Answer to Joe (Was: Re: [cobalt-security] SSH Tunneling - Cheap client to use?)

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Boise wrote:

> Can I ask what does SSL have to do with the thread
> titled "[cobalt-security] SSH Tunneling - Cheap client to use?"
> 
> This is why I get upset searching on a topic in the archives and the
> topic is not in relation to the what is being talked about.
> 
> The thread was about SSH and cheap or free software
> to use and now it is talking about SSL and certs again.

You've made a good point, Joe.  Proper netiquette requires a change in
subject (see the subject on this reply).

Sometimes we want to start a new thread.  But if we want to reply (as
I'm replying to you here), then many of us old-timers do it the way I
did (see the subject here).  Then replies to me could eliminate the
first "(" and everything after it.

However, those of us who read every list-message don't really look at
subject headers.  My guess is that whoever changed the topic didn't even
look at the header; just answered in a way which brought the topic
around to SSL <frown>.

And then of course there are the clueless <sigh>; I must admit I look
clueless much too often, myself.

Jeff
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