Re: FAQ 3.3

["Marco Peereboom" <marco@peereboom.us>]

A little more nitpicking.

In: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/queueing.html
CBQ queues are arranged in an hierarchical manner. At the top of the
hierarchy is the 
                           ^^
Should be
CBQ queues are arranged in a hierarchical manner. At the top of the
hierarchy is the 
                           ^


In http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/filter.html:
broadcast keywords. The resulting CIDR network (ie 192.168.0.0/24) 
                                                ^^
Should be:
broadcast keywords. The resulting CIDR network (i.e. 192.168.0.0/24)
                                                ^^^^


Excellent addition to the FAQ!
/marco

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Peereboom [mailto:slash@peereboom.us]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 21:12
> To: nick@holland-consulting.net; 'Misc @OpenBSD'
> Subject: RE: FAQ 3.3
> 
> 
> In: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/queueing.html
> There are several instances of "Queueing" this should be "Queuing".
> 
> /marco
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Marco Peereboom
> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 20:57
> > To: nick@holland-consulting.net; 'Misc @OpenBSD'
> > Subject: Re: FAQ 3.3
> > 
> > 
> > A little typo in http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/macros.html
> > 
> > Bottom paragraph:
> > The macro $all_hosts now expands to 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2.
> > 
> > Should be:
> > The macro $all_hosts now expands to 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2.
> > 
> > /marco
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Nick Holland
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 10:58
> > > To: Misc @OpenBSD
> > > Subject: FAQ 3.3
> > > 
> > > 
> > > As I have for the last few releases, I have updated the
> OpenBSD FAQ
> > >     http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html
> > > to reflect OpenBSD 3.3, however there are a few things I wish to
> > > point out for 3.3...
> > > 
> > > Tom Cosgrove has been doing a great job of getting me an
> updated and
> > > well-made .PDF of the FAQ on a weekly basis, and wrote me
> a set of
> > > scripts to make a very nice text file version of the FAQ.
>  As these
> > > are now stored on the FTP servers, I don't get to
> publicly thank him
> > > for this, or even make it clear that it is happening, but it has
> > > been, and is being mirrored to your nearest FTP mirror.  Thanks, 
> > > Tom!
> > > 
> > > You can find them in the /pub/OpenBSD/doc directory on
> your favorite
> > > FTP mirror.
> > > 
> > > As most people probably know, the FAQ follows release, but I have
> > > kept the most recent 3.2 versions of the FAQ in PDF and 
> text format
> > > in this same directory.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Every once in a while, you get an E-Mail, and suddenly,
> everything
> > > changes...  I got a note from Joel Knight, offering to help write
> > > some stuff for the FAQ on PF.  I showed him my framework, and as 
> > > usual, I said, "Show me".  A couple days latter, he hands 
> me a great
> > > document on queueing...and he just kept on writing...
> > > 
> > > So now... [cue the drum roll please]
> > > ==============================================================
> > >    Introducing the New PF FAQ!
> > > 
> >        http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html
> > =============================================================
> > 
> > As with everything in the FAQ, it is intended to suppliment the 
> > on-line man pages, not replace them, but if you have been looking to

> > understand some of the more advanced topics of PF, check it out.
> > Also, as with everything in the FAQ, the PF FAQ is going to 
> > stay in a perpetual state of enhancement and revision for 
> > quite some time.  This is not just a "beginner's" document 
> > anymore, check out the sections of
> > it:
> > 
> >       Configuration 
> >       Lists and Macros 
> >       Tables 
> >       Options 
> >       Scrub 
> >       Queueing 
> >       Network Address Translation 
> >       Traffic Redirection 
> >       Packet Filtering 
> >       Logging 
> >       Anchors and Named (Sub) Rule Sets 
> >       Shortcuts for Creating Rule Sets 
> >       Address Pools and Load Balancing 
> >       Performance 
> >       Issues with FTP 
> >       Example: Firewall for Home or Small Office
> > 
> > (Can you tell I'm a little excited about this?  In all honesty, this

> > was my most exciting commit since my very first with the project.)
> > 
> > Tom Cosgrove has been kind enough to start spinning out .PDF files 
> > of the PF FAQ, also in the same /pub/OpenBSD/doc directory mentioned

> > above (first one is already there!)
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks to Sam Smith, Tom Cosgrove, Saad Kadhi, Horacio, and all the 
> > others who have helped me proof-read and error check the FAQ.  I'd 
> > also like to thank the translation team
> > (http://www.openbsd.org/translation.html) for all their hard work.
> > 
> > 
> > Nick.
> > --
> > http://www.holland-consulting.net