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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!portal.ca!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 16 Dec 1995 13:26:37 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4avdid$qac@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4alnqo$1hi@clarknet.clark.net> <4am5uq$r24@agate.berkeley.edu> <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36076 alt.os.linux:6448 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5130 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30500 comp.os.linux.misc:75901 comp.os.linux.setup:32545 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10566 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1563 In article <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net>, Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote: >In article <4am5uq$r24@agate.berkeley.edu>, >Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >>FreeBSD also supports kernel packet filtering and accounting. We've >>implemented several firewalls with it, including the one here. Type >>`man ipfw' on any post-2.0 FreeBSD machine. > >Irrelevant. man pages are for gurus, not people who are trying to decide >which OS will serve their needs. You're trying to tell me that someone who can't read a man page is competent to select an OS, much less build a firewall? cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.