Re: Administrivia

From: Christine Kronberg (Christine_Kronbergat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 00:30:09 PDT

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      Hi,
    
    
    > I'm a very seldom poster but frequent reader of many of the
    
      So am I.
    
    > securityfocus' lists. As such I have to tell you that I'm very concerned
    > about your email regarding postings about products.
    >
    >
    > > 1.	If you want to post about a product  positive or negative you
    > > cannot do so from a Huhsmail or other such account.
    >
    > Please consider that there might be several good reasons to use such an
    > account. The most important one is that you reveal valuable information
    > about your company's network with some postings (e.g. "we have firewall
    > xy, version a.b.c running and don't get it upgraded because...").
    
      Which is not exactly the topic of this list. I do see your point,
      yet I don't think that this is a problem in this list.
      Read rule number 1 again: If you want to post ABOUT A PRODUCT ...
      Using hushmail accounts are tempting for shooting against others
      (like competitors, see below) pretending an unbiased opinion where
      this is not the case.
      I think the rule is good.
    
    > A second reason would be avoiding to get spammed on the company's
    > account. Web archives are known to be resources for spammers, too. That
    > is no criticism of you or your company, that is a fact that noone can
    > avoid and we have to live with it.
    
      Spammers are not only harvesting web archives, they are on lists, too.
      :-(   Unfortunately it's unavoidable.
    
    > > 2.	If you plan to post use your real name  or do not post.
    >
    > This is the same argument as above, regarding the first point of
    > revealing information.
    
      I disagree entirely. In my opinion people should stand with their
      names for what they write. Anything else does not sound reliable
      to me.
    
      Cheers,
    
    
                                                        Chris Kronberg.
    
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