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William Yang wrote: |
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> 1) If you're really worried about getting banned, do your homework and |
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> read about Netiquette (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette). |
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> People who really follow netiquette are seldom "banned" from lists. |
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So I would like to know if there is a Moderator here. |
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Yours, |
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Jason |
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jason.heblack@×××××××××.mx |
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jason.heblack@×××××××.com |
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thesam00@×××××××.net |
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heblack@×××××××××××.com |
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> 2) Lurk before you leap. If you want to learn, there's an established |
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> and generally accepted way to learn from mailing lists. Before you |
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> post, read the list for a while. Get a feel for the level of the list, |
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> for the style, information, and tone of discussion. |
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> 3) Remember that you're not *entitled* to get information, |
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> explanations, participation, or responses when you ask questions. It is |
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> a privilege, and you are asking others for help. Being polite, |
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> deferential, and following the culture of the list (see 2 above) puts |
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> you on the best possible position to get a useful answer without |
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> annoying "hundreds, if not thousands" of readers of the list. |
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> 4) As a specific observation, your security questions to date have been |
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> (a) not Gentoo-specific, and (b) extremely basic in nature. There are |
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> probably better sources for general security information than the Gentoo |
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> security mailing list (the book "Computer Security Basics" from O'Reilly |
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> & Associates press is often a nice place to start; some general |
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> understanding can also be built from articles at www.cert.org (there are |
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> dozens of good sites out there for basic security education). It's hard |
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> to build something solid on a shaky foundation. |
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> -Bill |
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