Re: [OT] - New virus?

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On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 16:58, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 22:41, Kyle Maxwell wrote:
> > The post was off-topic (as you even noted in the subject line). There
> > are *many* other forums for security discussions (ISC as you
> > mentioned, the Incidents mailing list, etc.) and the least amount of
> > effort would have found them. Lots of people on this list are
> > interested in the US presidential election or possibly even the recent
> > release of Doom 3 but that does not mean that this is the place to
> > discuss it.
> > 
> > Personally, I was very interested in the post itself (as network
> > security is my day job) but the post still should have been done in
> > the appropriate forum. This forum is "for users of Fedora Core
> > releases. If you want help with a problem installing or using Fedora
> > Core, this is the list for you." (from the Fedora website). Windows
> > security issues just aren't relevant.
> 
> This is a tricky subject, one I hope doesn't turn into an enormous
> thread, and I think it calls for judgement on a case by case basis
> rather than rules.
> 
> The post was off-topic, but there is some scope on this list for the
> occasional off-topic post. Especially when the nature of the post is
> tangentially related to the proper subject matter of this list (which
> the US presidential election and Doom 3 aren't). Lots of people use
> Fedora Core in ways which interact with Windows boxes -- maybe they run
> a mail server which is accessed by Windows machines, or maybe they use
> Samba to provide print and file-sharing services for Windows machines.
> Things which effect those Windows machines may come to effect the
> machine(s) running FC.
> 
> I think that if off-topic posts are kept to a minimum, and replies to
> them don't get out-of-hand, and if a huge secondary thread doesn't
> develop on whether the post should have been posted at all, then posts
> like this should be acceptable. It just takes all of us to use our sound
> sober judgement on what to post in the first place, and what to reply
> to. Sometimes one off-topic post that was marginally acceptable
> generates a whole slew of replies waxing philosophical on what is
> on-topic and what is off-topic on the list, thereby doing far more
> damage than the original post ever did. (Oh. A bit like this one. Damn.)
> 
> Best, Darren
> 

I was wondering if the complainer expects us all to wear blinders and be
totally oblivious to what is going on in any forum except Linux. 

For my case I have to support both systems (I would be out of work if I
did not).  It is nice to see hints of changes/threats as long as it does
not get out of hand and take over the focus of the list.
> -- 
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> D. D. Brierton            darren@xxxxxxxxxxx          www.dzr-web.com
>        Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson)
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