Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:58:44 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "Robert D. Hughes" <rob@robhughes.com> Cc: "Nate Williams" <nate@yogotech.com>, "Justin White" <justinfinity@mac.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: firewall config (CTFM) Message-ID: <15445.37204.693732.376471@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <B95B566BD245174196CA4EE29E5818831B6469@HEXCH01.robhughes.com> References: <B95B566BD245174196CA4EE29E5818831B6469@HEXCH01.robhughes.com>
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> While this will probably get me flamed to no end, users not reading the > docs and keeping up with advisories (sys admins are users too) is only > the cause of little things like nimda, code red, and probably at least > 90% of all the other problems people report with any system. Again, a comment in a unused file cannot properly be called documentation. And, when the comment is misleading, it's even worse. :( > If you've read them, and at least tried to follow them and it still > doesn't work, I have great sympathy and want to help. I never answer a > question on a list that I know I can look at a manual and find the > answer to in under a half-hour. *Bwah* *hah* *hah* *hah* *hah* *hah* <Wiping tears from my eyes> Yeah, right. I've been involved with this project *longer* than anyone (including Jordan), although I haven't been as involved with it as of late. However, I read *all* the mailing lists (except questions), which I've done for almost 9 years now. I've hacked on the kernel, hacked on userland, including parts of ipfw that currently exist. *I* consider the current behavior non-intuitive. Also, even *I* can't find answers to my questions with 30 minutes, and I know where to look, so I find you statement, well, to be brutally honest, both humerous and a little bit egotistical. : My .25 worth.... Nate > -----Original Message----- > From: Nate Williams [mailto:nate@yogotech.com] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:20 AM > To: Justin White > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: re: firewall config (CTFM) > > > > i'm not trying to be mean, but if you don't read the docs > > A comment in a configuration file that the user should never have to see > is considered documentation? > > *sheesh* > > > Nate > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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