Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:08:23 -0500 From: Susie Ward <sward@voltage.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000713140640.00dcdcd0@mail.voltage.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713122244.00b06410@localhost> References: <200007131814.MAA22497@faith.cs.utah.edu> <4.3.2.7.2.20000713120631.04d53b60@localhost>
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At 12:26 PM 7/13/00 -0600, 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? If they don't understand it, then maybe you shouldn't be encouraging them to join bugtraq, but I am curious what you'd like to see the subject lines say? Susie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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