Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:01:42 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "David G. Andersen" <dga@POBOX.COM>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000717185906.70622H-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <396E253C.A07A93D7@softweyr.com>
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > 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. > > > > 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? > > Why not just educate them to RTFMessage? They clearly say "FreeBSD ports", > all you need to do is educate them about what that means. > But: 'FreeBSD ports' in there might just aswell mean ports *OF* FreeBSD. Yes, there is just one other (alpha) at the moment. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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