From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jul 13 13: 7:14 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 528AB37C65B for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:06:37 -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 OAA60147; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:06:35 -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 OAA26706; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:06:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200007132006.OAA26706@harmony.village.org> To: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Cc: "Jim King" , "David G. Andersen" , security@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:22:42 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000713132105.04b65f00@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713132105.04b65f00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000713120631.04d53b60@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000713122244.00b06410@localhost> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:06:23 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <4.3.2.7.2.20000713132105.04b65f00@localhost> Brett Glass writes: : They often aren't. Many are just scanning the headers. Unfortunately, : the headers leave the uninitiated with the wrong impression. I think : that this could be avoided with a slight rephrasing. It would sure save : me a bunch of panicky e-mails and phone calls, which seem to happen no : matter how often I try to educate people. Do you have a specific suggestion on what that wording might be? As far as I could tell the wording was about the best we could get from given the extreme limitations of the subject line. Do you have a suggestion for improvement? "FreeBSD Optional Package/Ports Advisory" is a better description, but is too long. "Ports Adviosry" doesn't tie it to FreeBSD. These advisories are specific to FreeBSD. "FreeBSD Ports Advisory, don't Panic" would defeat the purpose of the advisory: namely to encourage users to upgrade. Help me help you here. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message