Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:01:42 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "David G. Andersen" <dga@POBOX.COM>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <200007132001.OAA26673@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:26:06 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000713122244.00b06410@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713122244.00b06410@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000713120631.04d53b60@localhost>
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In message <4.3.2.7.2.20000713122244.00b06410@localhost> Brett Glass writes: : 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? At present, I think the subject lines are just fine. However, I'm always open to positive suggestions about how, specifically, to change them. Until such time as I see a good, specific suggestion, they will remain the way they are. I gave the matter a lot of thought when it was suggested, and this seemed to be the best way to deal with it. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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