From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 11:50:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CE516A4CE; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jc.ngo.org.uk (jc.ngo.org.uk [69.55.225.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE1B43D2F; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nik@crf-consulting.co.uk) Received: from crf-consulting.co.uk (82-44-220-218.cable.ubr10.haye.blueyonder.co.uk [82.44.220.218]) by jc.ngo.org.uk (8.12.11/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBGBoGKj058114; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:50:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@crf-consulting.co.uk) Received: from clan.nothing-going-on.org (clan.nothing-going-on.org [192.168.1.20]) by crf-consulting.co.uk (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBGBoGrX079008; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:16 GMT (envelope-from nik@catkin) Received: from clan.nothing-going-on.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) iBGBoFp5069355; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:15 GMT (envelope-from nik@clan.nothing-going-on.org) Received: (from nik@localhost) by clan.nothing-going-on.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBGBoFoF069354; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:15 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:15 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: "Simon L. Nielsen" Message-ID: <20041216115014.GI17158@clan.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20041215191024.GA759@zaphod.nitro.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qLni7iB6Dl8qUSwk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041215191024.GA759@zaphod.nitro.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: FreeBSD Project cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Rework of firewall chapter start X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:50:53 -0000 --qLni7iB6Dl8qUSwk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:10:25PM +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > I started to reword and improve the first two sections of the firewall > chapter. Comments (both to the direction of the changes and the > actual patch)? OK, this is nit-picking, but... I've always understood a firewall to be a combination of one or more technologies, implemented in a manner that provides security. For example, a corporate firewall might consist of a packet filter, a mail scanning system, and an HTTP proxy. What the chapter (and the patch) are talking about so far is (just) a packet filter. Now a packet filter can, on its own, be the only technology used to implement a firewall. But to my mind the distinction is still important. Of course this could just be me being an old fart... N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ (__) FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ \\\'',) \/ \= ^ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- .\._/= _) --qLni7iB6Dl8qUSwk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBwXZ2k6gHZCw343URApj7AJ4l9/LaaMCxuCeGjNjqBp7j0q0B2QCeLuQA Zg8waPBTjVns9HyLCWu2lns= =RpTH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qLni7iB6Dl8qUSwk--