[haiku-development] Re: Update about dedicated server

On 2009-08-31 at 21:34:59 [+0200], Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Niels Reedijk<niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > I do not think it is wise to discuss the configuration of a server on
> > a public (=Google crawlable) mailing list. I do not believe in
> > security through obscurity, but let's not risk publishing any
> > potential security holes on the internet.

Well, I'm torn - naturally, I see your point, but I thought it would be 
better to be out in the public such that everyone who wishes to follow what's 
going on can do so. The alternative would be an invitation-only (closed) 
list, which didn't feel right for me.

We aren't going to send any credentials to the list (I hope, at least) and I 
don't really see what's the difference between the sysadmin discussion and 
the one taking place on haiku-web?
So to speak, there are intrinsic details being discussed there, and esp. 
spammers could be interested in following the discussion on haiku-web ;-) 

Then again, I wouldn't really be opposed to using a closed list. If the 
majority prefers to keep this closed, fine by me.

FYI: I have already setup Hetzner's server monitor to send mails to the 
sysadmin list, such that anyone subscribed to it will see if something goes 
wrong ... 

> > Perhaps a private Google Group is better? Or does freelists allow a
> > 'private' list? (Or even better, a mailing list on the server itself).

... having a list on the server itself is no good for monitoring the server - 
we wouldn't notice if it went down :-P

> FWIW, we can setup hidden/private lists with Dreamhost on
> lists.haiku-files.org...

ah, right, I should've remembered ...

cheers,
        Oliver

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