Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:53:38 +0100 From: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Split of Advanced Networking chapter of Handbook Message-ID: <20040712165338.GA16218@eborcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20040712100256.GB3948@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040712100256.GB3948@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:02:56AM +0000, Murray Stokely wrote: > The Advanced Networking chapter of the Handbook is almost 100 pages > and is certainly too unwieldy in it's current form. Agreed. > I would like to split out the network server configuration sections > into a separate chapter called 'Network Servers'. The new chapter > would contain the sections on NFS, NIS/YP, DHCP, DNS, NTP, and inetd. I've been concerned for a while about the prevalance of TLAs here. Sure, most users will know what DNS does, but maybe we should make section titles more helpful by using something like: - Networked File Sharing (NFS) - Networked Account Sharing (NIS) - Automatic Network Configuration (DHCP) - Host and Domain Name Configuration (DNS) - Clock Synchronization (NTP) This way, users looking through the book's contents will have a clearer idea of what different sections are about. Alternatively, this might be solved through adding index terms. Opinions? If I don't hear any objections, I'll commit something along these lines. Regardless, I think the work Murray has done is a useful improvement. Tom
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