Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:04:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Paul Robinson <wigstah@akitanet.co.uk>, Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, David Pick <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Displacement of Blame[tm] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007141651270.12329-100000@snafu.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <200007142328.RAA39908@harmony.village.org>
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > : I like it. Has this already been proposed and dismissed? If so, > : why? Sounds good to me. I can subscribe to both lists, and those who > : don't want ports advisories won't have to see them. > > I don't think it woudl work. Bugtraq would subscribe to both of them > and Brett's clients would still be concerned. Fair enough. Then I'll resort to my first thought... I site an example from the recent BitchX advisory: <quote> Topic: bitchx port contains client-side vulnerability <snip> FreeBSD only: NO <snip> The bitchx port is not installed by default, nor is it "part of FreeBSD" </quote> Now... Maybe manager-types are getting confused or maybe someone is misunderstanding the meaning of 'port', but given the above SA format, it would seem such confusion is the result of an inability to read. So, for those touting this as someting in dire need of everyone's attention, I'd propose investing in a copy of 'Hooked on Phonics'. Give that to your managers, and anyone else who is confused... Then, once they can actually read, they'll be able to benefit from the hard work done by the FreeBSD Security team. Meanwhile (being a NetOps manager for an ASP using FreeBSD), I'm glad myself and my manager types can read. If they couldn't, I'd work somewhere else... as that inability isn't something I'd trust my future with in the first place. Rant on... -mrh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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