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Re: Topicality and audiences [was Re: tech support being floodeddue to IE 0day]

  • From: Gadi Evron
  • Date: Sun Sep 24 13:54:57 2006

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Cat Okita wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> > On Sep 24, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Gadi Evron wrote:
> >> So, is NANOG only for transit ISPs?
> >
> > OTOH: That doesn't make Web Server problems, IE Exploits, or the latest P2P 
> > craze on-topic.  Just means that if you are not A Tier One, you can still 
> > join the conversation.
> 
> Agreed.  There's a vast difference between "Network Issues" and "Why did
> my web server get hacked by these 'apache' people - they've got their
> info -all over my pages-!!!!"
> 
> Inet-access (http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list) is a perfectly
> good list for server-side issues.
> 
> I tend to think of the two in crude terms as:
> 
>  	NANOG = where are my packets going
>  	inet-access = what to do with packets on departure/arrival
> 
> There's obviously some overlap, but as a crude way to think about where
> an issue should be posted, it works reasonably well.

You just posted on outages, many here claim they are off topic. Let's try
and get to what we agree on, and try arguing less, for now.

> 
> cheers!
> ==========================================================================
> "A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound
> desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to
> avoid getting wet.  This is the defining metaphor of my life right now."
> 





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