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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




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