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

From: Balwinder Singh Dheeman (bsd.SANSPAM_at_cto.homelinux.net)
Date: 06/27/05

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

    Top 10 posters for the period:

    rank posts kbytes name <address>
       1 2 5.8 Tony Lawrence <foo@pcunix.com>
       2 2 4.6 Jem Berkes <jb@users.pc9.org>
       3 2 3.9 M_F_H <no_one@example.com>
       4 2 2.8 Elliptic1 <elliptic1@gmail.com>
       5 2 2.8 Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent>
       6 2 2.5 MONROUX philippe <SPAM.monroux-listes@wanadoo.fr>
       7 2 1.6 drwxr-xr-x <bit-bucket@config.com>
       8 1 3.9 Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@cto.homelinux.net>
       9 1 3.4 Alexander Graf <aleg@webde-ag.de>
      10 1 3.1 Krakov <krakov@mailinator.com>
         ----- ------
            17 34.3 Total for top 10

    Totals for the newsgroup:
     26 posters
     33 articles
       58.9 kbytes

    The top 10 accounted for:
      38.46% of the posters
      51.52% of the articles
      58.22% of the bytes

    Averages:
       1.27 articles / poster
       1.79 kbytes / article
       2.27 kbytes / poster

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

    The new posters accounted for:
      53.85% of the posters
      54.55% of the articles
      51.08% of the bytes

    smallest post was 0.635 kbytes by R. Medack <medack@resec-intermedia.com>
    largest post was 3.943 kbytes by Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@cto.homelinux.net>*

    Top 10 subjects for the period:

    posts kbytes subject
        8 16.3 Are the Moldovians math freaks?
        3 5.8 PortSentry: How To Delete an Entry in Routing Table
        3 3.5 last modified file time
        2 6.4 Can't launch ethereal--- bash: ethereal: command not fou
        2 4.8 sftp password
        2 3.9 NMAP QUESTION
        2 2.4 SSHD per user config
        2 2.3 Geo::IP missing and little question.
        2 2.2 info req regarding a paper
        1 3.9 Stats comp.os.linux.security (last 7 days)

    33 articles on 16 subjects
     20 were followups (60.61%)
     3 were crossposts (9.09%)

    58.9 kbytes total
     headers: 26.6kb 45.21%
     quoted text: 10.4kb 17.69%
     original text: 19.3kb 32.77%
     signatures: 0.9kb 1.54%

    Averages:
       2.06 articles / subjetc
       1.79 kbytes / article
       3.68 kbytes / subject

    Postings per weekday:

    Day posts
     Monday 4
     Tuesday 6 *
     Wednesday 8 *
     Thursday 4
     Friday 6 *
     Saturday 3
     Sunday 2
                     (*=10 posts)

    Top 10 newsreader agents used (accumulated):

    posts newsreader users
        7 (21.21%) slrn 4 15.38%
        4 (12.12%) g2 3 11.54%
        4 (12.12%) thunderbird 2 7.69%
        3 ( 9.09%) xnews 2 7.69%
        2 ( 6.06%) outlook 2 7.69%
        2 ( 6.06%) knode 2 7.69%
        2 ( 6.06%) forte 2 7.69%
        1 ( 3.03%) bigpond 1 3.85%
        1 ( 3.03%) newspost 1 3.85%
        1 ( 3.03%) mozilla 1 3.85%

    16 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!

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