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Date:      Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:32:55 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
To:        james@nexis.net (James FitzGibbon)
Cc:        jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-announce@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD-security-digest  NEW mailing list
Message-ID:  <199606261132.NAA22978@gvr.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960626065505.16876B-100000@bdd.net> from James FitzGibbon at "Jun 26, 96 06:57:19 am"

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James FitzGibbon wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> 
> > freebsd-security-digest is a new mailing list available from FreeBSD.org
> > 
> > to subscribe send mail to majordomo@freebsd.org containing the single line:
> >         "subscribe freebsd-security-digest"
> > 
> > this digest will contain all the messages mailed to freebsd-security.
> > the messages will be collected together and sent out as a single mailing
> > on a semi-periodic basis (size and time are the criteria).
> 
> Great idea to cut down on the traffic around security discussions, but
> when an advisory comes out, time is of the essence.  The creation of a
> digested security discussion list would seem to call for the creation of a
> security "advisory" list that only select people (security-officer, etc.)
> could post to.  
> 
> Using this method, one could read the general discussion surrounding
> security issues without compromising the speed with which they get
> important advisories.

Read an advisory and subscribe to the actual mailing list.

-Guido



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