[CentOS] CentOS Based Fierwall Document

Fri Aug 4 14:51:37 UTC 2006
pctech at mybellybutton.com <pctech at mybellybutton.com>

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>On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, pctech at mybellybutton.com wrote:
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>>> Frank Tanner III wrote:
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>>>> There goes YOUR attitude again.  I *SPECIFICALLY* stated in my initial
>>>> e-mail "or those of you that either have an older revision of my
>>>> firewall document, or are otherwise keeping track of it, there is a new
>>>> version available.".
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>>> if you want your own private mailing list, go start one. bye bye! If you
>>> are going to post something here, making it meaningful to people who
>>> read the list - is a good thing, and expected from all posters.
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>> It *WAS* meaningful.  For the people that it was applicable to.  Then 
>> people decided that because it wasn't applicable to them that they 
>> should flame me.
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>It was not relevant to the majority of the people on this list. I read it 
>and thought 'huh - weird  , has it been misposted ??, have I missed part 
>of it ??, is it a strange new kind of spam ??, but I didnt find it 
>important enough to comment.
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>It certainly wasnt applicable to me , but more to the point I didnt know 
>why it had been posted to this list and to what it referred.
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>Were the people who it was relevant to then meant to ask you for a fresh 
>copy to be sent to them ???
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>This really is not the way that opensource documents are usually distributed - 

So, seeing as how I am not some rich corporation that can afford stupid amounts of bandwidth exactly HOW am I supposed to distribute it any other way?  Nobody gave ANY information in this regard until I had been properly flamed first.

This is not the first document that I have distributed in this manner.  I've distributed a couple on the DNS and BIND list in this manner.  I have distributed a couple on the old Red Hat lists in this manner.

This is the FIRST time anyone has taken offense at my manner of transport for my document.

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>opensource works by peole being able to take what they need, not request a 
>copy ...
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>Or if there was some hidden place that the knowing could download it from 
>- again - neither the spirit nor method of open source.
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>> It's attitudes such as this as to why people say, "You can never get good 
>support with Open Source software."
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>They are more likely to say that if they cant get hold of it in the first 
>place ...
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>> I came onto the list trying to be HJELPFUL, and got burnt to the ground 
>instead.  JUST like in the forums.  I guess they'er right.  No good deed goes 
>unpunished.
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>> Now I understand why nobody has offered a document like this to the 
>> community before.  It certainly makes me want to keep all of my future 
>> documents to myself.  They're OBVIOUSLY only a bother to everyone and 
>> nobody wants them.
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>You really do seem to have an atiitude problem, and have already taken up 
>far too much of the bandwidth on this - usually helpful and good mannered 
>- list.

THAT is why I posted to the list.  Because I *THOUGHT* that it was usually helpful and good mannered.  Apparently there's some secret handshake involved in getting a HELPFUL and GOOD MANNERED response that I am unaware of.  Because I got neither until after I'd been flamed.

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>You are likely to put peoples backs up by such comments - people dnt know 
>how great your work is unless they can access it ....
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>Why dont you start again - I suggest with something like :-
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>For those that know about it, I have released a new version of my firewall 
>document - for those that dont - I have written a document which I would like 
>to commend to the 
>open source community as I feel that it is well writen and informative.
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>I would like somewhere to host it if anyone has any suggestions, as I cant 
>provide unlimited bandwidth.
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>If anyone would like a copy to check out then please mail me offlist'
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>Or some such ...
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>There are numerous places where such a document could be hosted with 
>provided bandwidth , sourceforge and google being two of them , CentOS 
>also being a possiblity ...
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>But having not seen it we dont know if it is relevant or useful ....
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>If you wish us to take a look at it then please either email a copy to me 
>or place it somwehere that it can be accessed.
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>Regards
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>Lance Davis
>CentOS Project Leader
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