Explaination of an extract from the handbook Firewall Section

[Matteo Riondato]

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Good catch.  The nearby paragraphs use "the foo option _enables_ bar"
> for describing kernel options.
> 
> Does the following change make this paragraph easier to understand?
> 
> % Index: chapter.sgml
> % ===================================================================
> % RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml,v
> % retrieving revision 1.10
> % diff -u -r1.10 chapter.sgml
> % --- chapter.sgml        16 Dec 2004 22:45:35 -0000      1.10
> % +++ chapter.sgml        21 Dec 2004 21:44:11 -0000
> % @@ -245,8 +245,9 @@
> %  device pflog
> %  device pfsync</programlisting>
> %
> % -      <para><literal>device pf</literal> tells the compile to include
> % -        Packet Filter as part of its core kernel.</para>
> % +      <para><literal>device pf</literal> enables support for the
> % +       <quote>Packet Filter</quote> firewall to the resulting
> % +       kernel.</para>
> %
> %        <para><literal>device pflog</literal> enables the optional
> %          &man.pflog.4; pseudo network device which can be used to log traffic


Yes, now it's easier to understand (and translate..). Please note that
there are similar obscurities in the IPF section too.
(line 372-383 in same file)

I would say that the whole firewall chapter is a bit obscure, so I will
try to make it clearer and send patches here.

Best Regards
-- 
Rionda aka Matteo Riondato
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FreeSBIE Developer (http://www.freesbie.org)
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