From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jul 13 15:20:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2842D37B6A2 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:20:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id PAA32669; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:19:51 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda32667; Thu Jul 13 15:19:46 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id PAA01808; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdCg1806; Thu Jul 13 15:19:30 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.10.2/8.9.1) id e6DMJUS02335; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007132219.e6DMJUS02335@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdUs2330; Thu Jul 13 15:18:33 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-Sender: cy To: Warner Losh Cc: Brett Glass , "David G. Andersen" , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:01:42 MDT." <200007132001.OAA26673@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:33 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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