Re: FW: First time user comments

2005-01-27 Thread Daniel Hartmeier
On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 01:00:32PM -0500, Peter Fraser wrote: > action direction [log] [quick] on interface [af] [proto protocol] \ > from src_addr [port src_port] to dst_addr [port dst_port] \ > [flags tcp_flags] [state] > > which shows the "on interface" as being required. Yes, that part of th

FW: First time user comments

2005-01-27 Thread Peter Fraser
I don't spend the time to write up comments. But I also believe that any product (and product includes it manuals) can be made better. -Original Message- From: Jeff Quast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:26 AM To: Peter Fraser Subject: Re: First time

Re: First time user comments

2005-01-24 Thread Peter Fraser
On comments by Jason Opperisano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The very broad: I don't understand why there is separate configuration > > files for bridges and routing and packet filtering. > > routing and bridging are two separate things. so are redirecting and NATing. > > i have never seen an e

Re: First time user comments

2005-01-24 Thread Henning Brauer
* Peter Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-24 18:40]: > Parsers I know, I am assuming that pf is using Bison. using yacc, of course. -- Henning Brauer, BS Web Services, http://bsws.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity.

Re: First time user comments

2005-01-24 Thread Daniel Hartmeier
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:04:12PM -0500, Peter Fraser wrote: > Parsers I know, I am assuming that pf is using Bison. Productions fail > because > they are given a token that they cannot shift. Each token has a location > in a file, > the token can be printed (by modifying yyerror), or with a bit

Re: First time user comments

2005-01-24 Thread Peter Fraser
> Peter Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-21 00:54]: >> Could the "syntax error" message, give the position in the line that the >> error occurred, or at least the token that caused it. >no - that is not how parsers work. syntax error actually says it didn't >match any production from the gramm

Re: First time user comments

2005-01-21 Thread Jason Opperisano
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 17:05, Peter Fraser wrote: > The very broad: I don't understand why there is separate configuration > files for bridges and routing and packet filtering. routing and bridging are two separate things. > Now for the picky ones. > > Could the "syntax error" message, give the p

Re: First time user comments

2005-01-21 Thread Henning Brauer
* Peter Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-21 00:54]: > Could the "syntax error" message, give the position in the line that the > error occurred, or at least the token that caused it. no - that is not how parsers work. syntax error actually says it didn't match any production from the grammar.

First time user comments

2005-01-20 Thread Peter Fraser
The very broad: I don't understand why there is separate configuration files for bridges and routing and packet filtering. Now for the picky ones. Could the "syntax error" message, give the position in the line that the error occurred, or at least the token that caused it. When you are a first t