Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - =?UTF-8?Q?Here=E2=80=99s?= Why And Which To Use Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:47:00 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: <20250820074700.00002ac1@gmail.com> References: <106sehe$2kv5n$1@dont-email.me> <87ms8dkcq6.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> <106ubb4$33em5$1@dont-email.me> <106ul6f$35j8e$1@dont-email.me> <78GdnZIBLeXXdA_1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <106v3sk$38i5i$1@dont-email.me> <106v5ce$398s7$1@dont-email.me> <106v7kg$39j0g$2@dont-email.me> <106vbak$3adhl$1@dont-email.me> <1070qmc$3m69k$12@dont-email.me> <107cht8$2foa4$1@dont-email.me> <107dpa1$2sqrk$4@dont-email.me> <107er40$34a0s$1@dont-email.me> <9l0enlx168.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10836pc$1m96$11@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3bff8fb0713485d22064087a675cb930"; logging-data="400263"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19WhF5QM4EzUBYCgMfMDxnPnnNq9jRFR68=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:4mPQNGLKWP6XOnlVetU7ZprLn4Y= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71761 On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 01:01:32 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro wrote: > >> What's wrong with a couple of clear examples, plus the detail to > >> expand on them? > >> =20 > > +1 =20 >=20 > There=E2=80=99s a whole website devoted to that, as I mentioned elsewhere. That's a fine thing to have in *addition* to proper man pages, but when you're in a scenario where you don't necessarily have Internet access, it does you little good - and that makes it especially absurd for core networking tools to take this approach to documentation. (It's also a bundle of fun when link rot sets in; wish I could remember the specifics, but I have at least once been trying to figure out some freenix package whose man page was literally nothing but a "for actual documentation, see the project webpage," which had undergone reverse metamorphosis into a blank Github stub. Can't recall if archive.org even had the old version or not...)