Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:59:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@dsuper.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007131457170.6132-100000@jehovah.technokratis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713122244.00b06410@localhost>
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Brett Glass wrote:
> Many of them don't read the disclaimers because they're scanning the
> subject lines. When they see one with "FreeBSD" in it, some of them
> call in a panic. They often don't read the message because they
> believe that they won't understand it.
>
> Yes, I know, it'd be nice if they weren't so clueless about computer
> security and FreeBSD, but then, they're experts in their own fields,
> which WE don't know much about. Instead of writing them off, why
> not make the subject lines clearer?
>
> --Brett
Because relatively educated people in North-America can read.
If they refuse to read it then you should probably not subscribe them
to Bugtraq.
Is this *really* a topic of discussion for -security ? (If you want
to reply, address your reply to -chat only, please). :-)
--
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