From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 24 22:07:55 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 9E1B016A40F; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:07:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (ns1.pittgoth.com [216.38.206.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F5AA43D49; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:07:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (ip70-177-190-239.dc.dc.cox.net [70.177.190.239]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9OM7qg7058333 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:07:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:07:48 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Cristian KLEIN Message-Id: <20061024180748.4adc6f12.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <453E7437.1080300@net.utcluj.ro> References: <453CD37B.3080909@net.utcluj.ro> <453D533F.9020301@FreeBSD.org> <453DC6CA.60304@net.utcluj.ro> <20061024133401.51158add.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <453E7437.1080300@net.utcluj.ro> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, 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 22:07:55 -0000 On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:14:47 +0300 Cristian KLEIN wrote: > 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. Oh, we can do that if there is a dependency. I'll need to look into the matter further though. Is there an issue where one will fail to load if the previous does not? Thanks, -- Tom Rhodes