I am with you all the way. Is this a Firewall list or what ?
It is O.K. to post once in a while a non totally firewall related topic
but PLEASE this has gone far off . Let's stick to our topics shall we?
> boy do i agree with this!
>
> i have fast been losing interest in this list, due to this huge tangent
> we've gone off on. what does any of this have to do with firewalls anyway?
>
> let's get back to the real stuff, ok?
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> At 04:25 PM 7/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Does this list need moderation?
> >
> >It seems that most of the traffic lately has been labored sophistry on
> >metaphors, analogies, and other rhetorical figures. Not that such
> >rhetoric is opposed to technology, but it seems to have little to do
> >with the announced topic of this list: "firewalls" and seems to be
> >distracting from that topic considerably.
> >
> >Additionally, I have noted an increasing amount of traffic dedicated to
> >subjects such as IDS, which have their own lists through organizations
> >such as ISS. Given that it has already been pointed out that separate
> >lists exist for subjects such as "cyber-law" and that the discussion of
> >off-topic subjects seems remarkably consistent in its lack of insight,
> >it seems that this list may benefit from some relocation of topics to
> >dedicated and specific forums. The alternative is filling up it with
> >polemical posts that are likely to turn off those who are subscribed to
> >this list for information about its announced subject.
> >
> >To put it another way, it seems that there are a number of areas that
> >are not properly firewall technology which may also be of interest to
> >those who administer firewalls. While competence in these areas might
> >be important to firewall administrators and thus appropriate for
> >discussion on this list, it seems that the current mode of discussion
> >smacks of dilettantism and that those who need to develop competence in
> >these areas would benefit from a nuanced consideration that is better
> >attuned to the specific issues at hand, in areas such as law which the
> >members of this list seem to be burying in conjecture and anecdotes.
> >
> >>From one subscriber to the rest, I ask that we do a better job of
> >self-moderation to keep this list viable.
>
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