Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 16:12:56 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Susie Ward <sward@voltage.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <v04210100b593ceb21241@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000713140640.00dcdcd0@mail.voltage.net> References: <200007131814.MAA22497@faith.cs.utah.edu> <4.3.2.7.2.20000713120631.04d53b60@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20000713140640.00dcdcd0@mail.voltage.net>
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At 2:08 PM -0500 7/13/00, Susie Ward wrote:
>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.
>
>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?
Instead of
"FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: <Mumble>"
Perhaps:
"Ports for FreeBSD Security Advisory: <Mumble>"
I am not sure that is much of an improvement, but I can see the
basic point that Brett is concerned about here. I don't know
if there is any good solution, because a really unambiguous
description would probably be too long for a 1-line subject...
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Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or drosih@rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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