Stats comp.os.linux.security (last 7 days)

Stats comp.os.linux.security (last 7 days)


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name <address>
1 21 37.5 Ross M. Greenberg <greenber@catskill.net>
2 20 28.1 MLH <CRCI@NorthState.net>
3 7 22.5 Newsbox <nospam_for_me_please@thanks.invalid>
4 7 12.1 unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>
5 6 20.3 Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au>
6 6 12.8 Barton L. Phillips <bartonphillips@sbcglobal.net>
7 5 15.2 Douglas O'Neal <oneal@dbi.udel.edu>
8 4 15.7 Darko Gavrilovic <darkoDOTgavrilovicATutorontoDOTca>
9 4 10.4 Julia Thorne <rimbaldi@nospam.tld>
10 4 6.4 Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>
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84 180.9 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
65 posters
170 articles
350.7 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
15.38% of the posters
49.41% of the articles
51.59% of the bytes

Averages:
2.62 articles / poster
2.06 kbytes / article
5.39 kbytes / poster

58 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 150 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
89.23% of the posters
88.24% of the articles
88.12% of the bytes

Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
60 143.6 Five Myths of Linux Security....
16 23.4 I am unable to exit from vi to the linux command prompt.
11 37.1 Strange capture of my eth0 interface.
10 15.3 Possible virus??? I have gibberish all over the screen.
7 9.1 Five Linux Security Myths
6 14.3 stupid firestarter error messages
5 8.8 ip access control | sshd_config
5 8.3 How do I add an existing user to a group?
5 7.5 group security
4 8.3 10 linux servers to manage

170 articles on 32 subjects
145 were followups (85.29%)
0 were crossposts (0.00%)

350.7 kbytes total
headers: 161.0kb 45.92%
quoted text: 71.5kb 20.38%
original text: 100.2kb 28.56%
signatures: 8.7kb 2.48%

Averages:
5.31 articles / subjetc
2.06 kbytes / article
10.96 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 13 *
Tuesday 65 *******
Wednesday 37 ****
Thursday 26 ***
Friday 18 **
Saturday 5 *
Sunday 6 *
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 newsreader agents used (accumulated):

posts newsreader users
28 (16.47%) mozilla 14 21.54%
26 (15.29%) forte 3 4.62%
24 (14.12%) microsoft 4 6.15%
22 (12.94%) slrn 11 16.92%
19 (11.18%) knode 11 16.92%
13 ( 7.65%) pan 5 7.69%
9 ( 5.29%) g2 8 12.31%
8 ( 4.71%) nn 2 3.08%
6 ( 3.53%) tin 2 3.08%
4 ( 2.35%) xnews 1 1.54%

14 different agents have been used (versions unaccounted).

DISCLAIMER
Please, take the stats with a dash of salt, quantity might not always
imply quality.

Have a lot ..., lots of fun!