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 5 10.0 Jeanphilippe.aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@gmail.com>
2 4 5.7 Nikolai Försterling <chat.foster@web.de>
3 3 9.7 Llanzlan Klazmon <Klazmon@llurdiaxorb.govt>
4 2 6.5 Joachim Schipper <jDOTschipper@math.uu.nl>
5 2 6.4 Skip Sopscak <dsopscak@cox.net>
6 2 5.3 Stachu 'Dozzie' K. <dozzie@dynamit.im.pwr.wroc.pl.nospam>
7 2 5.0 dmorgan1 <dmorgan-with-suffixed-1-ATdslextreme.com>
8 2 4.6 Brad Olin <bwo@bwo1.com>
9 2 4.0 Rowdy Yates <rowdy.yates@private.com>
10 2 3.8 Huge <huge@ukmisc.org.uk>
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26 61.2 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
31 posters
49 articles
104.7 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
32.26% of the posters
53.06% of the articles
58.50% of the bytes

Averages:
1.58 articles / poster
2.14 kbytes / article
3.38 kbytes / poster

16 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 26 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
51.61% of the posters
53.06% of the articles
51.11% of the bytes

smallest post was 0.925 kbytes by Peter Meister <pmeister2@lycos.com>
largest post was 4.638 kbytes by Joachim Schipper <jDOTschipper@math.uu.nl>*

Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
12 23.9 Scrypt - Linux crypting tool
7 17.1 Dictionary sshd attacks
6 19.7 VPN Through Firewall To Office
4 8.0 Hackers look outside Windows for flaws.
4 6.8 Help can It spy on me during work
4 5.5 port 804 open??
2 3.6 password cracking question
2 2.8 sshd attacks: a little question about weird username
1 4.0 Stats comp.os.linux.security (last 7 days)
1 3.7 how to disable ICMP: "Echo Request" (ping)

49 articles on 16 subjects
42 were followups (85.71%)
2 were crossposts (4.08%)

104.7 kbytes total
headers: 48.4kb 46.24%
quoted text: 14.1kb 13.42%
original text: 37.3kb 35.60%
signatures: 2.1kb 2.05%

Averages:
3.06 articles / subjetc
2.14 kbytes / article
6.54 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 12 *
Tuesday 10 *
Wednesday 3
Thursday 6 *
Friday 9 *
Saturday 5 *
Sunday 4
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 newsreader agents used (accumulated):

posts newsreader users
9 (18.37%) knode 5 16.13%
6 (12.24%) g2 2 6.45%
5 (10.20%) slrn 4 12.90%
5 (10.20%) xnews 2 6.45%
4 ( 8.16%) forte 2 6.45%
2 ( 4.08%) pan 2 6.45%
2 ( 4.08%) thunderbird 2 6.45%
2 ( 4.08%) piglet's 1 3.23%
2 ( 4.08%) wanadoo 1 3.23%
2 ( 4.08%) cox 1 3.23%

19 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!