From owner-freebsd-security Tue Mar 18 3:59: 1 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB89437B404 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 03:58:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9102943F75 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 03:58:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (Ugrondar@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h2IBwtIo084071; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:58:55 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: (from Ugrondar@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) with UUCP id h2IBwtAA084070; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:58:55 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: storm.FreeBSD.org.uk: Ugrondar set sender to mark@grondar.org using -f Received: from grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.8/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h2IBwu4j028502; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:58:56 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) From: Mark Murray Message-Id: <200303181158.h2IBwu4j028502@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: lupe@lupe-christoph.de (Lupe Christoph) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Administrativia: Mailing list procedures. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:21:10 +0100." <20030317182110.GJ12105@lupe-christoph.de> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:58:56 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Lupe Christoph writes: > We had this discussion a while ago. There is no mailing list that > provides qualified answers to security-related questions. You are > fighting windmills. These questions will come to this mailing list, as > long as there is no freebsd-security-questions. I've been tolerating certain QnA sessions as long as they were short and somewhat security focussed, with no answer already available. > Sorry, I have no idea what needs to be done to start such a mailing > list. Can people more versed in the FreeBSD mailing list procedures > please explain how such a mailing list can be started? Sure. :-) We are looking at more up-to-date mailing list software. Watch this spot. I certainly intend to set up a security-questions list. The need for new software came after I set myself up as list-owner of this list. 600-700 bounces _per_message_ was not funny. I've manually removed the more chronic bouncers, and now it its a more reasonable <100 bounces per posting :-(. > PS: I have to admit that I'm always confused by the difference in > policies between debian-security and freebsd-security. The Debian > crowd welcomes all questions related to security while the freebsd > crowd seems to be obsessed with policies. We are not Debian. I can't speak for them. In our case, security@ was a virtual clone of questions@, and most of the security folks that I know either unsubscribed or scanned the list very infrequently. I do see the need for a questions list, but I _don't_ want yet-another-noise-channel. We have enough of those already. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message