Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:33 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "David G. Andersen" <dga@POBOX.COM>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <200007132219.e6DMJUS02335@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:01:42 MDT." <200007132001.OAA26673@harmony.village.org>
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In message <200007132001.OAA26673@harmony.village.org>, Warner Losh writes: > 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. The arguments I've read are political rather than substantial, so I remain unconvinced as well. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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