[3284] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: you creeps (anonymous messages *should* be permitted here)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James E. Hoburg)
Thu Oct 17 12:08:47 1996
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:02:30 -0400
From: "James E. Hoburg" <james.e.hoburg@att.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <32659DDF.3C1B@overlord.com>
Reply-To: james.e.hoburg@att.com
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
David Coe writes:
> I feel it would be unwise to block anonymous messages into this list;
> since we discuss security, and occasionally security exposures or
> weaknesses, I want everyone to have the ability to discuss problems
> without revealing their sites or identities when they feel that's
> important.
>
> Regarding the occasional inappropriate posts, I don't mind ignoring
> them; if many people feel they're too prevalent I'd prefer a
> moderated list to one which doesn't permit anonymous postings.
In terms of bandwidth pollution and S/N, inappropriate posts are more a
problem because of the ripples of follow-ups they seem to generate--like what
I'm now doing. The list S/N would be much improved if folks would simply
delete the offensive and move on.
Regards,
jeh
"You can count how many seeds are in the apple,
but not how many apples are in the seed."
- Ken Kesey
