Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:01:16 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012608077.9b1cf1@mired.org> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewall config non-intuitiveness Message-ID: <15444.38092.267015.297844@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020127220935.C1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> References: <20020127014848.F23259@blossom.cjclark.org> <3.0.5.32.20020127075816.01831ca0@mail.sage-american.com> <20020127.102748.70374201.imp@village.org> <200201271757.g0RHvTF12944@midway.uchicago.edu> <20020127220935.C1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org>
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Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> types: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:57 -0600, David Syphers wrote: > > [ ... surprise ... ] As others have pointed out this behavior is > > documented, but we must remember that a variable name itself is the most > > important and immediate documentation. And having a firewall load when > > firewall_enable is NO is complete nonsense. > So maybe the variables should be named a little longer to fully > describe their effect? Like > firewall_ruleset_script_run_enable_when_set_to_yes? If you're going to do it, do it right: firewall_load_ipfw_if_needed_then_run_ruleset_script_when_set_to_yes <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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