419 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 07:27:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (lcl234.zbzoom.net [208.236.36.234]) by pittgoth.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2QFUGq49332; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:30:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from darklogik@pittgoth.com) Message-ID: <3CA0967C.6020802@pittgoth.com> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:40:44 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes Reply-To: darklogik@pittgoth.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/35378: Handbook has inaccurate description of freebsd-security list References: <200203251830.g2PIU4h68775@freefall.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Tom Rhodes 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