From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 24 20:14:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C363316A403; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:14:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cristi@net.utcluj.ro) Received: from bavaria.utcluj.ro (bavaria.utcluj.ro [193.226.5.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42E7643D4C; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:14:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cristi@net.utcluj.ro) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bavaria.utcluj.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99DE37F445; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:14:50 +0300 (EEST) Received: from bavaria.utcluj.ro ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bavaria.utcluj.ro [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08637-06; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:14:49 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [172.27.2.200] (c7.campus.utcluj.ro [193.226.6.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bavaria.utcluj.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BEB07F43C; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:14:49 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <453E7437.1080300@net.utcluj.ro> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:14:47 +0300 From: Cristian KLEIN Organization: Data Communication Center - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Rhodes References: <453CD37B.3080909@net.utcluj.ro> <453D533F.9020301@FreeBSD.org> <453DC6CA.60304@net.utcluj.ro> <20061024133401.51158add.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061024133401.51158add.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by the daemon playing with your mail on bavaria.utcluj.ro Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, dougb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Want to help with handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:14:55 -0000 Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:54:50 +0300 > Cristian KLEIN wrote: > >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> Cristian KLEIN wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am sorry if I hit the wrong list, but there was to responsible person >>>> listed in this page: >>>> http://www1.ro.freebsd.org/docproj/current.html#handbooksection >>>> >>>> I would like to contribute to the firewall chapter of the FreeBSD >>>> Handbook. Specifically, I would like to write about dummynet, >>>> mixed-firewall environments (such as IPF + IPFW) and compiling firewalls >>>> as modules. Also, I haven't found any evidence of DEVICE_POLLING and >>>> LARGE_NAT. All this information is very common for "old" FreeBSD users, >>>> but I feel that new users should find out about this information >>>> directly from the handbook. >>>> >>>> I am not a native english speaker, but I think that once I have written >>>> something, it should be easier to correct it, rather that start from >>>> scratch. >>>> >>>> Please tell me whom I should contact. Please CC me, as I am not >>>> subscribed to this list. >>> No need to ask permission, just start writing. :) Once you think it's in >>> shape to review, post a URL with the files to this list. Once it's in >>> shape to submit, you can send it with send-pr, or perhaps someone will >>> offer to commit it directly. >> Thanks. I was also interested whether these topics are of value to the >> handbook. Some of the above-mentioned things are close to "hacking". For >> example, I like to swap ipfw and ipnat in /etc/rc.d/*. Should this be >> mentioned in the handbook too? > > Really depends on what you mean by "swap" ? > It means editing the REQUIRES, BEFORE in /etc/rc.d/ipfw. As far as I know, it is not standard FreeBSD practice to do such things.