Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:07:34 +0100 From: Matteo Riondato <rionda@gufi.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Explaination of an extract from the handbook Firewall Section Message-ID: <1103706454.84445.6.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> In-Reply-To: <20041221214640.GB1340@gothmog.gr> References: <1103658469.8516.53.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> <20041221214640.GB1340@gothmog.gr>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Hi, > > Good catch. The nearby paragraphs use "the foo option _enables_ bar" > for describing kernel options. > > Does the following change make this paragraph easier to understand? > > % Index: chapter.sgml > % =================================================================== > % RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml,v > % retrieving revision 1.10 > % diff -u -r1.10 chapter.sgml > % --- chapter.sgml 16 Dec 2004 22:45:35 -0000 1.10 > % +++ chapter.sgml 21 Dec 2004 21:44:11 -0000 > % @@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ > % device pflog > % device pfsync</programlisting> > % > % - <para><literal>device pf</literal> tells the compile to include > % - Packet Filter as part of its core kernel.</para> > % + <para><literal>device pf</literal> enables support for the > % + <quote>Packet Filter</quote> firewall to the resulting > % + kernel.</para> > % > % <para><literal>device pflog</literal> enables the optional > % &man.pflog.4; pseudo network device which can be used to log traffic Yes, now it's easier to understand (and translate..). Please note that there are similar obscurities in the IPF section too. (line 372-383 in same file) I would say that the whole firewall chapter is a bit obscure, so I will try to make it clearer and send patches here. Best Regards -- Rionda aka Matteo Riondato GUFI Staff Member (http://www.gufi.org) FreeSBIE Developer (http://www.freesbie.org) BSD-FAQ-it Main Developer (http://utenti.gufi.org/~rionda) Sent from: kaiser.sig11.org running FreeBSD-6.0-CURRENT [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBByTlW2Mp4pR7Fa+wRArnNAKCDIexm+fdcLFdbUm50rdAekF3LSQCeK6nt TENdq38o08oBM61pGpn2mAw= =j37n -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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