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 16 54.8 matt_left_coast <not@chance.org>
2 12 41.1 base60 <nobody@whitehouse.com>
3 8 35.9 Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld>
4 4 11.9 Kenneth <jjjkkklll@cox.net>
5 3 8.1 . <dean@itxpress.com.au>
6 3 6.7 darkog <kaliski_staddon-usenetATyahooDOTcom>
7 3 5.5 General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com>
8 3 4.1 Narenkumaraguru <narenkumaraguru@yahoo.co.uk>
9 3 3.9 rent <rent@ffdfd.com>
10 2 5.4 Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>
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57 177.5 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
35 posters
87 articles
233.0 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
28.57% of the posters
65.52% of the articles
76.17% of the bytes

Averages:
2.49 articles / poster
2.68 kbytes / article
6.66 kbytes / poster

18 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 38 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
51.43% of the posters
43.68% of the articles
37.51% of the bytes

smallest post was 1.088 kbytes by rent <rent@ffdfd.com>
largest post was 7.013 kbytes by matt_left_coast <not@chance.org>*

Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
41 138.9 Use iptables to block all non-US ssh traffic
7 9.9 question about nmap response
6 17.7 Hardware firewall and DMZ machine - put what services wh
6 12.4 Need advice on setting of an SSH server for untrusted us
5 7.6 how to restrict amount of data sent to internet
4 12.7 hacked.e-microsoft.net attacks!!!
4 7.2 How to authenticate dialup users
3 5.2 firewall blocking
2 4.1 kernel panic because of iptables recent match
2 3.3 Make new files have different owner/group

87 articles on 17 subjects
77 were followups (88.51%)
5 were crossposts (5.75%)

233.0 kbytes total
headers: 98.8kb 42.38%
quoted text: 31.3kb 13.43%
original text: 93.2kb 40.00%
signatures: 4.0kb 1.72%

Averages:
5.12 articles / subjetc
2.68 kbytes / article
13.71 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 6 *
Tuesday 12 *
Wednesday 2
Thursday 15 **
Friday 15 **
Saturday 21 **
Sunday 16 **
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 newsreader agents used (accumulated):

posts newsreader users
20 (22.99%) thunderbird 6 17.14%
19 (21.84%) knode 3 8.57%
10 (11.49%) g2 7 20.00%
10 (11.49%) slrn 3 8.57%
7 ( 8.05%) xnews 4 11.43%
7 ( 8.05%) pan 2 5.71%
3 ( 3.45%) outlook 3 8.57%
3 ( 3.45%) tin 2 5.71%
3 ( 3.45%) microplanet-grav 1 2.86%
2 ( 2.30%) forte 1 2.86%

13 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!