Re: add verbage about reading faq

[JP Vossen <vossenjp () netaxs com>]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Brian wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 01:24:47PM -0400, Chris Green wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 26, 2003, JP Vossen wrote:
> > > On a completely different topic, have you seen the threads in the mailing list
> > > about adding more "Read the ^*%& FAQ before posting?"  There is some good
> > > stuff there, and the http://www.snort.org/lists.html page could easily add
> > > that stuff and make a big difference.
> >
> > If we could just add a link to the FAQ and "read this before posting
> > to the mailing lists", things should be a bit happier.
> >
> > Sounds like a great idea to me.
>
> Agreed.  Very good idea.
>
> Done about 3 seconds after reading this.
>
> -brian


THANK YOU, Brian & Chris!!!  Oh, that is a beautiful thing!

Brian, perhaps you can take a peek at [0] for some other related comments and
thoughts.  As you well know, there are tons of sites and tidbits about Snort
out there (including this new and very ugly one [1] :-), and perhaps
referencing a few more on the Official Snort Site would help cut down on the
repetative posting.

Here are my $0.02:

On Snort.org navigation sidebar, change "Mailing Lists" to "Mailing Lists and
Help" or "Mailing Lists and Resources".

On http://www.snort.org/lists.html add something like the following.  I know
you can argue that much of this should be on the docs page, but from the list
volume and repetition it seems evident that lots of people skip the docs page.
:-(

<Stuff to add to the top of http://www.snort.org/lists.html>
        PLEASE search the archives and read the following BEFORE
        posting to any Snort list!  You CAN search the archives for
        keywords, even though it may not look like you can.

        Do not cross post!

        Snort FAQ       http://www.snort.org/docs/FAQ.txt
        ACID FAQ        http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~rdanyliw/snort/acid_faq.html
        MySQL FAQ       http://www.mysql.com/documentation/index.html
                        ?? http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/52
        PostGres FAQ    http://jamesthornton.com/postgres/FAQ/faq-english.html
        SnortCenter     http://users.pandora.be/larc/documentation/
        IDSCenter       http://www.engagesecurity.com/docs/idscenter/
        IDS PM          http://www.activeworx.com/idspm/faq.htm
        SnortSAM        http://www.snortsam.net/documentation.html

        Search Google and read the Snort-Users Drinking Game
                http://www.theadamsfamily.net/~erek/snort/drinking_game.txt

        If you have read all of the appropriate references above and
        you still have not answered your question, please include the
        following information in your post:
                Version of Snort (snort -V)
                Operating System (e.g. W2K, RedHat 9, Debian Woody)
                Name and version of other tools in use (e.g. ACID,
                        SnortCenter, IDSCenter)
                Description of the problem, with trimmed error output as
                        needed

        Simplying saying "Snort dosn't work, plse help!" is not going to
        solve your problem and it is going to annoy those who might otherwise
        help you.
</Stuff to add to the top of http://www.snort.org/lists.html>


Thanks again,
JP

[0] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=snort-users&m=105645890903457&w=2
[1] http://www.jpsdomain.org/security/snort.html
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