oss-security - Re: wiki page/namespace names

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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:50:18 -0500
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: wiki page/namespace names

> 
> I've just spotted a new page named 'code_reviews' (the welcome page uses
> 'Code Reviews' as an internal link to that page, DokuWiki replaces any
> spaces with '_').  There is also the 'distro-patches' page.  Perhaps we
> should follow some naming convention on namespace/page names?  Moreover,
> I suggest to create a namespace dedicated to Wiki editing (best
> practices, conventions, etc) where new wiki authors could read some
> hints how to create proper consistent with others pages for OSS Security
> Wiki.
> 
> I'd like to create (and maintain) a subsection of this proposed
> namespace where I will describe the current list of installed syntax
> (and possibly other) plugins with short usage samples.
> 

So this raises a point I was wondering about the other day.  I think it
could be useful to have a namespace called terms, or definitions, or
something similar, where we could provide some definitions of the various
security related terminology (things like buffer overflow, and double free
mean very little to most people).

The problem I see though, is keeping track of all these terms.  Is there a
way I could create a page called "terms:buffer_overflow", that would then
be magically added to an index at "terms"?

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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