Interest for a lessons learned information page?

Hi all.
I just want to know if there is any interest in a lessons learned information in the wiki pages.
Idea is to enlighten security minded persons of some of the security holes there are in the system.
However, there is a backside to it and that is that the security holes can be used by evilminded persons.
So. Shall we start this wiki-page in order to help each other with security holes, or is the risk to high?
Comments are welcome!
Regards
Fredrik

Hi Fredrik and others,
As you have not clearly distinguished between "backdoors" and "pitfalls" is security design, I would be interested in your and any other's ideas on a "Challenge of the (yester)Day" sticky thread.
I have read all threads in this forum and there are some really interesting and challenging ones which remain unanswered (at least, from the poster's point of possibly absent view).
Upfront in the threads listed chronologically (by date) I will add the following comment:
"Only informed answers need respond. Advertizing not allowed.".
That way we can "bounce" high quality questions to the top of the forum... and of course suggestions of threads to add are more than wlecome, and these threads would be more actively moderated for content than others (which will make my "job" easier)?
Any thoughts?
Julius

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ThinkPad
Thumbs up. Easy to replace the HDD with an SSD and move the HDD into an Ultradrive caddy. Sturdy. Easy to work on. Well documented. Hardware that I didn't want to replace.
Microsoft Windows 7
Thumbs down. Buggy, fragile, over complicated, inadequate error messages, painstaking to install, difficult and time consuming to administer, poorly documented, accumulates gunk over time that causes problems, failed backup software, even a fresh install has scary event log errors.
Lenovo forums & support pages
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References and more info
How To Geek, Lifehacker, Lifehacker, SSD Review, Newegg, Newegg, Anandtech, Storage Review.

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