From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 19:26:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1E1716A41B; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:26:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (pittgoth.com [205.134.163.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5EF13C459; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:26:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.fbsdsecure.org (c-68-48-142-168.hsd1.va.comcast.net [68.48.142.168]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0LJPfbe002998 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:25:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:25:39 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: peter@bsdly.net (Peter N. M. Hansteen) Message-Id: <20080121142539.20bab899.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <87myqz6ln3.fsf@thingy.bsdly.net> References: <200801211811.m0LIBRfs082787@freefall.freebsd.org> <87bq7f82mi.fsf@thingy.bsdly.net> <20080121134044.0e673067.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <87myqz6ln3.fsf@thingy.bsdly.net> 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, fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: docs/82290: [patch] update to handbook firewall PF section 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: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:26:17 -0000 On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:09:36 +0100 peter@bsdly.net (Peter N. M. Hansteen) wrote: > Tom Rhodes writes: > > > So we probably don't need the mini-tutorial except to discuss > > the differences in FreeBSD compared to OpenBSD - which I believe > > are minimal; > > Just what differences there are depends on the FreeBSD release, as > long as we have 6.n with 3.7ish PF an 7.n with 4.1-equivalent PF there > will be a need for some fine distinctions. Or we could make a > decision to just ignore the older releases (pre-7) like I mostly did > for the book. What I normally do is cover the latest releases on both the development and stable branches. In most cases, I'll cover the entire stable release and make notes where differences will be noticed by the user - especially things like new options, syntax changes, etc. > > > however, I like the section on pftools. Is it possible to merge > > that part after a cleanup for FDP conformance? > > I should thinks so. I'll need to refresh my FreeBSD conventions > neurons to do so, but I imagine that's doable. Plus of course the > need for some updates will have crept in here and there by now. > > Come to think of it with my likely time frame for giving this serious > attention, the 7 vs other releases issue could have resolved itself > already, but I'll try to make time for this as soon as possible. How about we break this up into a few smaller parts to make review a bit easier. Starting mainly with the pftools section, as that appears to be very useful. The rest of it we can kick around a few ideas about what to cover, what not to cover, etc. Sound good? Thanks, -- Tom Rhodes