The branch main has been updated by kp:
URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9123330074321d4a8687ff9feee30098efe4e693
commit 9123330074321d4a8687ff9feee30098efe4e693
Author: Kristof Provost <k...@freebsd.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-07-09 15:09:18 +0000
Commit: Kristof Provost <k...@freebsd.org>
CommitDate: 2025-07-18 07:33:29 +0000
pf.conf.5: Avoid gendered language in man pages when not referring to a
specific person.
Rewrite or use singular they.
ok thfr@ sthen@ daniel@ ian@ job@ kmos@ jcs@ ratchov@ phessler@ and
others I'm likely missing on an earlier version.
feedback tj@, feedback and ok jmc@
Obtained from: OpenBSD, jsg <j...@openbsd.org>, 25a24f0b58
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
---
share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
index ea3735482e42..5a9d8f350739 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5
@@ -2784,8 +2784,8 @@ This means that it will not work on other protocols and
will not match
a currently established connection.
.Pp
Caveat: operating system fingerprints are occasionally wrong.
-There are three problems: an attacker can trivially craft his packets to
-appear as any operating system he chooses;
+There are three problems: an attacker can trivially craft packets to
+appear as any operating system;
an operating system patch could change the stack behavior and no fingerprints
will match it until the database is updated;
and multiple operating systems may have the same fingerprint.
