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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:48:17 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        lupe@lupe-christoph.de (Lupe Christoph), Tobias Roth <roth@asterix.unibe.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd-security-questions (was: Re: openssh 3.5 connection timeout)
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20030319104517.03ff1380@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20030317182110.GJ12105@lupe-christoph.de>
References:  <20030317074556.GA28299@speedy.unibe.ch> <15678.24.218.220.202.1047852089.squirrel@webmail.wvths.com> <20030317074556.GA28299@speedy.unibe.ch>

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At 11:21 AM 3/17/2003, Lupe Christoph wrote:

>> Please do not direct application-specific questions to freebsd-security.
>> Even if the application is related to security, freebsd-questions (or
>> other lists) are the place to get help, not freebsd-security.
>
>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.

Agree 100%. If there is a desire to have a list which allows no discussion
and no questions, then a separate announcement list (freebsd-security-announce)
should be created.

The current situation, with the moderator arbitrarily squelching legitimate and 
useful discussion, is not tolerable and is highly detrimental to the community.
Just my $0.02.

--Brett


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