From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 19:27:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE431065686 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 19:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C7E8FC21 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 19:27:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so2297771ika.3 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:27:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nPHWm8vWu0wSHD4V8h5ScgMaHQ4b0MPO5AofZshlEJs=; b=WR4v3j2TR7Tet8AAsHh8K+jNfItQGirY/tF8m35xtusdTDp094tcnNvCjS4sFfuQmo Cf3uhOLIVdQorSxRkfBOOTGZLi7u7LOBqPBY0BPMfaMaFJ8Svmwbvat8iXQkcBbBcpII +rA2ltQ0ozOmY3KA/ULmQPLCEpa9H7/npp3ic= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vNVcVw3AMgw1hsRe3kSVYM43vmTjjcuiBi4J/Fxs7ONfKuzg0C4UJ1NKDglAA3y9dE n1OLMxyRZvI33kmv8ePL6MFk+RL6LIuzybpN6bUmvfhpYueMllHMdAZQCXXeIeYowEks gL2yxIN2pHTsXmjaYgwgZJhIXqOdwV+SOFdJk= Received: by 10.210.105.20 with SMTP id d20mr2077746ebc.142.1225826830298; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:27:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4530635.home.otenet.gr [94.70.237.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm12871781eyk.4.2008.11.04.11.27.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:27:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4910A204.2000008@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:27:00 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dhenscheid@cox.net References: <20081104122949.9EZYZ.192760.imail@fed1rmwml25> In-Reply-To: <20081104122949.9EZYZ.192760.imail@fed1rmwml25> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Possible missing word in the FreeBSD handbook online. 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: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:27:12 -0000 dhenscheid@cox.net wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > First off: > I have been pouring through the FreeBSD Handbook lately, and I believe there may be a missing word in one of the sections. On this page: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/tcpwrappers.html > > one of the sentences in the first paragraph reads: > > "While a firewall has a wide variety of uses, there are some things that a firewall not handle such as sending text back to the connection originator." > > The sentence is a little confusing in the main sentence. "... there are some things that a firewall <> handle..." Is this supposed to be "cannot", "should not", "will not", etc? > > You are right, I just fixed it and it will appear in the online version of the Handbook in the next 24 hours. Thanks for submitting this! > Second off: > Thank you very much for providing this handbook. It's been an invaluable tool for me and learning how FreeBSD works. It is well formatted, concise, and very easy to follow. I find the examples easy to understand and can set up FreeBSD on my laptop with minimal problems. > > Rest assured we enjoy working on the documentation as much as you enjoy reading it! Thanks, manolis@