From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jul 13 13: 2: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCBF437B5DE for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:01:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA60130; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:01:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id OAA26673; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:01:42 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200007132001.OAA26673@harmony.village.org> To: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Cc: "David G. Andersen" , security@FreeBSD.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> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:01:42 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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