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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!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) 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: 18 Dec 1995 06:56:20 GMT Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4b33ak$bft@felix.junction.net> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4am5uq$r24@agate.berkeley.edu> <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net> <4avdid$qac@cynic.portal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36123 alt.os.linux:6486 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5150 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30640 comp.os.linux.misc:76095 comp.os.linux.setup:32712 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10666 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1588 In article <4avdid$qac@cynic.portal.ca>, Curt Sampson <curt@portal.ca> wrote: >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? *sigh* Yes.... it happens everyday in the corporate world. Some people are seduced 100% by marketing hype. Hey, if they're gonna be seduced, wouldn't you like to do the seducing? -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com