On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 11:52, Avi Schwartz wrote: > On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 01:03 PM, Vincent Danen wrote: > > > On Wed Sep 17, 2003 at 08:19:45AM -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote: > > > >> That is another problem. I found out about it from other > >> distribution's security announcements then I checked MandrakeSecure > >> and > >> found that they posted the information there. They should send an > >> announcement like this to the mailing lists. > > > > The only problem is that you're not subscribed to the right mailing > > list. > > Subscribe to the announce list (via MandrakeSecure, the very site you > > were > > on). > > > > Advisories go out in many forms; I can't help it if you don't pay > > attention > > to one of the many: > > > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - full-disclosure ml > > - RSS feed from MandrakeSecure > > - MandrakeSecure website (on nearly every single page) > > - MandrakeClub (latest advisory always on the front page) > > > > And no, announcements will not be going to this list or any other list > > other > > than the announce list. > > > I appreciate the information and I just subscribed to the announce > list. However, the same way I didn't know about the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] list I am sure there are many others that > are not aware of it. If there is a bug that has a potential of > becoming a way to break into a computer I feel that all mailing list be > notified of it to minimize the potential damage. Mandrake may have > many newbies (I hope you do, you need the business) which are new to > Linux and may need this extra help. One nice touch SuSE has is a small > icon in the KDE task bar which changes color when there are updates > available. Click on it and you get a menu allowing you to check for > updates, show the last update log or start the update process. very > nice, clean and can help users keep their system safe. > > Avi
Avi, Whereas I like the icon idea, I do want to point out one thing. It came from copying windows XP and we all know how much windows users pay attention to this feature. *evile grin* Sides it doesn't work too well when the user doesn't have root. Better to notify IT via e-mail. The user can't do much more than stare at the icon. james
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