[Shorewall-users] Configuration for simple ssh forwarding

Tom Eastep
Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:14:18 -0000

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 14:07, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 02:26, Tom Eastep wrote:
>
> > When I started writing Shorewall, it was my intention that it be a
> > product for System Administrators only. I sometimes wish I would have
> > stuck to that plan...
>
> And you really think that putting a label on the package that states,
> "For use by trained "System Administrators Only" would stop
mere mortals
> from attempting to use it?  Not to mention those few run of the mill
> System Admins that couldn''t recognize a log file if it rolled over
them.

If you:

a) Provide only minimal documentation; and
b) Tell everyone who asks a stupid question to get lost

then you generally weed out those who aren''t serious.

-Tom
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