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 11 29.8 Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de>
2 10 24.7 Dave {Reply Address in.sig} <noone$$@llondel.org>
3 10 20.8 Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>
4 10 14.1 Proteus <nospam@nowhere.net>
5 7 22.0 Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld>
6 5 12.4 Googlemike <googlemike@hotpop.com>
7 3 8.1 Jeanphilippe.aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@gmail.com>
8 3 5.5 Joachim Schipper <jDOTschipper@math.uu.nl>
9 3 4.7 noi <noi@siam.com>
10 3 3.7 Felix Tilley <ftilley@cyberbromo.int>
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65 145.8 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
54 posters
119 articles
243.6 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
18.52% of the posters
54.62% of the articles
59.84% of the bytes

Averages:
2.20 articles / poster
2.05 kbytes / article
4.51 kbytes / poster

35 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 67 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
64.81% of the posters
56.30% of the articles
56.44% of the bytes

smallest post was 0.793 kbytes by Proteus <nospam@nowhere.net>
largest post was 4.814 kbytes by Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld>*

Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
30 74.8 Help can It spy on me during work
15 28.9 how to disable ICMP: "Echo Request" (ping)
8 10.8 2 linux viruses round on my system
7 17.1 Scrypt - Linux crypting tool
7 16.2 newbie needs help with iptables basics (please)
7 13.0 password cracking question
6 11.5 FREE BSD FIREWALL vs IPTABLES
6 10.2 What is a "proxy" server?
6 9.9 open ports question (nmap scan)
4 5.2 intrusion detection system?

119 articles on 23 subjects
102 were followups (85.71%)
2 were crossposts (1.68%)

243.6 kbytes total
headers: 111.3kb 45.67%
quoted text: 29.1kb 11.96%
original text: 92.1kb 37.81%
signatures: 5.1kb 2.08%

Averages:
5.17 articles / subjetc
2.05 kbytes / article
10.59 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 16 **
Tuesday 18 **
Wednesday 16 **
Thursday 22 **
Friday 26 ***
Saturday 7 *
Sunday 14 *
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 newsreader agents used (accumulated):

posts newsreader users
28 (23.53%) knode 8 14.81%
18 (15.13%) slrn 10 18.52%
14 (11.76%) g2 6 11.11%
13 (10.92%) tin 3 5.56%
10 ( 8.40%) nn 1 1.85%
8 ( 6.72%) thunderbird 8 14.81%
6 ( 5.04%) pan 4 7.41%
4 ( 3.36%) forte 4 7.41%
3 ( 2.52%) athlon 1 1.85%
3 ( 2.52%) wanadoo 1 1.85%

18 different agents have been used (versions unaccounted).

DISCLAIMER
Please, take these stats with a grain of salt, quantity might not always
denote any quality; people who are not among the top posters also often have
very important and interesting things to say, though they are not listed
here by name.

Have a lot ..., lots of fun!