Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:18:54 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?B?R2Vycml0IEvDvGhu?= <gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, Matt Bettinger <iamatt@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Future of pf / firewall in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ? Message-ID: <CALfReyfkZY1ZDNohP6npRVQfjBK2M6j59R8idUGazr1yJDX3Jg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53CA2D39.6000204@sasktel.net> References: <53C706C9.6090506@com.jkkn.dk> <20140718110645.GN87212@FreeBSD.org> <20140718151255.b3e677d9.gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de> <CALfReycHtSi5GXgFZihrTsgDG6wc-ZfkYmQu7AjQmOKdeXntrA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEeRwNV3bJrM5KrGObZtNvSY1mVMW9jz2M4t2m2SSq_vvWmZ5w@mail.gmail.com> <CALfReyfWJd7YOi_Y8Mq=Q-xndLueF7vU5xwc1w_YGyM1a9DQZA@mail.gmail.com> <53CA2D39.6000204@sasktel.net>
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all of that is true, but you are missing the point. Having two versions of pf on the bsd's at the user level, is a bad thing. It confuses people, which puts them off. Its a classic case of divide an conquer for other platforms. I really like the idea of the openpf version, that has been mentioned in this thread. It would be awesome if it ended up as a supported linux thing as well, so the world could be rid of iptables. However i guess thats just an unrealistic dream On 19 July 2014 09:32, Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> wrote: > krad wrote: > > that is true and I have not problem using man pages, however thats not > the > > way most of the world work and search engines arent exactly new either. > We > > should be trying to engage more people not less, and part of that is > > reaching out. > > One of FreeBSD's historic strengths has been the handbook and generally > good quality documentation. There is no way that the FreeBSD project > can ensure that all Google results for everyone in the world are FreeBSD > related "good" documentation, but it can ensure that the documentation > included with FreeBSD is accurate and usable, and it can ensure that the > FreeBSD documentation is available via the internet. > > Aside from blindly following whatever generates the most Google results > (an obviously broken solution), what exactly can the FreeBSD project do > to ensure that when someone "Googles" a problem they will end up with a > correct FreeBSD solution? >
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