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Subject: Re: firewall.netbsd.org 
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 23:27:44 +0100
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>lewst <lewst@yahoo.com>  wrote:
> > Someone should alias firewall.netbsd.org to www.dubbele.com
> > and promote that link instead.  Besides being easier to 
> > remember, it gives users confidence that the "NetBSD firewall 
> > solution" is actually endorsed by the NetBSD project.
>
>I don't think NetBSD should be endorsing something that appears to be
>i386 only.
>
>plus, the concept of 'firewall' is substantially more broad than what
>is being addressed at dubbele.com.

As maintainer of dubbele.com, I tend to agree. As for the i386 part, I'd 
be happy to support more platforms, but since I don't have access to many 
other platforms, I can't do that alone.

The second point is absolutely correct - it's a fairly small subset of 
possible firewalls that I target for. I feel that anybody who needs more 
from a firewall than I offer needs some form of ongoing support and/or 
knowledge anyway, again more than I can offer on my own.

Then again, I appreciate the note of support from the first poster :-)

Suggestions to change all this are, of course, welcome..

-John