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Thanks! Veerendra On Thursday 16 May 2013 01:08 PM, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: > Hello, > > the offlist feedback so far preferred the term "Severity". Mostly > because it is used by most other comparable tools. > > About "Score" it was said "this just say 'it is a number' - which > is neither meaningful nor correct in some cases". > > About "Threat" I it was said, "better not, see > http://jps.anl.gov/Volume4_iss2/Paper3-RGJohnston.pdf";. > > However, unifying the term seems even more important than the > actual term. If no further feedback is provided, I'd start with > "Severity". > > Best > > Jan > > On Dienstag, 14. Mai 2013, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: >> I like to collect you opinion on this matter: >> >> In SVN trunk we use columns in various places named "Threat" / >> "Severity" / "CVSS" or "Max CVSS". Several you can see already in >> OpenVAS-6. >> >> One main idea is to use always the same "colored severity bar" in >> those columns. Those who use trunk have seen the bar already. I >> attached a screenshot for convenience. >> >> It allows CVSS value (width of the bar) and severity classes >> ("High", "Medium", ... - color of bar) as alternative or in >> combination. I intend to have this the unified point for >> visualization of a severity which then could be user-configurable >> regarding the coloring and class ranges. >> >> So, this bar should be used in any place where we display a >> "threat", "severity" or "cvss". >> >> Which in turn created the desire for me to unify the column names >> or actually the terminology in general. >> >> So, the questions is whether to consolidate any occurrance of >> those terms into a single one and also which is the best term? >> >> Candidates are "Threat", "Severity", "Score". I'd appreciate if >> we can find a single word for it. >> >> I assume that there would be some consequence in case we rename >> various column like that powerfilters would need to be converted >> regarding the column name change. More things to consider? >> >> You opinion and feedback is welcome. >> >> Best >> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRlI+UAAoJEFdbOg70fJiax2wIAK25y5xBMgNKgLm1XscRQ0gX Oijt1RPka4A/TcrzUVpJ72pamballn/MM+tkCSqsbjwgflXGcMVVvOkgFvo4nwE+ xLjONpJ8NgRzURG5pSi9S49cwsTE19xoMFTIixE7AFoSNaye3L690u6hrQlYYFNy RY4Vm+Awlsh66Wx8f9NlIf3BSwzu+wCiByGKTaJ3V/cuAgfCnXTqsrpZydt5bKL9 5uCVSmvaM1DOJryx14hVoxM/M5NbYvm/ticawdUmvcYTvxNLBEXZzHi9yjgyazeM 3V/Xx/u5KsBsnv8IkPhAYW8Z4gxqU/L+Eo2u824bQ7TXiQvOXTsyBw3cgPs/11c= =ScUB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
