On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:33:47PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > "Firewalling" on a single host is mostly a way to cheaply fix a bunch > of problems rather than fixing them one at a time. It's not > inherently necessary if the other things don't already have gobs of > bugs.
*sigh* Stop talking. Stop thinking if you have to. Listen to what I'm saying. Read what I'm writing. Do not reply to this message -- or on this topic -- for 48 hours. Stop and think about it. I know very well what firewalling is. Hello, I've maintained netbase for, what, three years now. I'm not remotely the world's foremost expert on it, but *I get it*. Stop trying to explain it to me and *listen*. Let me spell it out in simple terms. Firewalling tools are provided with the Debian system. Firewalling tools are not available for Debian GNU/Hurd. Debian GNU/Hurd will not be released until they are available. > In any case, none of this is anywhere near the most important > obstacles keeping the Hurd from Prime Time. Way, way, way down on the > list. Well, if you're not interested in being told about the things you'll need to do that you're not already aware of, I guess that's fine. > > Because I'm not talking about defaults. Nor am I talking about things that > > everyone will be compelled to use. I'm talking about features that *must* > > be made available for me to be able to look someone in the eye and say > > "Yes, Debian GNU/Hurd 3.1 is ready for your use." > I think that depends on who the "you" is that you are talking to, and > it's misguided to think the answer must be the same for everyone. Think for just a minute whose role in Debian it is to look the world in the eye and say "Yes, Debian GNU/Hurd 3.1 is ready for your use." Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``BAM! Science triumphs again!'' -- http://www.angryflower.com/vegeta.gif
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