eh? It'd have to be a pretty advanced AI that can point out where cryptsetup's documentation is outdated. Yes, it's spammy, and they used slightly confusing language, but at the same time it was doing cryptsetup a favour so I really don't get what your problem is. On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:31:02 +0100 Sven Eschenberg wrote: > The original post referenced an autogenerated htmlpage, derived from > an elderly man-page. The original post had no point, as man pages are > not hypertext and don't link anywhere. > > The reference (to tcrypt) is outdated, since TC is dead and should be > removed. As simple as that. > > Aside from that, the original post was (auto)generated as clickbait, > it just does not make sense at all. No human would write such a pile > of steaming bs. > > Neither was TC 'shared' (claim) on the autogenerated page, nor is an > autogenerated html on some arbitrary host under cryptsetup project's > control (claim). Further there's no alternative to cryptsetups TC > legacy mode, as claimed by the mail. It is just part of cryptsetup > and limited to using the container. On top of that, the link to the > blog post by some mischievous company with the intention to get known > better is clickbaiting, no matter how you look at it. > > And that certainly qualifies as spam. > > Regards > > -Sven > > > Am 03.01.2017 um 21:49 schrieb Laurence Darby: > > > > I'm not sure if that was true before but it's not now. > > > > The original point of this thread is that cryptsetup's man page is > > still linking http://www.truecrypt.org as if that was still useful, > > it's not spam at all. > > > > Laurence > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:55:47 +0100 Arno Wagner wrote: > > > >> I had a look at it now and I agree. They apparently list LUKS > >> as a TrueCrypt alternative on Windows, which is just clueless. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Arno > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 17:41:26 CET, Sven Eschenberg wrote: > >>> Hi Arno, > >>> > >>> I think this is simple UBE for clickbaiting. It's probably best to > >>> blacklist the whole domain and the sending host on the server > >>> handling the mailinglist. > >>> > >>> Regards > >> > >>> -Sven > >>> > >>> > >>> Am 28.12.2016 um 17:20 schrieb Arno Wagner: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> you are free to maintain your page yourself. I doubt > >>>> anybody here cares about it. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Arno > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:49:19 CET, Sophie Hunt wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> I appreciate that you're probably busy so I just wanted to > >>>>> follow up on the email I sent you the other day; copy included > >>>>> below for reference: On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Sophie > >>>>> Hunt <sophie.hunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> I noticed you've shared TrueCrypt on this page > >>>>> https://unstable.nl/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+cryptsetup, as > >>>>> you may be aware, development of TrueCrypt was discontinued back > >>>>> in 2014 and has subsequently not been maintained. A number of > >>>>> security flaws have been uncovered and as a result we are > >>>>> reaching out to people to highlight a list of alternatives. > >>>>> Here's the list (along with further details about TrueCrypt > >>>>> no longer being maintained) - > >>>>> https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/truecrypt-is-d > >>>>> iscoutinued-try-these-free-alternatives/, when you update > >>>>> your page it could be a useful resource to point your visitors > >>>>> to. Please let me know if you have any questions. > >>>>> -Sophie > >>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> dm-crypt mailing list > >>>>> dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > >>>>> http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dm-crypt mailing list > >>> dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > >>> http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > >> > >> -- > >> Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: > >> arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF > >> B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 > >> ---- > >> A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato > >> > >> If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of > >> "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dm-crypt mailing list > >> dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > >> http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > > _______________________________________________ > > dm-crypt mailing list > > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
